Had a run-in with a cyclist today!

[PaulB]

It's happened a few times but there's a certain type of cyclist who give the rest of us a bad name.

Today, the difference between runners and 'a certain type of cyclist' was graphically illustrated. I was out on my bike this afternoon and saw a fellow runner who has the same mutual dislike of me as I do of him but we always have enough respect to acknowledge the presence of the other.

A couple of hours later though. coming up the steep hill out of Widdop (for those who know it), a young cyclist caught me at the bottom and was clearly intent on 'beating' me to the top, which he did with no challenge from me. He didn't acknowledge me at all in passing though but when he got to the top, he quickly rummaged in his bum-bag and produced a cheese sandwich which he ate as though he'd been there for so long, he was enjoying his dinner. I again nodded at him but he turned his face away so I asked him if he thought he was too good for 'the likes of me' but he ignored me again. So I told him I thought he was so stuck up himself, he was in danger of coming out the other side. Not even a flicker of noticing my presence. I'd hate it if he was the only cyclist on the road if you needed some assistance from one.

 

[pauldavid]

Maybe his mum told him not to talk to strangers

And reading your post you come across as stranger than most today.


Have you considered that he may not have cared whether you could climb the hill at the same rate as him or not and was just challenging himself?

Or that if your attitude in person was anything like you came across in your post he probably didn't want to interact with you?

Best bet is to talk to those that want to and don't bother with those that don't.

Now calm down, have a beer and a large kebab (extra chilli sauce) and leave the ignorant section of society quietly contemplating just how shite cheese sandwiches are.

 

[Dayvo]

Pump in the spokes as he smugly goes past will, literally, bring him down to earth.

 

[biggs682]

was there any beetroot in his sandwich or was it plain cheese ?

 

[PaulB]

was there any beetroot in his sandwich or was it plain cheese ?

That processed stuff. Orange slices.

 

[BJH]

That processed stuff. Orange slices.

If he was in them no wonder he could beat you up the hill, they look like all they have in them was chemicals

 

[redcard]

You really asked him if he was too good for the likes of you?

Cringe.

 

[Thomk]

Maybe his mum told him not to talk to strangers

And reading your post you come across as stranger than most today.


Have you considered that he may not have cared whether you could climb the hill at the same rate as him or not and was just challenging himself?

Or that if your attitude in person was anything like you came across in your post he probably didn't want to interact with you?...........
.

Or perhaps he was deaf?

 

[colly]

Or perhaps he was deaf?

Nah. Just a nobber.

 

[biggs682]

That processed stuff. Orange slices.

says it all really