This may be an appropriate use for pepper spray.

If that happened where I work, there would be a tsunami of pink slips.

All I hear is the occasional "ride safe" and the obligatory lots of people saying "I wish I could do that." I didn't know riding a bike was so hard.

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Plus a dose of Taser, but I like the pepper spray better because that clears out the office.

Next time that guy pinch your A**, lay a stinky Fart on his fingers.

I got questioned because I wore my work clothes while bicycling, instead of cycling clothes; I don't wear shorts and probably won't wear gay pants. Aside from that, no, not really. Also one of my coworkers says I'm lucky to be alive every time I get to work (I was mirror-swiped several times the first day and nearly run off the road by a state-operated bus; I haven't been on the particular route I got hit on since, because I found more convenient ones. People just want to lose their mirrors, it seems...). Parents keep saying someone is going to jump me on the way to work and steal my bike; I told them as long as I don't have to duel Oroku Saki on a bicycle I'll be fine.

You have five fingers, one of them has a use here.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/0446526568

This should be distributed to HR.

You fight like a dairy farmer!

Tell them to actually read their bible, or to read this: http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0490.html

if these kids ( can't really call them adults based on your description ) are razzing your for wearing leathers and a helmet on a motorcycle ride I don't see that any of the bicyclist based suggestions from the denizens of the forum are going to be really on point. I don't wear spandex myself and my version of high viz wear is a yellow road workers vest from Home Depot ( $15 for a much better vest than my LBS had at $25 ). If you really feel like you need to count some coup on these bozos you might do some math on what it cost the average F150 super cab diesel to drive to work this week and then make a point of letting them know what it cost you to drive/ride to work this MONTH. Personally I think the real daring do's are the ones with a millimeter of fabric between their skin and the asphalt rather than three feet of steel to cushion their delicate, wimpy hides but thats just me.

Why should he change his functional bike gear? To please the idiots? Also, Nobody should have tolerate sexual harrassment. Show some solidarity!

A baggette strategically placed in your biker shorts, will stop the ridicule.

i can't believe there are work places where supposed adults act (are allowed to act) like such children. i guess it's possible, but it's just so foreign to me, as i've always worked in professional environments where adults have a very strong tendency to actually behave like adults.

i work in a small office where 6 out of 8 of us are at least fairweather, part-time bike commuters, but i'm the only hardcore, year-round, ride-through-anything nut-job, so the worst i ever seem to get from my co-workers is the incredulous dumbfoundedness when i ride in during especially crappy weather and they say "my god, you actually rode your bike today!?! you're nuts". now that i've been doing this for several years, i get it less often because my coworkers are all familiarized with the fact that i'll ride through pretty much anything (except thunderstorms: lightning paranoia).

This is correct.

I didn't get the drift he was trying to prove a point. Obviously the ass grabbing is queer behaviour, since this isn't a bunch of confused football guys, but adults. Frankly changing clothing isn't letting the "terrorists" win or endorsing their behaviours, but it may be the only way OP can just get on with things.

They still exist and if not checked they'll usually come tumbling down in a horrible event of hazing or something else. This is why it is prudent to nip such attitudes in the bud. Being paranoid of lightning is a good thing, i have been struck before and the odds are not as low as 1 in a million if you are outside golfing in a storm, now, being paranoid of lightening is another issue.

I had long hair back in the day, and caught the "is that a little boy or a little girl" thing until I got into high school. I just laughed it off, even as a kid, or I'd give a wisea$$ answer back. If it bothered me, I'd have cut my hair. People will be people and will mock what appears to be different. I'm not condoning it, by any means, but am just stating fact. Either you will have to get used to it, come back with some witty comments and not show them it bugs you, or change what you bike in. May not be right (it isn't) but"thems the facts!"

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It sounds like there is no breaking the ol' boys club (well, junior high school locker room club, in this case). Unless you really love your job (and the people are a big piece of that IMO), why not move on?

At 6'3" 207lbs the only person who tries and gets away with that sort of thing is my wife.
Just reading this is infuriating, though. I think I'd actually separate the bastard's hand from his arm if he tried that with me. Then, if I was feeling benevolent, I might treat his bleeding stump, carefully package the severed hand for transport with him to the ER and calmly ask if he's learned anything and how attached he might be to his other hand.

Seriously though, that's an astounding level of ignorance and hostility that you're being confronted with. My hat's off to you for maintaining your composure.

B.

Too funny getting harrassed and all. Right now I ride in jeans and sweatshirts but all I get from the ladies is "when you going to switch to riding shorts"... All I tell them is "soon enough girls. Soon enough". As you can imagine, I can't wait.

My co-workers are always in admiration of my bike commuting and I've even inspired others to commute. Sounds like a case of jealousy. I'd suggest to your employer that they have a healthy lifestyles initiative or similar where there is some recognition for cycling to work.

If someone was grabbing my ass and making comments at work like that, I'd file a sexual harassment charge with HR against them. I'm sure a guy would just LOVE to have a sexual harassment charge on his file against another guy.

Really? Cause I've worked with several gay guys, and not one of them has ever tried to grab my ass.

I have been commuting to all around for the past year and half, and get into the roadie character every other day to blast out on my roadbike. Back to the original topic. Yes, they would make fun of me in the beginning. Six months down the line, they stopped. Instead, I started getting questions and comments. "Dude how did you lose so much weight ???", "Hey man ,could you help me with my bike ?", etc... Gas is going up and I am enjoying my rides to and from work on a daily basis =)

I recently started commuting to work and my boss mocks me a little too. Not quite to the extent of your mocking, but things like laughing at me the first time he saw me in my cycling clothes going home. He rags on everyone, though, including himself. It's weird, because he is a super nice guy. I think giving people a hard time is how he relates to them. It's getting less frequent; now he mostly just calls me "Lance" or "Indurain".

Haha I get called Lance as well =P

Sounds to me like this is a small contractor, so there may not be an "HR" other than an administrator or accountant in the small office. I'd imagine the only recourse would be governmental - labor law - type action.

I have been commuting for about 3 years now and just recently built a new bike for adding the weekend job to the commute 40 miles one way. Everybody made jokes, remarks and such. They all know never to touch my bike or a serious injury will occur since I let people know from the door that they are all overweight, out of shape and are just begging for a heart attack. They usually ease off and ponder that thought for a while. They all in the last year have come to me one by one privately and asked advice on a bike, clothing and mindset to get involved in cycling. The trick is to never come off your morals when it comes to biking and show people you mean business from the door. People don't like knowing their life will be shorter without exercise Especially men!

Nice ! FTW !