Originally Posted by taken67
Any advice on how to not loose my temper? I can't seem to not react like that?
Yes, I can give some advice. First of all when you are riding a bike you have to remember you are going to encounter a ton of motorists. Most of them will be fine, but a few won't. There are many that are jealous of cyclists. A so-called manly type man will be driving his pickup truck and comes upon you. He sees you have nice legs and a nice ass. He looks down at his beer gut and can't even see his pecker. He is enraged at you... yes just the site of you makes him upset and he feels the need to try and bully you with his pickup. When this happens, just remember how he must feel. No matter how much he bullies you, he will still look down and not see his pecker past his beer gut. Okay what about that women that is driving the huge SUV. Yeah, you know the one. She drives her huge SUV and comes upon you riding your bike. Being that she drives that huge SUV her personality is obvious. She wants to grow a set of nuts. You are riding your bike looking great and have true power with those legs pumping. All she has is some SUV that anyone can go out and buy. As soon as she steps out of it she is... well just some little girl that always wanted to be a man. But the world... and she knows this, will just see some fragile little girl that tries to wrap herself in an SUV to show her power. She should get on a bike and feel what real power is all about. Power that is produced by one self. Maybe then she would have some real self confidence.
So the next time you encounter one of these folks. Hold your ground, but no need to battle back. You already won. Just the site of you makes you the winner. They have to go home and live with themselves. I tend to smile a lot when riding and that really pisses the type mentioned above off.
Just enjoy the ride. No need to get upset at those who are already miserable. They just are trying to bring you down to their level. If you get enraged back at them, they will have company where they already are. No need for that.... yes you know the saying, misery loves company.