interesting encounter

Paladin

dij@usafcct.com (JD) wrote in message news:<ebf270c9.0403301450.325565ed@posting.google.com>...
> So, I decide that active rest was to run downtown on the cruiser today
> to accomplish various tasks. At one point I used a left turn lane and
> made a safe left turn onto a sidestreet from a main artery. Well,
> after I finish my turn some goatee-wearing putz passenger in a black
> pickup yells at me in passsing to get out of the street. I can hear
> the traffic slowing for a signal the direction the offensive creep is
> headed, so I decide to cut down an alley to see exactly what his
> malfunction is. The truck was stopped at the light and I slid right
> up next to it and yelled into the face of the goatee punk, "YOU GOT
> SOMETHING TO SAY (insert expletive here)?!?!?" A look of disbelief is
> the first thing out of him as he stared blankly into the face of the
> pissed off bicycle rider who was obviously much bigger than he. Then
> his look turns to smug as he rolls the window up, saying "Huh?" at the
> same time. "Just what I thought, you're a (insert expletives here)."
> Of course, the fat bastard (who was also wearing a goatee) who was
> driving decided to not give chase, as I gave them plenty of
> opportunity to do so as I rode off. Some people's kids...
>
> JD


Guess you proved once again you're not exactly the average roadie, eh?
Surprised those suckers a tad, did we? Good job. But I agree that
such indulgences have to be balanced now and then with a healthy
respect for any weapons the idiots might be toting.

I accidentally cut off a Harley rider with my pickup, and he followed
me honking and swearing and gesturing for a couple miles. I finally
slowed down, let him pull up, then I yelled out, "Sorry, but you have
to let it go, buddy!" He finally did, after flipping me off for the
100th time.

paladin

supabonbon

"MattB" <somedudeus@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<c4cvcn$2c3l08$1@ID-86156.news.uni-berlin.de>...
> JD wrote:
> > So, I decide that active rest was to run downtown on the cruiser today
> > to accomplish various tasks. At one point I used a left turn lane and
> > made a safe left turn onto a sidestreet from a main artery. Well,
> > after I finish my turn some goatee-wearing putz passenger in a black
> > pickup yells at me in passsing to get out of the street. I can hear
> > the traffic slowing for a signal the direction the offensive creep is
> > headed, so I decide to cut down an alley to see exactly what his
> > malfunction is. The truck was stopped at the light and I slid right
> > up next to it and yelled into the face of the goatee punk, "YOU GOT
> > SOMETHING TO SAY (insert expletive here)?!?!?" A look of disbelief is
> > the first thing out of him as he stared blankly into the face of the
> > pissed off bicycle rider who was obviously much bigger than he. Then
> > his look turns to smug as he rolls the window up, saying "Huh?" at the
> > same time. "Just what I thought, you're a (insert expletives here)."
> > Of course, the fat bastard (who was also wearing a goatee) who was
> > driving decided to not give chase, as I gave them plenty of
> > opportunity to do so as I rode off. Some people's kids...
> >
> > JD
>
> You're obviously in the right. I've had similar encounters (without the size
> advantage). Just remember that some right people get shot in such
> encounters. My brother's had a gun flashed at him in a similar situation.
>
> Matt (prefers to take my chances offroad)

Not only that. I'm take the same routes almost every day, commuting to
work from Brooklyn to Manhattan. I have almost daily confrontations,
ranging from a loud bark to spitting to literally spanking drivers.
There are assholes everywhere. But I have to remember that if I'm
commuting using the same route everyday, chances are that they are
too. They can wait a month to run me over. A year. Beyond an
exagerrated sense of security, that comically inept little piece of
foam I usually wear on my head isn't going to help much. Most drivers
don't have guns, but they all have cars. It hasn't stopped me from
riding, but I always ride with the thought that everybody on the
street is out to kill me. That includes pedestrians.
With the said, you've got to put everybody in their place, and that
usually means some sort of loud verbal threat. Non-cyclists seem to
assume cyclist have some sort of deathwish, but it's exactly the
opposite. Let them know. Loud pipes save lives.

/s

Craig Brossman

mojo deluxe wrote:

> "bomba" <myarse247@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> newsan.2004.03.31.11.36.54.964394@hotmail.com...
>
>>On Wed, 31 Mar 2004 05:52:49 +0000, Loomer wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I want to retire in Denmark and ride my bike and watch the purty women
>>>there. American knuckleheads get to me sometimes.
>>
>>But Denmark blows for mountain biking. Their highest peak is about 30 ft.
>>Retire round the Alps, or something.
>>
>
> Jeez, even Louisiana smokes that. I think ours is a whopping 300 ft.
>

Isn't the highest point in New Orleans a dirt mound they built in/near
the monkey cage in the zoo?

--
Craig Brossman, Durango Colorado
(remove ".nospam" to reply)

Stephen Baker

supabonbon says:

>With the said, you've got to put everybody in their place, and that
>usually means some sort of loud verbal threat. Non-cyclists seem to
>assume cyclist have some sort of deathwish, but it's exactly the
>opposite. Let them know. Loud pipes save lives.

I used to have an air-powered foghorn mounted to the bars on my Carlton when i
commuted through London (ah, youth!) which proved very effective - especially
when used on w@nkers in convertibles trying to show off their sporty cars to
the new gf. ;-)

Steve

Andrew Thorne

>
>I used to have an air-powered foghorn mounted to the bars on my Carlton when
>i
>commuted through London (ah, youth!) which proved very effective - especially
>when used on w@nkers in convertibles trying to show off their sporty cars to
>the new gf. ;-)
>
>Stev

I've always relied on a ref's whistle on a string around my neck. It gets
attention and weighs almost nothing.

That said, as fun as it is to tell off motorists, please try not to. I really
don't want to be the next bicyclist some asshole comes across after he's just
been chewed out.

Cheers,

-Andrew

Michael Paul

"G.T." <ethan_t@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:RXrac.44468$AH5.11651@newssvr25.news.prodigy.com...
>
> "MattB" <somedudeus@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:c4cvcn$2c3l08$1@ID-86156.news.uni-berlin.de...
> >
<SNIP>

> 4th, I was afraid that these two bruisers of women weere going to get out
> and tag team me but they just flipped me off and said fuck you.
>

Take out the adjective bruisers and replace with hot 18-20 something and
that's a fantasy come true!

Michael

Michael Paul

A buddy of mine took a can of coke off his helmet once. He swerved but
didn't go down.

Another buddy got a Western Bacon Cheesburger off his chest.

I've just been squirted with water. scared me but the car was long gone by
the time I recovered enough to realize what it was.

Michael

Ken in KC

Jd wrote:
> Yeah man, I'll be here. Don't jump out in front of me at the Crit
> this year! A few of the locals are gunning to unseat Pete Webber as
> the champ.
> JD



Excellent.... If anyone deserves unseating, it's Pete.


Ken



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mojo deluxe

"Craig Brossman" <craigbrossman@starband.net> wrote in message
news:cAEac.109$FB1.45@fe25.usenetserver.com...
> mojo deluxe wrote:
>
> > "bomba" <myarse247@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > newsan.2004.03.31.11.36.54.964394@hotmail.com...
> >
> >>On Wed, 31 Mar 2004 05:52:49 +0000, Loomer wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>I want to retire in Denmark and ride my bike and watch the purty women
> >>>there. American knuckleheads get to me sometimes.
> >>
> >>But Denmark blows for mountain biking. Their highest peak is about 30
ft.
> >>Retire round the Alps, or something.
> >>
> >
> > Jeez, even Louisiana smokes that. I think ours is a whopping 300 ft.
> >
>
> Isn't the highest point in New Orleans a dirt mound they built in/near
> the monkey cage in the zoo?
>
It may very well be, since the entire city is below sea level. The city is
slowly sinking, at that!

That 300 ft elevation is way up in the northern part of the state.