Miele Man

I used to ride with a fellow who did really crazy things on his bicycle that rendered him a hazard to himself and everyone else using the roads. I didn't want to be there to witness his demise when his luck finally runs out and therefore I stopped riding with him. Riding with him was simply too stressful. It seemed I was always expecting him to get hit.

Nowadays you simply don't know if someone, bicyclist or motorist or pedestrian, who exhibits irrational behaviour is mentally ill or on some kind of drug.

I also feel that a lot of incidents I experience are crafted by the devil to steal my enjoyment.

For all those reasons I just try to shrug it off and continue to enjoy my ride. Sometimes it's really hard to do that though.

A friend of mine had a device on the steering wheel of his car that was great to reduce road rage with. You pushed a button on it and it would emit a sound that you'd chosen it to make. He had rockets and/or machine guns as his two most popular choices. I think something like that might be helpful in keeping our rage levels down too when we encounter idiots on our rides.

Cheers