In most states I’ve looked at in the US you’re allowed to “proceed carefully” through an intersection after like 2 complete cycles that miss you or 2 minutes (the specifics vary between states) of continuous red.
Not sure of other countries but might be worth actually looking at the laws around you.
The other work around is to ride over to the pedestrian crossing and hit that button (if that exists).
Washington and Idaho at the very least allow cyclists to treat stop lights as stop signs and stop signs as yield signs. Naturally some people make transitive jump which is a bad look. Also, at least in Washington, most people probably don’t know about the “Idaho Stop” law as it’s relatively recent, so I bet users of it always look bad.
Thanks. I didn’t now that any states had those laws. Interesting.
The NTSB has a nice summary of these laws
https://www.nhtsa.gov/sites/nhtsa.gov/files/2023-03/Bicyclist-Yield-As-Stop-Fact-Sheet_032123_v5_tag.pdf
| State | Enacted | Yield At Stop Sign | Red Signal As Stop Sign |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | 2019 | Yes | Yes |
| Delaware | 2017 | Yes | No |
| Idaho | 1982 | Yes | Yes |
| North Dakota | 2021 | Yes | No |
| Oklahoma | 2021 | Yes | Yes |
| Oregon | 2020 | Yes | No |
| Utah | 2021 | Yes | No |
| Washington | 2020 | Yes | No |
Looks like Minnesota , DC, Colorado, and Alaska have added laws since this table was published.
I occasionally wear black ankle socks with my white shoes on the days a certain rider decides to grace us with his presence. It never gets old. Like you, I prefer the mid calf socks.
Squeaky chains
there is no excuse
Completely agree. Since I started waxing my chains, I’ve become even more sensitive to any chain noise. Nothing like the first few rides on a freshly waxed chain.
When cyclist on Strava count mega miles from their indoor marathon session and it shows up on your local club group leadrboard that you belong too and it’s like 1,000 miles this week and longest ride is 500 miles. Typically these same folks are the ones that have joined every group there is to join. I’m like, c’mon, those aren’t real miles!
I’m on the fence with this one. I agree that there are a lot of athletes clocking up average speeds that they couldn’t maintain out in the wilds unless absolutely everything was optimised, thanks to powerups & Zwift’s drafting capabilities. Maybe I’m just salty about it because I don’t own a trainer, because I feel like being on a trainer for anything over active recovery is a special kind of horrible, & therefore am not participating. I remember when a local shop was demoing it back in its early days & being surprised by how absurdly easy it was to get to 100 kph. Maybe the physics models have changed, but 
… I suppose I could just chuck my bike on a dumb trainer, minimal resistance, & clock up a metric century in under two hours.
On the other hand I live somewhere very flat, with good access to a cycleway & a purpose-built almost-flat closed circuit. Since I moved here 11 months ago I’ve been clocking up distances & average speeds I could’ve only dreamt of in my previous (hilly) locale.
I’ll chuck another one in the ring. Not sure if this is a peeve or just something that makes me simultaneously roll my eyes & shake my head:
People who are proud of their crazily loud freehubs, but who lose their minds at the tiniest bit of brake disc rub.
Makes me want to stickytape a leaf inside the arch of their fork so that it rubs against their tyre. 
I don’t have any.
At least you don’t see them that often
My pet peeve is people who don’t have pet peeves 
Okay here’s an actual peeve of mine that reared its ugly head again today.
Cleat bolts that are too 
short 
These ones have torn the outer thread off the plate on this shoe.
On the other shoe… clearly they could be 1½mm longer without issue.
Change is possibly because I went from Shimano SPD to Xpedo cleats. Even with the Shimano cleats the bolts are struggling to reach the plates, making installation a nuisance.
Noone considers zwift or other virtual cycling speeds as realistic. But i bet using these tools makes the average time crunched cyclist MUCH faster IRL.
Realistically i only get to go out on my bike once a fortnight or so.
I had had to stop watching and listening to his youtube channel and the bonk bros podcast because of him. He preaches his Christianity while constantly hating and judging others. It became too much and I am much happier not being influenced by his content.
I love ya dude but that phrase is my #1 pet peeve right there. I blame Chris Carmichael.
Joe
Nah, because you don’t get power ups in real life, and you can’t put a fake weight in.
You sound fun and kind.
So because power ups and fake weight exist in zwift the training a rider does is magically nullified? 
Ha! It describes most cyclists i guess, with full time jobs and families they want to spend time with.
The trainer allows me to cycle 6-8 hrs a week rather than 2-4
