Originally Posted by seely
This is a new one for me. I was riding home from work Saturday evening, with my messenger bag on my road bike. I was on a relatively busy 4 lane road, and happened to notice a relatively rotund man on a mountain bike slowly making his way down the sidewalk. Just as I was thinking "good for him for getting out and getting some exercise!", as I am about parallel with him, I hear clear as day "LOSER!" from his direction. I was so confused I didn't know whether to stop, whether to retaliate with an insult about his weight, or what...? I find it so bizarre that a person on a bike would call out someone else on a bike, not to mention disheartening. Its bad enough the cagers are against us so often.
On a cheery note, my girlfriend (generally a non-cyclist) commuted to work today for the first time ever, and though she had only been planning on doing it every-other-day she found it so enjoyable, that she plans to do it everyday!
Did you somehow think there are no idiots on bikes?
Idiots are all over the place. And they seem to be growing in numbers (insert reference to "idiocracy" film here). So it was just a matter of time before the idiots left their gas guzzling cages and got onto bikes.
And I hate to break it to you: You'll probably encounter even more idiots on bikes as time goes on.