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Cake day: August 11th, 2023

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  • LMAO you think 125cc bikes are quiet? You’re showing signs of profound hearing loss in the everything range.

    Bikes. Are. Much. Louder. Than. Cars. This is a measurable fact. There is a reason the legal limit for cars is 62dB, and that for bikes is 97.

    I am not the problem

    Says every biker, as they wake the whole neighborhood at 6am to let their engine heat up for a few minutes, as bikes not only are loud, they are also extremely unreliable and need careful attention to function properly. Truly a useless vehicle. Prefer bicycles for short distances and trains for longer trips.



  • I hear all sounds just fine, unless they are covered by the extremely loud sound of a motorcycle.

    Typical biker. Never at fault. I’m not loud, it’s your hearing that’s bad! Nevermind the fact that you don’t need any hearing aid and can hear people talking at a regular volume just fine.

    Loud cars are rare. Most cars are barely noticeable when stopped at a red light or going slowly. Cities are loud because there are lots of them, but individual cars are not loud. A bike is as loud as a dozen cars revving their engine.


  • I’m less than 300m away from a highway at this very moment and can barely hear it. It’s sound is covered by people talking in the office. 1km inside a city is a lot. Cars are barely audible from 30m away. This is not a problem with my hearing. I often cycle on the road that’s next to the highway, the only sound barrier being trees, and I can hear the woosh woosh sound of car tires but not their engines. Unlike bikes.

    Bike and car engine sounds are easy to tell apart. Loud cars are usually VW Golfs or BMWs used by assholes, and they are somewhat rare and quieter than any random bike.

    Here in France, the noise limit for bikes is higher than that for cars, and Harley Davidson have a special exemption to be allowed to go up to 97dB. Bikers always insist that their bike is silent, yet on neutral without acceleration, they are consistently louder than cars accelerating.



  • Tires don’t make any significant noise below 30 km/h. This is why electric cars must emit a fake engine noise, for pedestrian safety. In a city, motorbikes are BY FAR the number one source of noise pollution. They can be heard up to a kilometer away, and can cover the sound of people talking inside of a building.

    Bikes ARE loud. This is a fact denied only by bikers, who all have their eardrums damaged by their engine.