Maybe The Brunop should just follow this code: https://www.chucknorris.com/images/pr...rris-code2.jpg

Either that or deliver a roundhouse kick to that Lexus.

i pulled up along side a cab who scraped me once and went to bang on his window to get his attention.

thing is... i didn't realize his window was rolled down and i hit him squarely in the eye with the heel of my hand. i honestly didn't mean it and it was dangerous to do, but a mistake nonetheless.

no one got hurt, so, in retrospect, it's just something to think about.

I think I spent my entire first year in Boston chasing down craphole drivers who passed me too closely or turned into me or otherwise endangered my life. Problem is, by the time I caught them I was too worked up and/or out of breath to articulate anything outside of curse words. Not very educational though somewhat satisfying to me nonetheless. I always wish I could have some pre-written card I could just hand to drivers that says:

"Hey, did you know that you almost killed me with your car? Believe it or not, but bikes belong in the streets too. Please don't hurt me, and I promise not to break your windshield with the 6 pound chain I carry with me at all times. Thanks! "

Oh well. At least I got fast trying to catch those jerkheads.

haha, the hitting the cabby thing is pretty comical. how'd you get out of that?

i giggled, smiled, fell back behind him and changed lanes...

I can't even imagine how shocking and confusing it must be to get punched in the face while driving.
Amazing.
I'm sure he learned his lesson though.

i had a similar experience except i had lost balance while swerving through a bunch of cars at an intersection and was about to fall into a cab. i put my arm out to push off the car, but his window was open. so i accidentally ended up planting my hand right on his bean and pushing myself back up. he freaked out, and i took off laughing my ass off.

edit: reply to hyperrevue

so did i. windows are sometimes rolled down. i'm sure it was more shocking than painful as i had only intended to knock on his window and not smash it.

i smiled at him. i think it was clear to both of us that it was a mistake, plus... he changed lanes and scraped me in the first place. it didn't feel like a tense situation. it actually made a situation that felt tense end on a humorous note.

I totally forgot.
That exact same thing happened to my good friend in NYC.
Rolled down windows...go figure.

the best is trying to flip people behind you off when you forget that you have huge mittens on. that's good for a few blocks of laughing at yourself.

I was riding to work one morning and got brushed by a private cab on delancy. He started to honk his horn thinking I was in the fault for being on the road so I pushed his sideview morror in. The passenger opened the window and threw something at me and I kept riding..

if only i could plan that to happen every time.

It's dangerous out there.

If I can ride my bike 25 miles to get to work then I CAN beat YOUR ass ok. Go ahead and bump me.

haha, at least you and he didn't escalate beyond a verbal exchange, that's good. Personally being brushed falls under my "No harm, no foul" rule but may not have always been that way. Ronin I often ride to work further than that and I've met lots of guys that could smack the crap out of me, not that they'd come away unscathed. Invincible you are not.

What's wrong with you? Seriously - I'm concerned. If there's anything any of us can do to help you feel better, I'm sure we'd all be happy to help.

I've been trying to find an understood-in-America obscene gesture for lobster-claw gloves. Very frustrating, all that accidentally waving to people.

If you hit me, or even brushed me with your car, and I kicked it, and you decided to be a tough guy with a tire iron... You'd better be ready to use it, because I'd have no problems cracking your ******** head open with my chain.

I would hope such a thing would never happen, but understand that you should be really careful who you f*ck with, especially with some sort of weapon.

Confusios say "never bring tire iron to chain fight"

if you can find out where the driver lives or parks their vehicle (the dude who clipped me a couple years back was a local pizza delivery guy who i followed unbeknownst to them), you can casually return under the cloak of darkness to slash their tires and disappear in to the night...just make sure you slash at least two, so the single spare is no help. also, puncture the sidewalls (which cannot be plugged), rather than the tread. i have no problems vandalizing inanimate objects which injure animate ones. if vandalism is a concern, at least let all the air out of all four tires, so that they cannot even drive slowly to a gas station.

Giving him the finger and telling him to share the f**king road would have been enough.

Yeah...slashing tires might be a little extre for this circumstance..then again I've been known to get a little heated when stuff like this hapens to me. I think leaving a note saying that you know where this guy lives and he should be more careful around bikes on his windshield would do the trick. It'd scare the hell out of me.

how 'bout i burn his ****in' house down?

JUST KIDDIN'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Or draw a nice big picture of a bicycle on their windshield in bright red, pain in the ass to remove lipstick. You know, as a friendly reminder of what to watch out for out there.

i had a similar experience with a spit and a window that i didn't know was open...that cabbie was not very happy, dude tried to wreck my ****, thank god for one way streets...advantage bicycle*

cabs are the bane of my existence