Originally Posted by CliftonGK1
No harm, no foul. Kids can yell whatever they want at me and I let it slide. I don't feel the need to take action until someone attempts to hurt me.
My favourite is riding past the skate/bike park, because I get a few BMXer kids that want to race (which I lose intentionally) or challenge me to wheelie contests (which I lose because I'm not as good as them.) They laugh at the 'old' guy, I laugh and tell them "I'm stopping at the bar on my way home and having a beer, wanna come? Oh yeah... you can't." And we go our separate ways.
Throwin' the horns is always a great manouver. I'll have to remember to toss one of those in there with my banter amongst the skatepark kids.
Sometimes I purposely make my commute by the skate park. If I rode my XC bike that day, I'll even play out on the ramps with some of the kids. It's kind of fun to get back out and play again. Just because you commute doesn't mean it has to be strictly a means of transportation.