Not all drivers are psychos. Don't let the one nut ruin the ride for you.

You know what, I got honked and yelled at once. I decided to give him the ol' 2 finger salute. This guy, who is at least my height, and about 75 lbs. more muscle, gets out. "do you want to get the ---- kicked out of you?" I wisely deiced to turn around and go one street over. You know what I was thinking though:mad:

Fortunately I only experience this every month or two. Maybe more but I can not be bothered to pay attention.

Every so often I hear "fffffffaaaaaaaaaaaaaaggggggggggg" or something to that effect. I figure they are just jealous and don't look that good in spandex.
If I only could manage to pull in front of them and stand on the pedals. In effect forcing them to look at my rear all spandexed up. :p

LMAO!

That would be really good around here since the logo on the local cycling clubs ass is for a sponsor club called "revolution...."

As far as jerks are concerned, I am blind and deaf. It may not be as satisfying, but I'm more interested in staying alive than having the last word. I refuse to give them a reason to escalate the situation.

Sometime, when I've got the time, I'll take a seat at a curbside cafe near a busy urban intersection and watch as drivers yell at everyone. Other drivers, pedestrians, cyclists, the world in general... and not that cyclists are off the hook here. If I take a bench seat along a busy urban MUP and watch some of the interactions between cyclists, pedestrians and joggers I see the same thing. Or better yet I'll get on a subway train and ride it during rush hour and watch people shove and push each other all over the place and watch as they suppress the same rage they might express more vocally in a car.

People yell at each other when in circumstances that cause stress. I think it's got less to do with bicycles and cars and more to do with human nature. The only aspect of the whole thing I, as a cyclist, can control is my own response. Always best to take a chill pill and take note of the circumstances in which it happened and see if I had any part in making it worse and correct it- if I did nothing wrong all the better. Can't say I'm always smart enough to take my own advice though.