Originally Posted by
ciaraco
You're lucky only a few times over the years, it seems like to me it happens quite frequently already. This hasn't put me off it just has me wondering why people feel the need to say such things, especially the really rude comment when I was wearing a long flowy rain coat then went down to my knees anyway which made me confused. Some others said about being envious but the thing is, these three encounters were all male and I own a pretty girly/chic bike so I don't understand how they could be jealous :/
Not so much jealous of my bike, although I've got some nice steel here, but the riding itself. There's a freedom to it. I'm out in the open, not riding around in a box looking out a window. I can park just about anywhere, go pedestrian on a whim.