middleagecyclist
Call me MAC
- Location
- Prestwich, Manchester
RLJing so called 'cyclists'.
I should learn to keep my big mouth shut. Really I should.
Cycling along today I caught and passed a guy on an old MTB. It was daytime, he had a red flashing light on (although obscured until very close by a clip on mudguard) and was wearing a workmen style hi viz tabard. He wasn't very road aware and rode along next to the kerb with not a shoulder glance to be seen.
I passed him but was stopped by red lights at the junction ahead. He came along, slowed and then headed out to cross the junction while the lights were still red. I shouted at him "The lights are red mate." and he came back with "What's it got to do with you?". The lights turned to green and I passed him again and told him "You give all cyclists a bad name that's what it's got to do with me." I carried on about half a mile down the hill and was stopped again by a red light. He came past about 30 seconds later shouting something like "Watch me, I'm going to do it again." After the next lights I passed him and said nothing but was stopped on red at the next junction. A short while later he squeezed past on my inside without slowing and straight across the junction. This is the bit when I should just learn to just keep quiet but i didn't and shouted after him he was a kn*$&*£d. He stopped, circled round and came back to challenge me. He threw his bike on the ground and came at me with fists clenched shouting something nasty. I got off my bike and told him he was making a mistake. He was in his 50's, shorter and much lighter than me. I said "You better make your first one count because it will the only one you get." At this point three drivers in the queue behind, who had obviously seen what was going on, started getting involved. I told them he had gone thru all the red lights along the road and didn't like being challenged about it. He then decided to get on his bike and cycled off - thru the red lights!
I should just learn to shake my head and not get involved but find it difficult. How would you handle the situation?
I should learn to keep my big mouth shut. Really I should.
Cycling along today I caught and passed a guy on an old MTB. It was daytime, he had a red flashing light on (although obscured until very close by a clip on mudguard) and was wearing a workmen style hi viz tabard. He wasn't very road aware and rode along next to the kerb with not a shoulder glance to be seen.
I passed him but was stopped by red lights at the junction ahead. He came along, slowed and then headed out to cross the junction while the lights were still red. I shouted at him "The lights are red mate." and he came back with "What's it got to do with you?". The lights turned to green and I passed him again and told him "You give all cyclists a bad name that's what it's got to do with me." I carried on about half a mile down the hill and was stopped again by a red light. He came past about 30 seconds later shouting something like "Watch me, I'm going to do it again." After the next lights I passed him and said nothing but was stopped on red at the next junction. A short while later he squeezed past on my inside without slowing and straight across the junction. This is the bit when I should just learn to just keep quiet but i didn't and shouted after him he was a kn*$&*£d. He stopped, circled round and came back to challenge me. He threw his bike on the ground and came at me with fists clenched shouting something nasty. I got off my bike and told him he was making a mistake. He was in his 50's, shorter and much lighter than me. I said "You better make your first one count because it will the only one you get." At this point three drivers in the queue behind, who had obviously seen what was going on, started getting involved. I told them he had gone thru all the red lights along the road and didn't like being challenged about it. He then decided to get on his bike and cycled off - thru the red lights!
I should just learn to shake my head and not get involved but find it difficult. How would you handle the situation?
