Surftex363

Id say 90% of people that holler at me when im riding, which i just blow off, are rednecks in their stupid gas guzzling, lifted trucks.

I guess thats what i get for living in south texas...

Hammer02

Maybe they think you have a cute ass.

SwimBike

I get the same thing in Northern New York

wfrogge

Do you hear banjo music?

mackerel

Most likely.

triplebutted

I'm a person that doesn't have Elmer's Glue colored skin. I"ve had people intentionally try to run me over, dogs sent at me, bottles thrown at me, bottle rockets shot at me...all while riding a bike.

Its too bad that all this inbreeding takes a while to kill them off.

I guess the majority of folks on this board have Elmer's Glue skin and don't know what its like to be the recipient of idiocracy.

downtube42

I bet 90% of the spandex-wearing pinko sissies they encounter are riding bikes.

Impulse666

I'm offended. Elmer's Glue is not politically correct. I prefer Caucasian.



Seriously though, I completely agree with you. You're riding a bike, so you're better than them in my mind.

Sonoma76

The California red necks seem to be more civilized and dare I say, tolerant. We have more gigantic stomper trucks than Democrats in this town, and I've yet to be harangued, harassed, spat upon or thrown at by one of these good ol' boys.

furiousferret

White people get all the breaks, we're awesome!

mattm

those jacked up trucks are everywhere, unfortunately.

i thought i was getting away from them when i moved out here from 'bama.. so much for that.

triplebutted

I think that's true. I notice the California Rednecks are pretty nice and civilized.

I don't want to move to any part of the country that East of WA, Oregon, CA state lines and west of Port Jarvis.

triplebutted

Furiousf, I love Redlands. The start of the Bear Ride. Neat town. But there's a section of the ride, before it starts to go uphill, there are these homes with these large chicken attached to the roof...do you know the one? I always thought.."man, I'd hate to get stuck out here on a bike alone"

furiousferret

Yeah, I know the area. It's not the ones who advertise it you have to watch out for, its the quiet ones...

There are some areas around here that are pretty spooky.

downtube42

I was pretty anxious about rednecks when I planned a tour that involved 3 days through Kentucky, but actually I found the people extremely friendly. Almost everyone waved, and it appeared to be genuine. I haven't toured a ton - maybe people are friendlier when you strap on panniers. On the other hand, I did some riding in Nova Scotia a few years ago and found the traffic mostly unfriendly. go figure.

dmb2786

same thing in va

EGreen

No Rednecks here but plenty of ignorant, intolerant A S S H o LEs. They don't yell. I've never had anything thrown at me, Sometimes they blow their horns, mostly they try to sideswipe you.

DieselDan

Come to South Carolina, where the original rednecks came from.

WxGuesser

when is primal going to make a nascar jersey... then they'd cheer us on... i really can't see anyone throwing stuff, trying to run us off the road or yelling at us if we had nascar jerseys...

triplebutted

Try going from Bay Ridge to Brooklyn Bridge via 4th Ave.

scotch

i had a very scary run-in with some very nasty, violent rednecks in northern cal once, up by the Eel River...they were about as far from tolerant and civilized as you could get.

big john

There are plenty of jerks around here, too. My skin doesn't look like glue, but I am a white guy, and I've had all manner of crap thrown at me over the years, and so have many of my friends, even women.
The worst places I've toured are Kentucky and Missouri, but the worst place to ride is Santa Clarita.

The only constant seems to be the throwers/yellers are all young white males, including the a-hole who intentionaly rammed my friend into a parked car.

YungBurke

same story in georgie

Shimagnolo

You must have gotten too close to their....uh..."crop".

icedmocha 

How do you know that they are rednecks? How do you know that they are racist? What is "elmers glue colored skin"? Is that an albino or something? This thread is full of win.