Originally Posted by
kr32
Yesterday while riding the mountain bike for a short ride on the rail trail near me I have to ride on a shoulder of a divided highway for about a eight mile to get there. Wide shoulder no big deal. Anyway I notice something strange...something coming at me in midair. A medium Taco Bell soda!!( I find this out after the fact) It didn't hit me but some of the spray did get on my leg.
I normally ride with traffic here but today I didn't want to stop at the light and cross the road so I went against traffic and went to the next light where I turn. Maybe it was all my fault for doing that?
What a a$$, why do people do crap like this. This is the first time thing has happened to me.
I didn't let it bother too much and just went on riding and enjoyed the ride instead of letting it ruin it.
Anyone have something thrown at them hile riding?
About two years ago I was riding here in the city. Pulled out from a stop sign. As a large green van passed me a teenage young man in the passenger seat threw a large cup of soda at me. Caught me right in the middle of the back. I could hear he and his mother laughing at it as they continued up the street. Took me 4 blocks to chase them down. So there they were. Sitting at a red light and still laughing. Rolled up alongside the passenger. Gave him a short shot of pepper spray and then took off. He had figured it was safe to do this to a gray haired old man on a big mountain bike. They needed an attitude adjustment. And got one.