haha this is great, i love hearing about the hardships my fellow richmond cyclists go through. i assume the club area with pseudo thugs is hyperlink cafe on grace? wouldn't surprise me in the least... there's not a night i ride by there without seeing at least one white escalade and getting a bunch of hard looks.

anyway, usually when the pedestrians give me that ****ty look, i cut ********ly close to them as haphazardly as possible as a sort of 'gfto of my way' greeting. can't say i've had any particularly nasty pedestrians though. the closest thing is that one day i almost hit a girl who started blindly powerwalking across the intersection as i had a green light. she popped out from behind this van while i was blowing through at full speed. i caught sight of her just in time, she froze like a deer in headlights, and i slid to a stop right in front of her. it scared the **** out of me to the point that i actually apologized and smiled before i rode off. if i had been in a car i probably would've laid waste to her life. people need to ****ing get a clue. :\