Originally Posted by Rowan

It really is funny sometimes, that cyclists think that riding a bike makes everyone a docile, nice person to know. But, cycling is just another subset of humanity that contains as broad a cross-section of personality types as the car drivers out there. Toss in a few crazy pedestrians on MUPs and you have a fairly volatile mix.

In a way, fietsbob is right... winter is a great time to be out riding a bike. Albeit, our winters are fairly mild, we did a long Southern Hemisphere ride last weekend and had no problems on MUPs, major highways or country roads.