Originally Posted by
HC203
It's hard but I think you need to shrug it off. You never know what will set people off, could have been a wuss not willing to back up his finger pumping, or a crazy with a Glock.
I think the garbage truck theory applies. (picked from one of those obnoxious mass e-mails-but I thought it somewhat true) People are sometimes like garbage trucks, picking up garbage all day, all their lives, and they occasionally need to dump it. He was dumping on you. I'm always looking for a fight (big garbage truck)my problem- Yesterday while jogging down my street I nearly got run over. I'm trying very hard to try and ignore other peoples ignorance, but it's not easy. Getting to the point where every speeding car makes my blood boil. I can't change it so why get upset.
Everybody see Barry's post on Facebook for the Baltimore Bike Summit?
Harry, great post! Reminds me of a talk I had with Bob Moore. We were talking about riding in the city and how its not that bad. I agreed but mentioned that I am concerned about the discouragement that comes from motorists and the effect it has on people trying to bike for the first time. He said that sort of thing never happens to him. So on our ride down through the city we get a "Ride on the sidewalk", two prolonged honks and a close encounter of the swerve into cyclists kind. So I mentioned this at the end of the ride and he did not remember any of it! He was too busy enjoying the ride.
I think there is some great advice here, just
don't take any negative stuff to heart, just enjoy the ride.
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