Random Move: Road cyclist pats me on butt.
06-04-10, 07:28 AM
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It amazes me that people have become so touch sensitive, whoever or whatever meant nothing by it, walk it off.
06-04-10, 07:36 AM
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First, you don't have to be a homophobe to not want to be touched by another person.
Second, it's a violation of your space/body. Anyone saying to just ignore it should say the same to their wife/girl/significant other when someone cops a feel.
Second, it's a violation of your space/body. Anyone saying to just ignore it should say the same to their wife/girl/significant other when someone cops a feel.
06-04-10, 07:41 AM
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Congratulations. Now you know how most women feel. All you need is a little heckling in the street, and a furtive grope on the subway and you'll have the full 'Being in Public while Female' experience.
06-04-10, 07:49 AM
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Very strange. I know in sports a pat on the butt is common for doing a good job, or whatever. In this case, I wasn't competing, just exploring some routes.
He said, "How's it going, then I felt his hand tap me on the butt."
I said, "Good, thanks."
Then he rode off.
On a side note, the guy was in full full road gear, may of been pro? Not sure.
I see TDF riders pat eachother all the time, so maybe it's no big deal.
He said, "How's it going, then I felt his hand tap me on the butt."
I said, "Good, thanks."
Then he rode off.
On a side note, the guy was in full full road gear, may of been pro? Not sure.
I see TDF riders pat eachother all the time, so maybe it's no big deal.
The OP was not molested, just talked to weirdly.
06-04-10, 07:53 AM
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I'm pretty sure someone touching me to let me know they are there will surprise me a hell of a lot more than a word would. I don't buy this at all. If someone can touch you, they are beside you, you know already they are there.
06-04-10, 07:56 AM
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06-04-10, 07:58 AM
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I have had a lot of people lose their line when you make voice contact. I can easily touch another rider before he can see me. Not all of them keep a good lookout.
06-04-10, 08:05 AM
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Or maybe the OP turned to look at the guy, and drifted over into him.
06-04-10, 08:20 AM
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You were probably navigating like an old lady or a squirrel and he was making sure you didn't vere into him as he passed you. Very courteous and safety conscious.
06-04-10, 08:21 AM
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I haven't been "patted" in a peloton, but I've gotten the "push" before. You can see it in the TdF and other tour races, where a trailing rider, often on a downhill, is starting to barely overtake the rider in front. The rear rider might want to preserve his energy in a draft, or knows the other rider is stronger, or is just helping out a team-mate, and will ride up alongside and push the rider in front so they stay there.
It's just not a help-the-team-mate thing, either, as most of pushes I've seen are from riders on different teams.
This has happened to me about 3 times on fast group rides, twice of which I was bridging a gap with another rider, and on a short downhill, he wanted to keep me in front since I was slightly stronger. Didn't mind at all.
It's just not a help-the-team-mate thing, either, as most of pushes I've seen are from riders on different teams.
This has happened to me about 3 times on fast group rides, twice of which I was bridging a gap with another rider, and on a short downhill, he wanted to keep me in front since I was slightly stronger. Didn't mind at all.
06-04-10, 08:32 AM
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06-04-10, 10:05 AM
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Only for the men who pull this crap.
Don't worry about me, dear, I don't feel the need to satisfy my carnal desires by going out in public to be randomly assaulted. But it was kind of you to offer.
OP was probably drifting over into the other guy, anyways.
Don't worry about me, dear, I don't feel the need to satisfy my carnal desires by going out in public to be randomly assaulted. But it was kind of you to offer.
OP was probably drifting over into the other guy, anyways.
06-04-10, 10:14 AM
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This is funny, I feel like all of us who wear skintight biking clothes get objectified at one point or another, but not by our own kind. The guy was definitely just making sure you didn't bowl into him or something.
06-04-10, 10:24 AM
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the whole peleton felt you up?
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