As in, what was yelled at you as they passed by? Mine what "You dropped your pocket"--think he was referring to my seatbag. Then after I'd turned back around and seen it was still there, he started laughing like a madman as they drove away. Was an SUV full of frat bros...wasn't even holding them up as I was on a nice, curb-separated path at the time.

All in all not much of an event I suppose, but still found it more unsettling than it really should have been.

Her name was Evelyn, and we were at the drive in theater. I'm not sure what this has to do with cycling though...

Reading the headline of the OP that was my thought as well...

OK, it's going to be hard to top that.

We got that joke out of our systems in middle school.

No kidding!!! :-)

My favorite was the one that never came. A car full of testosterone saw my ponytail and pulled up alongside with big grins on their faces. Then they caught a glimpse of my beard, all turned red, and they took off without a sound....

Well, wasn't exactly a car-screamer, but a bum-type-looking-fellow at bus-stop yelling me to go get a job.

...

When I was riding my bike to work


The other time, an elderly lady pedestrian -

Lady - "Are you pizza delivery guys"
Me - "No"
Lady - "O so you are training for Triathlon" !!
Me - "No. I am just commuting on bike, back to home"
Lady - "O wow Bravo" !

I think the most amusing (I honestly can't remember the first....) was a car with 3-4 college age ladies that yelled out 'Nice legs' or something to that effect as they passed by. (This was back when I was also in college, although probably 8-10 years their senior, and usually rode shirtless.) Unluckily for them, they caught traffic at the next light, and I returned the favor with 'Nice car' as I went by.

I'm pretty sure they all turned a brighter red than the car....

The only time someone has talked to me from a vehicle was a guy last week. We were stopped at a stop sign and he said "I should get one of those". My town must be boring.

That was probably 50 years ago. You expect me to remember that?

Actually, I think the first time someone in a car shouted to me it was a pickup on the home stretch of my commute. They tailed me for a block or two before passing: "20 miles per hour, pretty good!"

Sorry if this heads in a darker direction, but mine was a derogatory term for Jewish person. I was quite young...on a BMX. I didn't wear a yalmukah or anything, so it had to be a local teen who knew me. My area had a lot of Jewish kids, but we also had a healthy mix. The catholic school kids were typically a lot less bright than the public school kids and had lower SATs...those schools were often seen as places to send kids who couldn't compete in our public schools, or the better private schools. A lot of those kids were not, shall we say, tolerant of the local Jewish kids.

It was back in the 60s. Can't remember but along the line of "GET OFF THE ROAD!"

Why don't you ride up on the sidewalk where you belong?

I've gotten a "Nice bike!", and a couple of "Can I get a ride?", and one "I'd look good on the back of your bike". Downtown Chicago for you.

First time someone yelled at me from their vehicle was to ask me for directions some 20 years ago.

My first was too long ago to remember. A few weeks back, I was enjoying the relative safety of a hike and bike trail through a park and called out "passing on your left" to a couple of trail hog peds. One yelled, "you should be on the street". I stopped and explained that the car drivers would disagree, that this was a mixed use trail and I was using widely accepted trail etiquette that she could look up online. I added, "have a nice run" before I left. They didn't say anything and seemed kinda frightened. I sometimes use the street through there, but it has a lot of holes and wide cracks along with cars that are speeding, taking a "short cut".

Mine was about 15 yrs ago in Los Gatos, CA. I was riding to work and some old a#$% in a pickup truck yelled something at me as he drove past. So I thought, I'll show him - I speed up and catch up to him at the next light. I yell over to him, "What did you say to me?!"

He replies rather calmly - "I said, you have a nice ass."

Not what I was expecting, all I could say was "Thanks?"

It happened a month or so ago. I was turning left across a wide intersection, and my panniers were loaded down with groceries. I was the first in line to go across when the light changed, and there was a Hummer behind me decked out in Army (I think?) recruiter decals and stuff. I got a "Nice hustle!" from the passenger side window.

I have rarely heard a scream from a car that I understood, unless you count, "hey!" To which my response is to wave and mutter that I hope they grow up soon for the sake of society. When I hear, "hey!" from an adult male, I wonder how they have lived this long

I got a "are you a coal miner?" last night; I was wearing a helmet with some lighting. My ego survived the scathing remark.

A few days ago the driver honked and then gave me the bird.

I don't remember my first. I suppose that must have been anywhere from 30 to 40 yrs ago.

I've heard "You forking loser!' and 'get off the road!' and garbage like that.

But mostly what I've heard is some guy, as Spikebike puts it, barking like a dog.

Sometimes almost literally. Stupid people act stupid.

The first comment I ever got, and it was from a guy no less, was "nice body". Kinda weirded me out back then.

Quite a few years & pounds later I hope my wife thinks that way.

Was called at for the first time today at a stop sign, and the man said "Nice stop there, good on you".