These are weird times: a friend told me a story yesterday of getting assaulted while riding over the weekend. He was on a busy path, and someone on one of those electric single-wheeled contraptions buzzed by him at high speed. When he caught up at a light, he suggested the guy get a bell or some such to let people know he was there. The guy grumbled something about “personal freedom” and sped off, only to then slow down let my friend pass, and then speed up and push my friend off of the path, where he crashed. The guy sped off. My friend was quite shaken up, did call the police (and remarked a large number of people passed without any gestures toward seeing if he was okay), but doesn’t hold much hope that the perp will be found. Yeesh! Be careful out there!