Dumbest thing(s) you've been told or yelled at while commuting
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Dumbest thing(s) you've been told or yelled at while commuting
For me i was at a red light pretty late on a weekend. Car with a few drunk guys (maybe even the driver ) stops beside me and rolls down the window.
Them: Hey, you wanna race!?
Me: *nod* yes
Sure enough, they pealed out and beat me at green. Albeit, i wasn't actually racing them. I only noded in agreement so i wouldn't get in some stupid conversation with some after party beer'd up drunkards.
They may actually think they "won" that race . . . yay idiots!
Them: Hey, you wanna race!?
Me: *nod* yes
Sure enough, they pealed out and beat me at green. Albeit, i wasn't actually racing them. I only noded in agreement so i wouldn't get in some stupid conversation with some after party beer'd up drunkards.
They may actually think they "won" that race . . . yay idiots!
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Either "get off the road" or "get on the sidewalk." Usually yelled from a vehicle going about the same speed in the same direction.
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When it was raining: "Do you want to put your bike in the back of my truck and get a ride home?"
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When going down a fairly large bridge after timing a gap in traffic, a motorcyclist going the opposite direction yells out, "Get off the road *******!"
This was a 6 lane bridge by the way
This was a 6 lane bridge by the way
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"You will burn in hell for defying God's judgment on you". And the look on the driver's face(and the bumper stickers) said he was serious.
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I had some kids in a cavalier roll up beside me, (while riding), roll down their window, and ask to race. I said sure and stood up. For a few seconds I had a healthy jump on him and I could hear the passangers yelling. Obviously, after he got the car shifted they dropped me but I think I shocked them.
Edit: this was not while commuting. It was after work on a road bike.
Edit: this was not while commuting. It was after work on a road bike.
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"F@g!"
I didn't react. They were just teenagers and that's what they want. You ignore them and they're just talking to themselves and looking like morons to the rest of the drivers around them. And yeah, I did catch them at the light...then at the next...and the one after that. Think they had anything else to say?
For the most part, my rides are hassle-free.
I didn't react. They were just teenagers and that's what they want. You ignore them and they're just talking to themselves and looking like morons to the rest of the drivers around them. And yeah, I did catch them at the light...then at the next...and the one after that. Think they had anything else to say?
For the most part, my rides are hassle-free.
Last edited by rex_kramer; 01-09-11 at 11:54 PM. Reason: Sorry, not trying to be offensive. Just stating facts.
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As I was riding my recumbent bike (my commuter) a group of teenagers in a car pulled up next to me and one of them yelled out, "Lazy a$$ hole!" It was very ironic.
It seems to some people dispite me pedaling the bike, I must be "lazy" because of my riding position. I don't understand that mentality as going uphill is actually more difficult on a recumbent. Oh well.
It seems to some people dispite me pedaling the bike, I must be "lazy" because of my riding position. I don't understand that mentality as going uphill is actually more difficult on a recumbent. Oh well.
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I was informed by a lady, who got out of her car a light, that there's a road with a bike lane a block over.
Her intentions where good, but that bike lane is on an already narrow two lane road, and is a harrowing experience to ride. I thanked her, but mentioned that having a lane to myself (this was a four lane 30mph road) was much safer than the 2 feet between the cars and curb a block over.
Her intentions where good, but that bike lane is on an already narrow two lane road, and is a harrowing experience to ride. I thanked her, but mentioned that having a lane to myself (this was a four lane 30mph road) was much safer than the 2 feet between the cars and curb a block over.
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"Nice helmet ret-rd" - yelled by a 9 year old kid playing in his driveway with a friend. I was tempted to yell something back, but I LOL'd so hard that I was well past by the time I stopped. Kid has a brilliant future.
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This old man i pass every so often always going on opposite direction.
"WEAR A HELMET"
The first time...yeah okay...but every time we "bump" into each other?
"WEAR A HELMET"
The first time...yeah okay...but every time we "bump" into each other?
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I cut through a shopping mall as part of my short cut in the dark morning hour. I had all my pretty red blinkies (3 PBSF, 1 MS tail light) on and flashing. I also had three SST 50 thrower light along with a MS900 on in the front. This mall security caught up with me with all her security light flashing and she was staring everywhere while driving along side of me. Me thinking WTF. So I stop.
Me: "what you want?"
Her: "you need assistant?"
Me : "huh???, What you mean"
She: "oh, you don't work for us? I thought you were chasing someone"
As we separated
Me: (silently said)"$&@! Dumb lady!!!"
Me: "what you want?"
Her: "you need assistant?"
Me : "huh???, What you mean"
She: "oh, you don't work for us? I thought you were chasing someone"
As we separated
Me: (silently said)"$&@! Dumb lady!!!"
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I cut through a shopping mall as part of my short cut in the dark morning hour. I had all my pretty red blinkies (3 PBSF, 1 MS tail light) on and flashing. I also had three SST 50 thrower light along with a MS900 on in the front. This mall security caught up with me with all her security light flashing and she was staring everywhere while driving along side of me. Me thinking WTF. So I stop.
Me: "what you want?"
Her: "you need assistant?"
Me : "huh???, What you mean"
She: "oh, you don't work for us? I thought you were chasing someone"
As we separated
Me: (silently said)"$&@! Dumb lady!!!"
Me: "what you want?"
Her: "you need assistant?"
Me : "huh???, What you mean"
She: "oh, you don't work for us? I thought you were chasing someone"
As we separated
Me: (silently said)"$&@! Dumb lady!!!"
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A ninja ped on the MUP at night always yells "knives."
I don't really want to stop and find out what he means, but I think he is referring to my lights. They are bright, but aimed down.
I don't really want to stop and find out what he means, but I think he is referring to my lights. They are bright, but aimed down.
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Wow, these people are really starting to take the Torah seriously. (I assume they're referring to Deuteronomy 22:11, "Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woollen and linen together.")