What may annoy you when commuting?
 

Commuting requires some tolerance, sure. But there are days!
E.g. a scooter idiot not looking when making a turn, crossing your path ... (sigh)

Anything you experienced while commuting that caused some frustration?

Those Salmon Cyclists that pop up in the roadside bikelanes when one is least expecting it.

Since you asked ..
 

Getting Fired , because you got a flat tire on the way in, and so were late, in the morning ..




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Aside from the occasional jerk in a car, I'm annoyed by people (both walking and on bikes) with music in their ear so they can't hear me behind them ringing bell or shouting a heads up, hopefully when going to make the pass they don't veer into my path.

That happened to me and I sent the go-pro footage to school district bus training department. The head of that group told me she would talk to the driver and add something about bicycles in the training. Who knows what really happened, but at least I felt better.

A headwind both ways.

Getting buzzed by school buses. My kids have complained of the same thing. The city bus drivers are more courteous.

Powered electric wheelchairs that decide to ride on street in the bicycle lane despite having a perfectly good sidewalk....

People who rage-pass in the dirt on the right of you because they can't stand that you've taken the lane for a few seconds when there's no place to allow safe passing. This is typically accompanied by middle fingers and prodigious honking.

1. People stopping to chat in the bike path and looking at you like you are in their way
2. 6 months of renovations on the bike path intended to better separate cyclists and runners only to open without enough visible signage, leading to double the path with half the organization.
3. Rain when its just above freezing
4. High school kids on their 'fixies' blasting annoying music out of insanely loud bluetooth speakers and running red lights (and contributing to the stigma against fixed gear bikes in general)

And that was just this week:lol:

Road Kill
 

Road Killf
 

used to have to ride through a rather ghetto part of town on way to work, this lead to 8 out of 10 times almost getting hit by some jack ass on a car. same road had one actually trying to intimidate me at one point.

also people taking the entire bike path width to chat while riding and not paying attention if someone is coming. i don't mind you chat and ride but just be aware if someone is coming and let them through.

and of course scooters, over here scooters need to go on bike paths and a majority of em are jackasses.

the bike lane being used by everyone (cars, people, bikes, motorcycles).

it's a bike lane and it's clearly demarcated!

Points for using "scorching"...good cycling term from cycling's first golden age.. A few years ago I saw a refurbished Murray Scorcher at a bike shop. It was a 24" hi-rider and weighed about 50lbs.

One of the things I really like about my recumbent. The chainring is out front. The occasional group of teenagers on the MUP (almost always standing around with their skateboards), move a little quciker when they realize that if they don't move, they're getting hit by that buzzsaw. :D

The second most common frustration I have commuting on a bike is rain, especially cold rain.

The single most common frustration is having to go to work when I get here. (Cue: I like to ride my bicycle!)

slow auto passer on a fast downhill curve. I should have taken the lane (or gone much slower) instead of getting squeezed too close to the guardrail

Dogs aren't automatically annoying, but people walking dogs with retractable leashes ... that's ALWAYS hateful.

Pedestrians staring straight down and their cells phones while crossing streets, sidewalks, heading towards giant holes they will fall into.....

More than once I've nearly plowed into a pedestrian crossing the street against the light who never once looked up from his phone to see if traffic (bikes OR cars) were coming. They just assume traffic will stop fro them.

I've nearly hit them in my car and on a bike. On the bike I'm usually screaming 'HEAD'S UP" and they still don't take their eyes off the screen.

That last second when they finally see you out of the corner of their eye and jump in terror though....that's pretty funny.

Nothing really gets to me -- seriously.

There's nothing more futile than struggling against inevitability, in this case the cycling environment. Bad drivers, morons, difficult conditions, etc. are all part of that. Gotta find a way to embrace it.

To do otherwise is like taking up mountaineering and being unhappy because it's too much work, too dangerous, and too cold.

Lyft and Uber drivers in the bike lane, holy smokes. I feel like I'm riding around with my stress levels on high in extreme defense mode.

Small group rides, coming straight at me (peloton), taking my side of the dedicated bike path, then giving me a look because I don't move over into the dirt. Hello, it's a two way bike path!

Just started regular commuting due to a recent seizure. My license is suspended for 6 months, minimum. This is my 3rd seizure in 6 years. I may never get my license back. But I am truly enjoying bike commuting!