Stone-throwing
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Stone-throwing
I've been told that children in certain countries are fond of throwing stones at cyclists. Have any of you experienced this?
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Not here in the USA.
I've heard of kids throwing stuff off of bridges at cars, and many overpasses have tall fences to prevent it.
The worst I've had was throwing around insults.
There was a thread about drinks being thrown at some cyclists.
https://www.bikeforums.net/general-cy...drink-you.html
I've heard of kids throwing stuff off of bridges at cars, and many overpasses have tall fences to prevent it.
The worst I've had was throwing around insults.
There was a thread about drinks being thrown at some cyclists.
https://www.bikeforums.net/general-cy...drink-you.html
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In my case I think it only happened three or four times. It was particularly nasty near a town called Sidi Kacem, on my way to Fez. The kids there seem to have good throwing arms. I found that starring down the little bastards seemed to dissuade most of them.
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Had some rocks thrown down at me from a bridge while kayaking around Manhattan island, but not while cycling (only drinks on a couple occasions).
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Never had a rock thrown at me but I've had several beer bottles tossed in my direction along with a loaf of bread?
No issues to report in Morocco on anything really. Very good people there overall.
No issues to report in Morocco on anything really. Very good people there overall.
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water fights during thailand's songkran new years festival.
has become popular to race down the street in a pickup
with 55-gallon trash cans full of ice water in the bed.
dump buckets-fuls on cyclists as you pass at high speed.
has become popular to race down the street in a pickup
with 55-gallon trash cans full of ice water in the bed.
dump buckets-fuls on cyclists as you pass at high speed.
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Has never happened to me in China and SE Asia, places where one might expect this sort of thing.
Someone threw an egg at me when I was unicycle commuting in Ontario once. Kids in a car I think. They missed.
Someone threw an egg at me when I was unicycle commuting in Ontario once. Kids in a car I think. They missed.
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I had rocks thrown at me and others also encountered this in Ethiopia during TDA in 2013.
Try a google search with "bicycle rock throwing Ethiopia" and you can find other accounts.
Try a google search with "bicycle rock throwing Ethiopia" and you can find other accounts.
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I had stones thrown at me in various towns in Tunisia while I was touring there. Boys would also sometimes run into the road and try to block us. One kid actually tried to pull me down while I was riding. The stone throwing happened throughout the country. After my trip, I spoke with another cyclist who had biked in Tunisia and she and her friend encountered the same problem with stone throwing. My tour in Tunisia was before the "Arab spring".
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I had rocks thrown at me and my son in San Juan,Argentina passing a villa miseria trench town.Another places where they throw stones are Ethiopian,Jordan
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I got hit with a hamburger that was thrown at me from a passing vehicle in Washington state on my coast tour last summer. Fortunately, double cheeseburgers are much softer and more forgiving than stones.
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I don't know why my SE Asia and China comment is generating so much controversy. I live in this part of the world, so naturally I do most of my cycling here. People have posted in the past about hoards of kids living in poverty in rural Tibet asking cyclists for pens (of all things) and throwing rocks when refused. Laos and Burma are among the poorest countries in the world and I have bicycle toured in both of these countries. I have also toured in Thailand and Malaysia. The kids in these countries were on their best behaviour. I have never toured in Tibet so I can't confirm the stories. I have driven through Tibet but I did not see any kids near the road at any time.
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kids in vietnam will occasionally ride/run alongside you trying
to snatch anything not securely secured to the rear rack.
to snatch anything not securely secured to the rear rack.
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I've toured mostly in the US, and have never had stones or any other objects thrown at me. Once in a while someone yells, but I can rarely understand what they are attempting to communicate.
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Never had anyone throw anything at me that I'm aware of so if they have either 1) they have terrible aim or 2) I'm more elusive than I look.