undisputed83

I was biking along today on my 22 mile "power ride." And I'm nearing the end when this teenage kid in the backseat of a car with three of his friends inside yells out the window "HEY" to jolt me. Well he did. The light up ahead goes red and they have to stop.

I grab my water bottle as I cruise up the car's back passenger side door, and thanked him for creating a possible safety hazzard. I took off the top to my water bottle and told him... "As a token of my appreciation, here is a complementary glass of 'Go **** Yourself.'" And I threw the half bottle of water in his face. I was praying that he would get out of the car so I could smash his face in. But he didn't. So I screwed the top back on the bottle, put it in it's cage and rode on. They all flipped me off when they passed me after the light went green. But they knew who their daddy was.

Caymem

Congrats!!! Your lucky they didn't run your ass off into a ditch and end your life with a tire or bumper!!!!

vw addict

I keep thinking about riding with my Glock for these threads, i hate a holes

echappist

ah violence, the gift that keeps on giving. you realize you committed assault & battery, yes?

if i were one of the kids, right now i'd search the internet for threads like this & see if anything pops up, and if i were you, i'd delete this thread at this very moment. here's a suggestion, get a helmet mount camcorder. next time, record their plate number, call the cops, and let them deal with it. if they don't help, you can always look up the driver of the car and find out what insurance he has.

Valerian

you just committed battery, criminal and civil on a minor (teenage kid)

undisputed83

I splashed water in his face. I'm a monster. Guilty your honor.

Sprocket Man

When I read this, I laughed. No, I'm not laughing with you - I'm laughing at you.

RT

This exact thing happened to me three weeks ago, except there was a girl in the front seat. Drove by, they shouted, didn't get the jolt, but I met them at the stoplight. I rolled up to the guy in the back seat, who was pretending to tie his shoe and said, "You shout like a her," indicating the front seat passenger, then added on, "and her voice is a little too deep for a girl her age." They drove off, throwing old Sonic cups and french fry boxes out the window, cursing and flipping the bird. Ah, a generation of medicated ADD kids whose parents must be oh so proud.

Valerian

i would avoid that route for the meantime, there were even witnesses.

echappist

why provoke when, if they are as deplorable as you described, they might as well run you off the road?

feel free to yell at a taxi driver and such as you can probably report them to the taxi & limo commission, but yelling at wild teens doesn't sound like a good idea

godshammgod

No, you're not a monster. But, you overreacted.

I just wonder what you thought you accomplished by throwing water in the kids face? Next time he won't harass a cyclist for fear of getting wet?

You could have at least thought of more creative line too.

Nachoman

I don't know about anyone else, but I'm proud of you.

Velo Gator

You'd get shot in some places for that...

jdon

Major f kup.

Water is for drinking.
Sticky sports drink is for splashing the kids.

undisputed83

Noted!

ptle

Haha, I bet that felt good. I'm glad they didn't try to run you off the road after that. Maybe next time they'll leave cyclists alone.

For the people saying he shouldn't have done it and that he did something wrong. Well, you're right, but sometimes you just have to take matters in your own hands. I bet if the police were notified about the kids yelling at cyclists, they wouldn't care one bit.

echappist

that's why you get their insurance info & report them to the insurance company, which is even better if you have a video

DataJunkie

Overreacting FTW!
Oh and Fail. It should have been something sticky like coke.

godshammgod

Stop with your logic.

undisputed83

In Jacksonville, FL, where you are from. I'm sure that theory is probably true. But in Gorham, ME... you're more likely to be ***** by Bigfoot.

GP 

You're both right. Undisputed 83 may have committed a crime. It would have been acceptable for him to take a picture then report the incident.

We've become a country of wussies.

learnmedia

Relax. Be easy. Jolted by a young dipsh*t who yelled "hey!" on your ride? I dunno, man. I'm generally too focused to be surprised by shenanigans like this. I suppose it's all relative though. Back in 1985 in my previous cycling life I was riding my mountain bike on a major blvd. in the hood and a couple of knuckleheads pulled up next to me while I was riding and the passenger punched me in the shoulder! They both turned around laughing to look at me through the rear window. I didn't flinch. Just kept rolling. Said nothing. Did nothing. Of course I never rode that route again.

Velo Gator

Murder capital of Florida.

Valerian

i too would have been pissed real bad if that happened to me, i would want to teach them a lesson, but not to the extent of committing a crime.

spooner

Have fun when the kids see you again - and this time they're equipped with paintball guns.