Inept abuse...

[JamieRegan]

kids are too slow now-a-days to come up with something clever, its usually ...... 'hey mista your back wheel is going round'

I actually think that's quite funny.

 

[Hip Priest]

There wasnt any chance that he would have seen me

Then, why do it?

and if he did then I could argue that he should have been concentrating on the road ahead of him, not what some cyclist he is leaving behind is doing.

I think you've missed the point. If you keep being aggressive towards drivers, one day someone is going to assault you. They won't care who is right and wrong.

 

[onlineamiga]

Here in southern Spain i've had a few weired responses from people at the side of the road.

There is the usual group of people cheering and waving from a passing car. I have no idea why they do this?



But the best one was when I was cycling through a little village in the hills. The town was in its "feria" season. Which is where the fun fayre comes to town. The roads are closed off for rides and stalls. Some local kids were helping out by hosing down the roads.

So as you can imagine, a cyclist comes by.. .Im the prime target.
So yes got nicely hose piped down and drenched with water as they all laughed! I shouted back "Bueno bueno! es muy calor!" (good good its very hot!) The shower was really good seeing as it was hitting 40c. It was just a shame the kid with the bucket missed me! Because that would have been very welcome!

 

[ColinJ]

Here in southern Spain i've had a few weired responses from people at the side of the road.

There is the usual group of people cheering and waving from a passing car. I have no idea why they do this?

Once, I rode past a school near Benidorm and scores of young kids ran up to the playground fence and started chanting In-du-rain, In-du-rain ... which I was rather chuffed with!

On another occasion I was riding through Altea, a small town further down the coast. I was with about 5 or 6 other cyclists, one of whom was a fit, elderly woman. As we were about to ride past a group of young Spanish men they started to shout and make friendly gestures - they like cycling in that neck of the woods. Then they noticed that there was a woman among us and started a chorus of wolf-whistling. The old lady drew alongside them and it was then that they saw how old she was. It was really funny to see the collective dropping of jaws, and then they began clapping and shouting encouragement to her. The smile on her face was a treat to see!

 

[Scilly Suffolk]

I had an incident today with a driver which confused me a bit. I was approaching a traffic island so moved into primary. A car overtook me (not close) and didnt affect me. Just as I moved my head back around from checking behind me, I noticed that the driver was pointing at the other side of the road? He kept shaking his hand so I pointed to the path to try to get him to pull over (so I could find out what he wanted). He then shook his hand around again so I just gave him the finger because I figured he was giving me abuse (difficult to see him).

When I was 15 I got my front teeth knocked out by a short-arsed little git in an ice cream van who was pushing my bike out into the A1 with his front bumper. I turned round to ask him what he was doing, his mate told him I had told him to feck off so he jumped out and smacked me one. He had to have 17 stitches in his hand. Best to avoid giving people the finger.

CF: "sugar and shoot".

 

[fossyant]

I think Matthew T is a youngster. I chatted with a big lad this week - steamed past me just before a hill, but I killed him on the hill - he was 17, but 6 foot odd. He got in some trouble with a van I'd passed without problem.... head strong !

 

[HLaB]

I actually think that's quite funny.

Maybe the first time but it is boring now

 

[YahudaMoon]

When Im out with my little children on the bikes and trailers we all shout 'Do a skid' on approaching cyclist.

This gets a varied response. Nice when we get a little smile . Never get anyone doing a skid though

 

[apollo179]

I think Matthew T is a youngster. I chatted with a big lad this week - steamed past me just before a hill, but I killed him on the hill - he was 17, but 6 foot odd. He got in some trouble with a van I'd passed without problem.... head strong !

+1
MathewT is just a normal young bloke - in the normal course of events its just going to be the usual mouthy male phenomenon with the worse case scenario Mathew possibly getting thumped but that just goes with the territory and im sure Mat accepts that as a possible consequence , it would be naive not to.
When it comes to getting stabbed and seriously assaulted you are just as likely to be stabbed by a care in the community nutter walking down the street as you are asserting yourself as mathew does.

 

[Mugshot]

+1
MathewT is just a normal young bloke - in the normal course of events its just going to be the usual mouthy male phenomenon with the worse case scenario Mathew possibly getting thumped but that just goes with the territory and im sure Mat accepts that as a possible consequence , it would be naive not to.
When it comes to getting stabbed and seriously assaulted you are just as likely to be stabbed by a care in the community nutter walking down the street as you are asserting yourself as mathew does.

Sorry Apollo, I have to disagree with you, if you watch Matthews videos you'll see him swearing at old women, telling people to f*** off, flipping the bird and regularly shouting at drivers that they are dickheads. That isn't being assertive, it's rude and confrontational.
There's no doubt that in the heat of the moment with some of the passes he's shown the red mist can descend, but he needs to rein in his reactions and try to avoid the insults and profanities. A warning shout for the SMIDSYs is one thing but it's not necessary or advisable to berate people in the way he seems to occasionally.
Matthew is 5'6" and 8 stone 7, the worst case scenario could be much worse than Matthew getting thumped, I'd like him to see his 19th birthday.

 

[Matthew_T]

I'd like him to see his 19th birthday.

+1

I know I am quite agressive but its purely the heat of the moment. I have stopped doing it when people pass me closely or get in my way but I only do it when people have genuinely scared me with how close they have gone to me.

 

[Mugshot]

+1

I know I am quite agressive but its purely the heat of the moment. I have stopped doing it when people pass me closely or get in my way but I only do it when people have genuinely scared me with how close they have gone to me.

Good for you mate, it really is meant to be friendly advice, I know how frustrating it can be to hold your tongue but sometimes it can be advisable for the benefit of your health

 

[brokenflipflop]

I try to return abuse or mockery with a cheery wave and am often rewarded with smile; hopefully someone else now convinced that we're not all two-wheeled yobs and some cyclist, in a future encounter, spared the same abuse: "You'll catch more flies with sugar, than shoot."

The flies I've seen fly around shoot, not sugar. My dog shoots in the back garden and in summer when I go out to pick it up it's covered in flies. So if I wanted to catch a fly I'd just go outside to one of my dogs turds.

I've not really noticed how flies react to sugar.

It may be that flies do prefer sugar to shoot but I've only ever noticed their penchant for shoot as I pick so much of it up.

This needs clarification. I'll prepare an experiment and get back with the results.

 

[thnurg]

I was called Chris Hoy a few weeks ago. I'd have been more impressed if they'd called me Mark Cavendish as I was in my HTC Highroad jersey.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

"Hey lads, it's Neil Armstrong! Alright Neil!!!" Then I hear one of the others say "No, you prawn, it's Lance Armstrong" "Oh. HEY LANCE!"... by which time I was some way down the road & chcuckling to myself...

I actually have wondered in the past how many times, whilst at the Smithsonian or wherever, Michael Collins has had a

'Hey look, its Phil Collins!'

comment from someone.





I'm sure you all know, but Louis Armstrong, Buzz Lightyear and Phil Collins went to the moon in July 1969