Inept abuse...

[wiggydiggy]

I'm toiling up a long hill through a wee village. Two 15 year olds start yelling and pointing "Hey mate, your back wheel".

I look quickly - seems OK.

They shout again, waving furiously.

I stop, get off and look more carefully ........... like a numpty













"Hey mate, it's following the front one!"

Thats quite clever lol

 

[rusky]

You should have a read of this https://www.cyclechat.net/

 

[Matthew_T]

I had an incident today with a driver which confused me a bit. I was approaching a traffic island so moved into primary. A car overtook me (not close) and didnt affect me. Just as I moved my head back around from checking behind me, I noticed that the driver was pointing at the other side of the road? He kept shaking his hand so I pointed to the path to try to get him to pull over (so I could find out what he wanted). He then shook his hand around again so I just gave him the finger because I figured he was giving me abuse (difficult to see him).
After about half a mile, I came to a set of traffic lights and noticed his car parked outside a post office (with him nowhere to be seen).
The sodding camera had turned off because of battery power so didnt catch his gestures but did get his number plate (a lot of use that would be).
On the up side though, in the middle of summer I pulled up behind some cars waiting at a set of traffic lights. The car I stopped besides (two lanes) had two girls in, with blaring music on. I looked at them and they both started laughing (I was in a happy mood so smiled). The passenger shouted "Get your legs out!" and started to wolf whistle (quite well). I later came up behind them but they didnt notice me.
The reason for them giving me attention was because I was wearing extremely short shorts (barely half way down my thigh). I have got some proper ones now though.
http://s1132.photobucket.com/albums...iew&current=TwogirlsinaMiniaprovemyshorts.mp4

I have noticed that there arent as many bad drivers at this time of year (that will change with christmas). So have had to occupy my time with letting people out od side roads and being courteous to everyone.

 

[HLaB]

The last piece of abuse that really irked me was last Thu; SMIDSY took me out, most folk naturally were concerned for me but a car of neds (Scots Chavs) came by shouting and laughing at me picking myself off the deck. SMIDSY came back a few moments later to apologise and admit guilt, then another car of neds came by (it could have been the same car) and there was more of the same. I was quite glad when SMIDSY shouted for the f@nnies to shut up.

 

[Mugshot]

so I just gave him the finger because I figured he was giving me abuse

Matthew, I mentioned this on the thread you started about your weight and I'm afraid I'm going to mention it again, from what you've said you don't sound like a big scary bloke yet your language and your actions seem extremely confrontational to me on occasions, I think you need to count to 10 sometimes because I'm concerned you're going to get a smack in the mouth from someone, it's nearly happened once already. You don't even know what the chap above was gesticulating about yet you still gave him the finger, you need to be careful!

 

[apollo179]

I'm toiling up a long hill through a wee village. Two 15 year olds start yelling and pointing "Hey mate, your back wheel".

I look quickly - seems OK.

They shout again, waving furiously.

I stop, get off and look more carefully ........... like a numpty

"Hey mate, it's following the front one!"

That must have been slightly irksome at the time . glad you appreciate the humour in retrospect - v funny.
You have to credit the 2 lads with a certain mischeivous initiative.

 

[Fnaar]

When we were kids, when cyclists went by (this was the 1960s) we used to shout "Get off and milk it!". I have no idea why....

 

[wiggydiggy]

When we were kids, when cyclists went by (this was the 1960s) we used to shout "Get off and milk it!". I have no idea why....

That one had me interested, a quick google reveals:

"Originally an insult aimed at a rider whose horse was so ungainly as to resemble a cow. Aimed at a biker it would suggest that their bike is rubbish"

I quite like that one

 

[Hip Priest]

When I first got my road bike, I was riding it around my street to set it up. A group of local kids said 'nice bike' and I responded 'thanks very much'. Now whenever I see them, whether I'm on foot or on the bike, they just chorus 'nice bike' at me.

 

[DiddlyDodds]

When we were kids, when cyclists went by (this was the 1960s) we used to shout "Get off and milk it!". I have no idea why....

I remember the phrase well, made me smile thinking back to when i used to hear it

 

[bricksmasher]

I find most people around here at least are really civil and nice to cyclists, even drivers, which I admit suprised me a little when I got my first bike, recently.

I was up in Leicester for a bike ride back to cambridge once, and when we were psing for photos in Leicester town centre we got called, "Bike w@nkers" among other things, and people constantly souding their horns at us, and thats before we got on the road lol....

 

[HLaB]

When we were kids, when cyclists went by (this was the 1960s) we used to shout "Get off and milk it!". I have no idea why....

kids are too slow now-a-days to come up with something clever, its usually 'boo' or 'hey mista your back wheel is going round'

 

[Matthew_T]

Once again had someone yesterday shout "Go for it mate!" I simply replied "Okay" but didnt change pace at all.

Its quite amusing stating the obvious to people who shout comments at you (not in a nasty way).

 

[Matthew_T]

Matthew, I mentioned this on the thread you started about your weight and I'm afraid I'm going to mention it again, from what you've said you don't sound like a big scary bloke yet your language and your actions seem extremely confrontational to me on occasions, I think you need to count to 10 sometimes because I'm concerned you're going to get a smack in the mouth from someone, it's nearly happened once already. You don't even know what the chap above was gesticulating about yet you still gave him the finger, you need to be careful!

There wasnt any chance that he would have seen me, and if he did then I could argue that he should have been concentrating on the road ahead of him, not what some cyclist he is leaving behind is doing.

 

[Globalti]

When I was 15 I got my front teeth knocked out by a short-arsed little git in an ice cream van who was pushing my bike out into the A1 with his front bumper. I turned round to ask him what he was doing, his mate told him I had told him to feck off so he jumped out and smacked me one. He had to have 17 stitches in his hand. Best to avoid giving people the finger.