Cyclists: An ungrateful menace or merely deranged?
Friends,
Last week I told you about an unfortunate incident in which an irresponsible cyclist caused hundreds of dollars worth of damage to my Hummer. I’m sure you can imagine how upset I was, but as always, I allowed the Christian spirit of compassion and forgiveness to guide me. The foolish cyclist had learned his lesson, and that would be end of the matter… or so I thought.
Unfortunately I was wrong, the other day in the post, I received a letter demanding compensation for over $4,000 to cover the cost of replacing a damaged bicycle. The cyclist, a typical New-England liberal claimed that his foreign-made ‘road bicycle’ was made out of carbon, and therefore irreparable and that I was liable for the full extent of his damages. That sounds like a typical liberal extortion scam to me.
Would any sane person ever spend four-thousand dollars on a bicycle? For that amount of money you could get a motorbike, or better still a second hand car or truck? This bike was made in Italy, a country famous for hyper-inflation, rampant homosexuality and shoddy engineering. Is that the best you can get for four thousand?
And just because somebody has no bargain hunting common-sense, does that make me responsible? It hardly seems sensible or fair. Why would anybody buy foreign crap when they could have a fine American product for much less? It just does not make any sense!
So I talked through the whole matter with Shelley, who in a moment of Christ-inspired compassion reminded me of Jesus’s commandment to go the extra mile; Shelly authorized me to use the STR funds to buy this idiot a brand new bike, so that is why I found myself in a bike shop last weekend.
Much to my astonishment, the shop stocked a wide range of bicycles and the most expensive could be bought for less than $300. Each of these bikes were rugged looking rides, made from tough American steel.
As Shelley suggested, I bought the very best of their range; an attractive red bike complete with rugged off-road tyres and spring-loaded front suspension (an optional extra). The bike-shop assistant explained that unlike the wrecked foreign-made bike, this bike could ride off road, was virtually indestructible and and came with a bell on the handle-bar, a great way to warn other road-users about fast-moving cyclists.
I’m no fan of bicycles, but this one has everything, from spring-loaded suspension to a handy parking stand. Why would anybody buy foreign when you can get a fine American design like this for a great price?
So I’ve UPSed the whole thing off to Boston, and I hope that will entirely settle the matte, and set a fine example of Christian generoisty.
Yours in Christ,
Tristan J. Shuddery
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Sorry to hear that you caused that much damage to this cyclist. My husband says carbon frame bikes can be really expensive and they are obviously made for salad bar boys and girls. A true biker prefers steel frames. I just bought three of steel frame Dutch bikes to my friends. They were grateful. Especially for single gear.
Using light weight carbon frames causes weight loss. You’ll get rid of your muscles. As you hit the Hummer, it may really hurt.
My husband said the bike in the pic looks really nice. As we all know, G. W. Bush likes to ride bicycle sometimes. As far as I know he doesn’t have rear suspension in his bike, so this bike would be a nice gift to Him. It has a strong looking rear suspension system.
Man, that Huffy is really amazingly awful. Get a real American’s bike, a Cannondale.
I just want to clarify something. All cyclists are enemies of the American society. Even driving a so called “Huff” is an act of treason!
$4000 on a bike? Oh my God! Is that true? Look at it! It looks ridiculous!
I would never allow my children to ride a bike to school or such nonsense. Bikes are dangerous and they can also badly damage the groin area!
They can even make you impotent!
Tristan, i thought u talked with shelley about it. she seems to be pretty surprised about your article…whos the fraud?
That is some kind of strange logic. Do you think we sit side by side when writing articles, saying: Hey Tristan, I am writing this now.. is that OK for you?
Moron. We all all grown up individuals with our own mindsets. We have disagreements like everybody else. And by the way: Tristan hates bikes just like I do.
Shelley
My Church of Brian the Blessed has banned all worshippers from riding these evil machines. Riding down bumpy streets with a piece of black leather wedged between your thighs is guaranteed to create unholy and impure thoughts.
Is Tristan a Canadian or British? If he isn’t,why does he use the English spelling of words like “tyre”? Or use the term “post” instead of mail? I recall STR had a tirade months ago about speaking “American”! This article seems very UNAMERICAN to me!
That is just a problem with his damn spelling correction. One of the things I don’t like about Microsoft Office, is that they come with a British-fag-language as default.
Shelley
They sure are a nuisance.
You could buy the scumbag a proper car for that price and give him the chance to rejoin the human race.
Thank god for bullbars. Given half a chance they will run into you and bounce up on the windscreen and try to smash into the cabin and cause all kinds of mischief.
Better to speed up rather than risk death is the best policy.
“That is just a problem with his damn spelling correction. One of the things I don?¢‚Ǩ?°?É‚Äû?ɬ¥t like about Microsoft Office, is that they come with a British-fag-language as default.”
I’m guessing he ain’t too intelligent then, if he needs spelling correction for his native language..
Greetings from liberal Holland,
Thomas van der Meer
I hate to be rude, but the bike that is wrecked is a road bike. You bought the dude a mountain bike. I would not be suprised if he sent the bike back to you with a note saying he wants his $3,000. Sorry friend.
Thomas,
I don’t want to be rude, Sir, but you are an idiot!
Anybody that is using Word knows that the spelling correction is turned ON by default. I don’t know anybody switching it off. Why should somebody switch it off. Everybody has a typing error now and then!
Shelley
Dear Mr Bob Neck and Mr Shelly Republican,
You think you be fun. It is not. It is painful for bicycle rider and car driver to hit like this. I know because I was hit by car six months ago. I am telling you it is not fun at all. The man who hit me was very good. He should be paying for medical costs also, I think.
There is much talk here of Jesus and God. You should read the Bible one day I think! It is better to love than to hate.
Also, Microsoft Word is very good. I am using it now to do this.
I will pray for you.
Your friend in Bavaria.
no, that peice of shit ‘mountain bike’ mate I use a carrara banshee x, that I have the best $300 aprox. that I ever spent and you my good christian redneck should get that returned as soon as possible because the banshee lays waste to ALL!
thank you for listening to my advice.
Dear Friend,
I do not wish to sound like an alarmist, but if there is a LIEberal involved your troubles are far from over. Given the typical Democcrat predisposition to lie, cheat, and steal, I imagine more touble is heading you way. I only pray that a colored person wasn’t involved or you can be assured that the ACLU will be there screaming racism.
You and your family remain firmly planted in my prayers.
“I don?¢‚Ǩ?°?É‚Äû?ɬ¥t want to be rude, Sir, but you are an idiot!
Anybody that is using Word knows that the spelling correction is turned ON by default. I don?¢‚Ǩ?°?É‚Äû?ɬ¥t know anybody switching it off. Why should somebody switch it off. Everybody has a typing error now and then!”
Yeah, but you just said you hated it so much. Then why don’t you turn it off. Must mean you’re either too lazy to turn it off, or your English is so bad you need the spelling correction. You choose.
Greetings from liberal Holland,
Thomas van der Meer
This bike was made in Italy, a country famous for hyper-inflation, rampant homosexuality and shoddy engineering.
Italian engineering shoddy? Ever heard of Ferrari?
So you want to replace his luxury race-bike with a common road-bike? Sorry, but that?Ǭ¨?Ǭ•d be like me replacing your wrecked Hummer with an 40 years old VW mini-bus.
But yeah, carbon frames are imo quite useless.
Using light weight carbon frames causes weight loss. You?¢‚Ǩ?°?É‚Äû?ɬ¥ll get rid of your muscles. As you hit the Hummer, it may really hurt.
Erm, no. Due tothe training of riding your bike, you will get additional muscles.
Bikes are dangerous and they can also badly damage the groin area!
Only when using a shitty saddle or no saddle at all. And honestly, anyone doing such bull**** deserves it.
The German Guy
IMEPACH BUSH!
Why don’t you rich tightwad Republicans replace his bike with a quality American made pedal powered vehicle of equal value but better made for road use,the Rhoades Car! http://www.rhoadescar.com They come in 1,2 and 4 seater models with options like lights so drivers like Tristan can easily see someone on the road in one!
“That is just a problem with his damn spelling correction. One of the things I don?¢‚Ǩ?°?É‚Äû?ɬ¥t like about Microsoft Office, is that they come with a British-fag-language as default.
Shelley”
Erm…can I ask where it is you bought your copy of Word from? Because mine, bought in the USA, doesn’t have British English as the default language. Also, even if using the British English setting, would not change Mail to Post. So please don’t speak out your ass.
“That is some kind of strange logic. Do you think we sit side by side when writing articles, saying: Hey Tristan, I am writing this now.. is that OK for you?
Moron. We all all grown up individuals with our own mindsets. We have disagreements like everybody else. And by the way: Tristan hates bikes just like I do.
Shelley”
Hm..you seemed to have completely missed the whole point of the accusation. Tristan clearly states in the article: “So I talked through the whole matter with Shelley,” this would imply that you knew about the bike costing $4000. But you then in a comment stated, in shock, “$4000 on a bike? Oh my God! Is that true?” Who then is this logic broken? Please enlighten me.
You people are idiots. I hope that cyclist sued your pants off. Nothing would make me happier than to hear of your POS Hummer getting repoed. I really hope this was just a joke!
I knew you americans were think but this really takes the pi$$ oh and what is that language you speak called again? oh yeh its ENGLISH as in from England. So who do you think has the spelling right?
You are a tremendous cunt.
Wow. I truly forgot how ignorant, elitist, and hateful some people can be. You call yourself American? You must know that bike you bought was built in China, and on a side note, will break within one or two actual uses. In fact, I don’t really know why I am even taking the time to write this. You’re clearly not worth my time. Wish there were less people like you in this world, or at least this country. It’s people like you that make half the world hate America. How did you start down this spiraling path of hatred? Clearly it’s a cycle in which sensible, caring persons such as myself tell you off for your incredibly hateful, stereotyping demeanor; which in turn causes you to respond in the most derogatory, hateful ways possible (since you’re clearly incapable of anything more creative). I am just wondering how it all started…
I don’t understand how you can call the cyclist insane for buying a $4000 bike, yet you drive one of the worst vehicles around. How can you hate what he’s doing, when you are obviously stupid. You are uneducated about the cycling world as well. The bike you bought is a piece of junk, regardless of if it was made in America or China. My final point, that cyclist’ $4000 investment doesn’t leave the horrendous carbon footprint that your hummer leaves. I just can’t believe there are people out there like you. You drive a Hummer, yet you can’t afford to cough up the money for this man to buy a new bike…..
I don’t believe God would want you driving a Hummer either…..Destroying the World He created for you.
Shelley is real! This website is a political news website. Don’t waste your energy getting your news somewhere else.
I am truly surprise by the idiocy of some people in America…and I live here! $4000 for a bicycle isn’t much, by the way. Mine cost over $6000, and it isn’t anywhere near top of the line. And I really thought that Christians had more compassion for their fellow man. It is things like this that make me eternally grateful I am agnostic! It seems that even in my godless state, I have better moral standards than you!
This is totaly rediculous. Where do you get off with the derogatory language that you use? “The typical democrat dispostition to lie cheat and steal”? What? What is wrong with all of you. Its like you’ve lost your minds! And then to say something like that about the black man, you’re absolutely horrendous! Are you still living in the sixties or something? And you ARE an alarmist, you’re stereotypical, you’re racist, and you are definitely not christian in any good sense of the word. And wtf is british fag language? spend some time outside in the REAL world talking to real people who have real worries, and real problems. you’re all unbelievable (except for a few of you who made sense).
Please tell me this is a joke, other wise you have got to be by far the stupidest person alive oh and also a complete bitch. Fuck you and your hummer you piece of shit. Replacing a mans dream bike with some thing you would easily find in the gutter is unspeakably disgusting. You make me want to vomit. The bike you destroyed was a piece of art. Do you have any idea how horrific it is the be hit by a car? Oh wait i forgot your speeding around in a car built for war. You have made me loose all faith in humanity. I hope you get hit by a hummer you stupid republican cunt. Fuck you.
you have to be the most egocentric, hateful bigot i have heard for a long time. that cyclist should have called the police, filed a report, and taken your pretty pansy ass to court for attempted vehicular murder. to replace a quality machine with a wallmart piece of shit is beyond ignorant. anybody that thinks this piece of upper crust wonder is right, you would think alot different if it were you that had been hit. or your children. to say that you would never let your child ride a bike… this is why they will die of heart disease before the age of 40. this is why there are more obese kids who can’t even run to catch the ice cream truck. you should be ashamed of yourselves. to think that you have supremacy of the road in your multi-ton armored killing maching is a slight against humanity. take a look at it from the assulted mans side. then go choke on your bible. good day.
you honestly think you’re better than that biker who spent 4,000$ on his bike when you’re the one who goes around in a huge ass car that gets shit gas mileage? is the idea of global warming completely lost to your bigot mind?
and now liberal’s are the ones who lie, cheat, and steal? i really want to know how and when this happened. it’d give me an entirely new perspective on life.
i can’t even imagine how murderous that guy must have felt when he recieved your piece of shit bike. a little f.y.i. WAL-MART DOESN’T COUNT AS A BIKE SHOP!
and all this christian shit! whatever happened to god accepting everyone?
then to top it all off, someone had to go make a comment about hoping a ‘colored person’ was not involved, because of lawsuit issues. it just shocks me that people can even think that way. you can go take your 20 MPG hummer and shove it up your republican ass. maybe then you’ll see how much of a fucking bitch you are.
have fun being hated.
I completely agree with the last two comments on this horrible story your republican piece of shit ass had to share with the world. So let’s sum up what happened. You hit a bicyclist in your big pussy hummer, he was upset that he had spent 4,000 dollars on something he loved to do, not your decision what he does with his time stupid cunt, so he thought it would be reasonable that your stupid morman republican careless ass would replace what you fucked up for him, so you went and bought a completely different bike for a huge fraction of the cost and expected that to cut it. FUCK YOU you stupid cunt. i don’t even know what to say. you can go drive off a cliff in that hummer you piece of shit.
Are you serious? You call yourself a Christian and you REALLY think like that? I’m sure Christ is looking down and smiling at the views you possess. (insert sarcastic smiley here) What a piece of work you are. Enjoy Hell because thats where you are heading you hypocrite!
A Hummer? Really….A hummer? You call CYCLIST spending money on a device that provides them with a longer life and helps to reduce the cost of health care while you drive an overpriced gas guzzling shoebox of an automobile? How about thinking for YOURSELF rather than following the heard of other self righteous idiots that are maintaining our dependence to unstable countries that hate us. You are a complete idiot. BTW…I spend thousands of dollars every year on bikes and parts but I drive a car that gets 25+ MPG.
I’m sure your views would change if it were your son/daughter/husband were the one hit by a car while riding a bike. I bet you might even try to sue. Oh wait…..I would assume that obesity runs rampant in your household and you couldn’t ride more than a few blocks on a bike before you gave up saying this is too much work.
Totally agree! people like you make me thoroughly ashamed to call myself American. Furthermore, how does a car HITTING a cyclist ever become the cyclist’s fault when the car did the hitting??!! tell me that! I think the above responses already covered how arrogant and ignorant you acted by “replacing” his bike with that huffy piece of shit. I ride a $1100 road bike and that is one of the cheapest ones out there. Have some fucking respect for others and leave your stupid suburban enclave for something other than TGI Friday’s you uncultured boob. I hope you choke on your ignorance and die.
you sound like such a stereotypical American tosser… and you wonder why you’re so hated.
‘Why spend 4000 on a bike?’ – because its healthy, environmentally friendly and better than your ugly fuckin redneck road trash
‘Why would anybody buy foreign crap when they could have a fine American product for much less?’ – because the Americans cant make shit and i wouldn’t trust Lance Armstrong on an American built bike… oh wait, your uneducated, you think the simpsons are really – and as for lance Armstrong – no he doesn’t eat spinach and have budging mussels, he cycles.
twat.
I find it sad that you won’t ever ride a bike…
it’s probably the closest your encrusted, sour pussy would ever get to having sex.
Shelly is no more. She has met the same fate as the company that built her beloved Hummer. Let that be a lesson for you idolators who bow at the altar of idiotic vehicles.
Shelly is laying down the cold hard truth. Keep fighting the good fight people!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA THIS IS FUCKING HILARIOUS HAHAHA SHELLY YOU TELL’EM FUCKING BIKER FAGGOTS HAHAHA OH SHELLY I LOVE THE WAY YOU DO! YOU KNOW ON COLD SUMMER NIGHTS I LIKE TO SIT WITH JESUS AND SIP WARM MILK’N'COOKIES ‘ROUND THE CAMPFIRE, AMEN, but Shelly do one thing for me will you honey? watch out for them poor pedalers they cause some mighty harsh damage to a good ‘ol rugged american military vehicle, made to take bullets and explosions from terrorist insurgents deserve to die without fair trial, but hey, shelly, I love ya babe, don’t get me wrong, amen, keep on blogging big mamma, one love.
Hi, I’m gay. Love the site. Do you have a dog?
Sorry, Shelley, but not only were you wrong, you were maliciously so. Regardless of who was at fault, sending someone a POS bicycle to replace a nice one is plain mean. Would you have liked the cyclist to send you a rusted-out Yugo? Bullies are annoying when they’re kids, but at least they don’t hide behind a cloak of Republicanism, Christianity, and the “American” way.
Let me see here… 2 and a half years ago I was 12 years old and 105 kg, my blood pressure was through the roof and if I didn’t do anything about it I could have dropped dead by the age of 30 of a heart attack.
Running? No out of the question for my young joints and heavy mass
swimming? For my large mass I would have trouble getting any sort of work out.
Cycling? Sure thing. My weight has dropped down to 75 kg and I have no more fat to lose as the rest is pure muscle. I’m healthy, my doctor is truly amazed at how far I’ve come and says that I’m on the right track to living for many years to come. Not only am I more healthy… I’m happy. I’m never depressed and exercising gives me all the happyness I could need. I ride everywhere, friends houses, shopping centre, city centre you name it.
I go to a catholic school, and people like you Mrs Republican make me want to convert to an aethiest. IF jesus was around he would spit in your face you ignorant slut. You believe in being a good christian yet you indirectly condone violence in your gas guzzling machine built for war?
My bike is a Pinarello. Italian engineering and technology intwined with Taiwanese manufacturing. Any input from America? None.
Well Chad Pedrotti, you are obviously a communist, and less than human becuase you use the meteric system. Burn in heaven hahahahaha
How would you react if I damaged your Hummer and tried to replace it with a Kia Sportage?
You truly are a clueless, arrogant, moron.
crap. get a life, sissy.
Tristan, you trully are an arrogant retard.
Are you serious with this article? Cyclists are sissies? Have you seen the Tour de France or any other stage race.
I am sorry there are drivers like you on the road. Maybe you should take your Hummer and trade it in on a vehicle that doesn’t kill the environment.
I feel sorry for ignorant people like yourself. Cycling is a huge help the economy and mother nature. Before you go bashing something like a right winged tard, why don’t you learn and thing or two.
so real bikers only like steel? tell that to lance armstrong.
secondly, are you people even real? is this blog a reflection of how you actually think or are you making this sh’t up to be funny? if this blog reflects the “logic” by which you live, i am truly sad, not only to be a fellow american but, to be a fellow human.
Isn’t a hummer another name for a blow job? and a signal to all who see it that the driver is either not endowed, or is a fat woman who wants to be a large and in charge republican marge? Aka barge? Fatties. You SHOULD be jealous of those of us who do not overeat compulsively and actually look good naked. Fuck off.
You are making a value judgment on how a person chooses to spend their money. It is none of your business, and your should stay out of other peoples lives like a real conservative would do. The cyclist did not tell you how to spend your money an auto. You were in the wrong and destroyed the cyclist personal property, therefor your are liable. I assume if it were reversed you would demand compensation of replacement value, regardless of how you feel about bikes. I don’t like hummers, but I would not tell you that your vehicle is a glorified Low tech Chevy suburban with a Tonka truck shell that you got suckered into buying because you know nothing about what the real military hummers are about mechanically. Thus, its value is much lower than you paid, therefor I am not going to pay you what you actually need to replace or repair it. You need to practice what you preach and respect other people rights to make choices freely. Be and American, won’t you. Oh, you want your rights but won’t let others have yours, hmm. Sound familiar? I think there is a a handful of other countries that rule this way, you should try one, you will fit in well. North Korea is looking for soldiers, I will send you and application!
There’s no way this is real. Excellent parody of conservative America, however. No, we are not this ignorant or mean-spirited. There are some problems with the cyclist mentality, however, that require some serious introspection. You can’t expect Conservative America to stop driving entirely, a more realistic vision needs to be advanced.
Please tell me you’re not serious! Hummers are the embodiment of excess in america. A good carbon fiber racing bike or a good full suspension mountain bike can EASILY cost in excess of of $4k. That Huffy you pictured is not a bicycle, it’s a bicycle shaped toy. The grill of of your corporate death machine cannot possibly be as important as someone’s life.
From your explanation in your other post, it sounds, even by your account, that you made a left hand turn without looking or signalling and severely injured someone who was passing legally, and you feel like you got the raw end of the deal. I hope you go to jail for this.
As I said, hopefully, this is tongue in cheek. If not, well… the name’s Spork. I ride a copper orange Trek 4300 in Paducah, KY. If you’re ever around, be sure to identify yourself. I’ve got a whole gang of people with american made steel frame bikes that’d be more than happy to frame check your bitch ass and sell that piece of shit hate machine you drive as scrap metal to a recycling company so it could get made into something useful. If you think street cyclists recover fast, I dare you to hit one of the urban freeriders around here. We’ll be off the pavement, through the glass, and in your face before you know it.
this is a joke right? i mean, are you people inbreds or what?
Christian Retardicans sure can write some good satire.
Tristan, you were pronounced dead before this…
You might be correct this whole thread is a spoof. I just realized that the bike in the picture is an Aluminum frame, see the clean break on the frame tube, carbon fiber does not break this way. Fool me once shame on you fool me twice shame on me. Good job, very clever. Notice, No description of the accident or even debate about the circumstances.
wow, you are extremely uneducated. I am a professional bike mechanic and i can assure you that bike could easily be worth more than four thousand. That is typical for a carbon frame bike. A high end Bianchi is an extremely well made precision bike built by a company that’s 128 years old. Bianchi has numerous world cup and la tour de France victories. A department store bike like your Huffy is not even the same style of bike and is made(like your hummer) from cheap shoty made parts shipped all over the world. then assembled in Taiwan or china. A big piece of shit. if you are a christian, then ask yourself wwjd and get this guy a new bike of equal value. I hope you are taken to court.
wait a min… totally an aluminum frame. your makin this shit up….waste your own time.
I am a Christian and a cyclist, happily married (you assiciated cycling with homosexuality), and I will be praying for the guy you hit. I really hope this is satire. Otherwise, you are a completely ignorant icon for everything that the world hates about America and it’s undereducated populace.
you are insane, this is either a joke or america is going to hell with you in it
Hahaha Chill out people, you’ll have time to burn up (in hell!) later, if you don’t take God’s word seriously.
Let’s just vigorously throw some nice, heavy steel BMX bikes into his shiny Hummer.
u retards… that bike would have been the guys pride and joy and that shit huffy should be shoved up ur arse
Please tell me this a joke. My ‘Road’ Bike was 5k, the ‘mountain’ was 2k. Its one of my passions. Everyone spends more on their hobbies/interests than the next person. Some might say you spent more on a Tahoe called a Hummer.
Same kinda folks like this are the folks banning everything out there they do not participate in. Will there be anything left?
I am starting to believe that ‘Internet Kills’
Once again uneducated people who believe they have an IQ that would make Stephen Hawking jealous & on top of that so called christians are running their yaps about things they don’t, can’t or won’t comprehend.
I have a Cervelo S2 that’s worth $12k USD carbon fibre everything it’s an amazing bike a pinnacle of technology & if you had one iota (that’s not to be confused with Iowa dummy) of the high end road bike market then you would cork your cake holes, this article wouldn’t be here & you would have shelled out the cash to replace that which you have damaged. If you wanted to go the extra mile you would have upgraded the guys Bianchi to a top of the line model. So quit parading around like you two are Mother Teresa & the good samaritan. You’re tools & are prime candidates in the destruction of planet Earth. The carbon footprint you leave makes the grand canyon look like a divet on a golf course. Might I suggest an advanced driving course for you Shelley as its clear to me you need to be educated further on road safety & how to control a vehicle correctly. Also Tristan please don’t use the term yours in Christ as it’s blasphemous seaming you display no christian traits, you are one of those people that use the good lord as a shelter to launch your unchristian agenda, btw (that stands for by the way) you may need to get a dictionary to assist you in the comprehension of some of the words that I’m using as it’s clear you guys have a limited education (I guess that happens when you inbreed successfully). “Would any sane person ever spend four-thousand dollars on a bicycle? For that amount of money you could get a motorbike, or better still a second hand car or truck? This bike was made in Italy, a country famous for hyper-inflation, rampant homosexuality and shoddy engineering. Is that the best you can get for four thousand?” let me answer that yes they would and there are countless thousands yeah millions that would do, will do or already have done. It keeps my arteries from clogging up while taking up all the road chewing 150 gallons per mile and being a bitchumen bully. You people are kidding me the Italians are far more refined compared to “Y’all back in hicksville”. I was as amused as I was outraged by your audacity. I could have bought a car motorbike, truck or countless other mechanical modes of transport but I didn’t want that or else I would & the same can be said for the poor unfortunate rider you so recklessly hit. So my suggestion to you hill billy’s is go till the fields with your sisters brother who is her husband; Jim Bob raise your confederate flag & swig moonshine while listen to the anthem Denis Leary wrote for you guys – Asshole. (PS may be a good time to read your bible properly and then comprehend it)