Originally Posted by fixedgearhead

I was riding home after a 65 mile road loop the other day and was on one of the local paved bike paths for a 10 mile leg of it, and came up on some guy who was all decked out in a touring bike and bags and Bob Trailer and all the rest of the things necessary to that life style and passed him when he said to me. "You really should call out that you are going to pass someone or you might get slammed down by the person you are passing". The ironic thing was that I did call out that I was passing but what with the high head wind and noise of the Bob Trailer he was hauling he didn't hear me. So rather than try to explain to him that I did call out I just said "That's why I ride a Track bike with no brakes", "So I can avoid the Amateurs". Needless to say he was not amused and I lost what he was saying in the rush of wind as I left him in the dust. Not all people who ride bikes are brethren. Some are what I would call Jerks on 2 wheels.

fixedgearhead