Originally Posted by
TonyA
In the last month or so I've noticed a kind of a new fad of treating bikes like video game targets. Lame-brained kids honk or shout out the window just as they pass me, trying to startle me and maybe see me fall.
It's not as surprising as they imagine, especially after the first few times, so it doesn't have the desired effect. But last week it escalated. One of them threw a full water bottle at me.
No danger of falling from that either, but it hurt like hell. The car was going a lot faster than me, and they threw the bottle forward into my back, so it hit me at 30 or 40 miles an hour. My back was sore for several days.
Has anyone else seen that?
I got hit in the back of the head with a half gallon jug of milk a couple of years who. Thankfully it bounced off my helmet or it would have sucked.
Ive had all kinds of stuff thrown at me. Cups of ice, bottles, etc. Society is so awesome.