Most pathetic thing ever shouted at you whilst cycling?

[Rhythm Thief]

Although I must admit sometimes I feel like shouting out to the paperboy that rides his mountain bike in the lowest gear on level ground so his legs are a spinning blur, "CHANGE GEAR".

That really annoys me, for some reason. I always wonder if they drive everywhere in first gear with the engine going at several million RPM when they eventually pass their driving tests.

 

[John Ponting]

Although I must admit sometimes I feel like shouting out to the paperboy that rides his mountain bike in the lowest gear on level ground so his legs are a spinning blur, "CHANGE GEAR".

maybe he's read this months articles on cadence training ?

 

[cheadle hulme]

I have had lots of boos and screams from lads in cars mainly on my late night commute from Wythenshawe (not suggeting Wythenshawe is rough or anyfink) got egged there too!

I had the misfortune to cycle through Newhall Green yesterday. Having lights on my bike makes me a f**cking bender apparently.
First firework of the year aimed at me too, always marks the start of Autumn proper I find.

 

[ColinJ]

I rode past a school on the Costa Blanca once and loads of small children ran over to the fence and began chanting 'Indurain! Indurain! Indurain!' as I went by. I know I'm about the same size as Big Mig, but that was really pathetic - I don't look anything like him !









Actually, I was secretly rather chuffed...

 

[Nick G]

Not quite while I was riding, but my commute causes me to leave my bike about 100 metres from the office thus requiring me to walk, in cycling kit, with helmet and front wheel to and from the bike.

Why then does the bloke giving away the free London Lite newspaper continually thrust a copy at me as I walk past. When the hell does he think I'm going to read it? While I'm cycling up Archway Road?

 

[dragon72]

Heading over the Pyrenees with a full camping load from France into Spain I was nearing the top of a monster pass and some guy descending on a 2-ounce Bianchi shouted "Animal!" at me. Maybe it was my pained grimace on my boat-race that provoked such a moniker.

It was only after the fifth guy to shout the same thing at me, that I worked out they were shouting "Animo!", which I presume is the Spanish equivalent of the Italian "Forza!" or the French "Allez!"/"Courage!"?

 

[Angelfishsolo]

LMAO. Quite nice to have somebody shout something encouraging at you I'd have thought!!!Also Animo -- a word derived from the Latin word "animus," meaning "spirit." A powerful, provocative word so yes you are probably right about it's actual meaning.

Heading over the Pyrenees with a full camping load from France into Spain I was nearing the top of a monster pass and some guy descending on a 2-ounce Bianchi shouted "Animal!" at me. Maybe it was my pained grimace on my boat-race that provoked such a moniker.

It was only after the fifth guy to shout the same thing at me, that I worked out they were shouting "Animo!", which I presume is the Spanish equivalent of the Italian "Forza!" or the French "Allez!"/"Courage!"?

 

[Lazy-Commuter]

Not shouting, but on the way home the other night there was a couple of lads quite a way ahead walking towards me (them on the path, me on the road) that had some sort of yo-yo or elastic stick affair each .. I could see them bouncing them off each other.

Then they spotted me and it's all nudge, nudge, pointing at me and giggling, plus cradling their whatever-they-were to their chests, trying to hide them. Oh, I wonder what's going to happen here.

So I just slowed right down as I approached and glared at them in my most malevolent way. Sure enough, they both suddenly started looking away and nothing happened. Until I got about 50 yards past them when I heard the, "what you f'ing lookin at?". So brave.

 

[Angelfishsolo]

Once again proof of the "Distance from target equates to Bravery level" law

Not shouting, but on the way home the other night there was a couple of lads quite a way ahead walking towards me (them on the path, me on the road) that had some sort of yo-yo or elastic stick affair each .. I could see them bouncing them off each other.

Then they spotted me and it's all nudge, nudge, pointing at me and giggling, plus cradling their whatever-they-were to their chests, trying to hide them. Oh, I wonder what's going to happen here.

So I just slowed right down as I approached and glared at them in my most malevolent way. Sure enough, they both suddenly started looking away and nothing happened. Until I got about 50 yards past them when I heard the, "what you f'ing lookin at?". So brave.

 

[Lazy-Commuter]

Once again proof of the "Distance from target equates to Bravery level" law

Absolutely. But I had spoilt their little game. Mean ole me.

 

[Angelfishsolo]

You do realise that you may well have contravened their human rights

Absolutely. But I had spoilt their little game. Mean ole me.

 

[Lazy-Commuter]

You do realise that you may well have contravened their human rights

Possibly; their human right to make me jump out of my skin and / or fall off for their amusement. Still, I take a smug satisfaction out of preserving my human right not to be taken off my bike for someone else's amusement.

 

[Angelfishsolo]

And quite right too . I would have been hard pressed not to use my rights to react in a frightened manor and swing my very heavy bike at at least one of them

Possibly; their human right to make me jump out of my skin and / or fall off for their amusement. Still, I take a smug satisfaction out of preserving my human right not to be taken off my bike for someone else's amusement.

 

[Lazy-Commuter]

Friday night was a bit odd; I've just remembered the van on the mini-roundabout. It's one of those that's replaced a T-Junction on a housing estate, not really sure why ..

Anyway, I was going straight over heading North-South and the other bit of the "t" was to my left. There was a van coming the other way, not indicating or anything, but going quite slowly, nothing in the road to the left (which should be giving way to me anyway of course ).

Being paranoid I was keeping a damn good watch on the van ready for it to turn across me, even though it wasn't indicating and all that but had it been turning it would have been their right of way. It just seemed to be slowing down in a "we're lost which way should we go" kind of way, it was almost stopped. So I decided it was all cool and just carried on. Then it decided to move, but not to go round the roundabout, oh no, it's going to go OVER the roundabout (it was only a little one; one of those painted jobs), turn right and go through me. Still very slowly, so I had a little moment of shall I go, shall I stop until I realised that driver and his sloping forehead "mate" were both having a good chuckle to themselves about winding me up, so I just accelerated quickly* away and headed off the way I was going. Glancing back, I saw that they were going straight on, they'd just decided to have a little play with me. Bless.

So that was two incidents within a mile of each other. I often don't get that many a month. TFI Friday !?

* well, by my standards.

 

[byass]

hi guys am the the same everytime i cycle at night i always get idots shouting stuff out he windows.The fact am going 18mph and they doing 40mph all i can hear is a load of muffled noise very starnge people lol