Some posts had me laughing my ass off enough to get my boss to come over and read this ( a non-cyclist).

His response, and he's a 50+ mellow, widower with 3 kids in college:

"I'd kill some ****er who touched my car, who the **** does he think he is!"





Now that we have the outside opinion, let's review:

1. People are shooting at each other over DVD players in the delta; this isn't just 'stress' but an extension of the normal behavior patterns of a select percentage of society. e.g. you 'lightly lean' on their ride, they'll 'lightly pull' the hair trigger on their 9mm and part your hair, helmet and skull.
2. Momma always said 'Don't touch other people's **** without permission.' Momma has never been wrong (other than about my first wife, and things working out with her - albiet she did tell me she was a dirty ***** at the wedding, but ...)
3. Not being able to do general things with your bicycle (i.e. not knowing how to shift/gear patterns on the bike that bust the **** out of your chain) means your doing damage to yourself, your bike and potentially a threat to others around you (fellow cyclists).
4. Momma said 'Cagers are mad because they got all that cage and your dirty fingerprints on it - and they just paid 3 hot hookers in bikinis to wax that ride with their booties' and Momma ain't n'ver wrong...


I love the idea of leaning on another cyclist though, that's funny as hell...