Big disadvantages cyclists have are the bike (well, if you want to keep it in one piece rather than use it as a weapon) and the shoes.
Oh I don't know I have often thought that the cleat could be a bit of an advantge and getting in to fisty cuffs the helmet would be more use than it was originally designed for..
On a serious note I was about to make a new thread but this one is too similar, these events have suddenly become the norm for me, really strange every one has been because I dared to shout out Oi as they pull out from the right or close pass, without a doubt the oi has stopped their progress of hitting me, each one has got along side me a started hurling abuse, one took it further and starterd braking in front of me (doing 20mph plus) I then was stupid enough (or angry enough) to get up along side him in a slower moving traffic, he was backing down saying he had seen me, I asked him how would I have known that, and why he went on to behave like a total **** afterwards he didn't have an answer and wound his window up.
The thing is in the heat of moment and the burst of fear and adrenalin I cannot help myself, some not all feel like a genuine attempt on my life has been made, it is not only that it is the complete lack of any purpose to their actions at the very most they are going to gain or lose 10-15 seconds, so they verbally attack someone who has done nothing other than take up a bit of road space and shouted a clear oi, it this that get me so indignant and sometimes quite rude..
I think everyone should spend a an hour on bike in traffic as part of their driving test..
