This wasn't in Delaware by any chance, was it? The same exact thing happened to me today.

id prolly keep my mouf shut cause its easy for a pissed off driver to hurt you, or even worse, break your bike. but if i was to say something id prolly say **** you! it always works, its like just as universal as cocacola or OK

if youre really insulted just throw a u-lock at them

Don't take much to get riled up here, eh? Heaven forbid some real insults start flying.

the last thing i can remember being yelled at me as i was riding down the bike path along the side of the freeway was some dude shouting out his car window 'pedal! pedal'.
i looked down at my feet, somewhat taken aback by him, as i thought to myself, 'i coluld've sworn i was doing so, in fact, im moreorless certain that i was'

I was walking my bike up to a rack the other day and a guy leaned out of a car and yelled, "fixie duuuuuuude!!" very sarcastically, but I thought it was hilarious.

Its a wonderful paradox:

If you drive an SUV you're an asshat.
If you drive a foreign car that's tuned you're a wannabe.
If you drive a domestic car that's tuned you're a gearhead.
If you drive a truck you're a redkneck.
If you ride a commuter bike you're strange.
If you ride a mountain bike you're a DUIcyclist.
If you ride a BMX you're a kid, or considered immature.
If you ride a road bike you're a wannabe Lance Armstrong.
If you ride a fixed gear bike you're a wannabe hipster/messy.

If people devoted half as much time to being involved in putting down the other half, **** might actually be getting done and we wouldn't be sucking dick for beer money as a society.

Where's that jersey that had something like "**** You" on the back, or maybe it was "Keep Honking, I'm Reloading"

Anyone post a pic or link? I want one really bad.....

suck it

I insulate myself from heckling with music, but when it gets through my defenses I just ride like mad trying to catch the offender and if I can actually work up any spit I just lay a loogie on their windshield. I don't always catch them, but chasing them like a maniac speeds up my commute.

I've never had anyone heckle me for riding fixed. I've been heckled for violating traffic laws, not wearing a helmet, riding hands-free, fixing a flat, etc etc etc.

Never for riding fixed, though.

I suppose if I were, my response would depend on the person heckling. If he was bigger than me, I'd just smile brightly and give a thumbs-up, confusing them. If I was bigger than the heckler, I'd tell them I had gears at one point, but I left all but one of them in his mom's a**.

Just carry a hand gun ... I'm kidding don't flame me!!!

I worked in Cleveland for a while, and I was up near Superior Ave. I saw a kid reach under the seat of his bike and pull out a gun to show all his friends. I think he had it jammed up in the seat rails or something. Scary moment...

just say you had sex with his wife..works every time

after what happened to a guy here in SLC, i'm carrying a hand gun.. a friend of mine, marty, was deliberatly run down by a guy in a cargo van after marty tapped on the side of the truck. i guess the guy came close to hitting him at a stop light, which is why marty tapped on the side. the guy flipped a ***** and hit marty, pinned him against a steel railing, and took off. marty's wife was with him and had to watch this entire thing take place. luckily, he survived, but he spent months in the hospital and will be screwed up for the rest of his life. realize that a gun won't stop a vehicle, but if I have my wits about me enough to draw in such an occasion, you can bet your ass I'm unloading 10 9mm hollow points into the driver side of that mother****er.

no, I'm staying with jerk store.

I don't normally get yelled at by other cyclists, drivers tend to either throw refuse from their cars or yell comments questioning my sexuality. Roadies will sometimes look and shake their heads but that's about it, most of them are pretty cool when you actually talk to them, at least around here.

Just say "What the **** do I know about shiftin"

"GET A CAR"

- "I own three... and two motorcycles"


"GO LAAAAAAAAAANCEEEEEEEEEEE"

- "I'm AWESOOOOOMMMMMEE" (as loud as possible).


"F____ING BIKE QU__R"

- "SEE YA LATER BABY" (drunk/redneck that says this has to be on foot and you must have clean getaway).

I don't think most of the people in my town really know what a fixed gear is so people see me on a "road bike" and yell lance.

I apparently one time threatened to stab someone for calling me lance while i was riding. It really scares me knowing that I was riding a bike while too drunk to form memories.

People calling me Lance really makes my blood boil!! Basically, they're saying I'm only half of a man. ****ers.

it never bothers me unless i'm drunk.

If they aren't trying to run you over...who cares ?

"I f***ed your mom!"

"i cant drive a stick shift!!"

Eyebrow raise.