Dealing with anti cyclists

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pollyru

New Member
Hi I have cycled for many many years in Bristol. I love it but when I get an angry comment like I just received whilst crossing on a pedestrian crossing on a bike rather than being in the flow of traffic “bloody cyclists you should be on the road” it just gets me down and I take it very personally. You can’t win I feel in the way on the road and unwelcome on a pedestrian crossing. How do people deal with the negativity?
 

Bristolian

Über Member
Location
Bristol, UK
Personally I just ignore them as if I didn't hear the comment. Water off a duck's back. No point doing anything else really.

Just out of curiosity, were you wheeling your bike across the crossing or riding it and was it purely a pedestrian or a Toucan or Parallel crossing?
 

PK99

Legendary Member
Location
SW19
Hi I have cycled for many many years in Bristol. I love it but when I get an angry comment like I just received whilst crossing on a pedestrian crossing on a bike rather than being in the flow of traffic “bloody cyclists you should be on the road” it just gets me down and I take it very personally. You can’t win I feel in the way on the road and unwelcome on a pedestrian crossing. How do people deal with the negativity?

It depends on the type of crossing.

Toucan, or similar, ie shared crossing, point out their error.

Zebra crossing, ie pedestrian crossing, - do not cycle across
 

MontyVeda

a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
I deal with it in one of three ways
  1. Ignore them
  2. Tell them to fark orf
  3. Tell them to get a life
But I've not had to deal with such negativity for years, so maybe they've all taken point number three?
 
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