Well I've decided that it isn't safe to ride anywhere anymore.

I was commuting via the yarra trail bike path last night and almost got into a punch on with some pedestrian.

For once in my life I was doing the right thing, called out 'bike' to let ppl know I was coming, slowed down (thats a first) and kept to the left side of the path. But some guy who stopped in the middle of the path on a bend decided to give me grief by making some passing remark like 'your a w@nker' or something.

Being the helpful guy that I am, I stopped to explain how shared pathways worked.

Lets just say he didn't take my information well and came over and got in my face. He claimed 'Your puffing and worn out, that means I can take you out....' WTF