Comments on: An Open Letter to the Passenger in the Green SUV Who Screamed as He Went By Yesterday

By: Ted

Ted — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 22:20:32 +0000

I was cycling my usual route late Friday night when this truck sneaked up behind me and had the occupants scream as loud as they could……Woo wee what fun…… I cursed back….after I peeed my pants of course. Your story was great though.

Ted

By: smatheny

smatheny — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 03:05:04 +0000

You are freaking hilarious!

By: Unknown

Unknown — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 12:31:45 +0000

I am sorry that all of you cyclists have to indure such disrespect, and painfull outburst , not to mention all the near death experinces..My husband really hates it when you all are all over the road as well. I always take up for you all by telling him that you have just as much right as the next , and plus there really isnt very many places to actually ride these days, with all the cars and trucks and semi’s and etc. I also tell him that I would like to do it myself , and would not appreciate it when some one like him goes by yelling or what not, but then , i didnt realize that you all are just as bad. Like one of the post above ,where the mini van with children was in a wreck, well , it might of being her fault but you could of came to a halt as well, THERE was children in there , you said yourself! OR did you even care?
Here i thought that being a cyclist would be great and fun, and just out riding with groups and friends, but i see that you are all snobs, and that you all have to compete with one another on what kind of bike you have , all the way to the peddals …. just rediciulous..I say that no matter who you are OR where you are from , or background, as long as you have RESPECT for one another,a truely good person that it shouldnt matter. It shouldnt be how much money you have or what brand of bike, type of clothes , or if your black or white, etc.
Its like a cult you all have formed. "you have to be this or that , and have this , have that , and if not , your this or that…." I AM SOO very glad that i was born the way i am , I am not rich , nor care to be, i will buy my bike from Academy and I will ride it where i am suppose to ride it ON trails , and back roads. AND if i dont fit in SO be it. I know that road rage can change a person, but this is rediciulous, if you think about it road rage comes from people making you mad because they have NO respect! Like riding your tailgate, etc. same thing, but throwing things at you and trying to run you off the road is a outrage. I am sorry for anyone that has to put up with that , just to get out and ride a bike.

By: Peter

Peter — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 09:59:40 +0000

Good story Fatty.I have a similar tale – screamed at on the way home from work one night, and memorised the car and plate. I later found the car, parked outside a house on a major bike route (thinks, this guy is a dope!).So I looked up the house on the property information system at work, and found the owner’s name. Googled him up, to find he is one of the king pins of the state government, in which I work.The dilemma now is how to ’share the joke’ and keep my job. Any suggestions are welcome.Donga

By: Kelly

Kelly — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 02:29:15 +0000

Today I’m embarrassed for two reasons (I’m limiting it here for obvious reasons):1. I failed to memorize the license plate of the SUV that ran me off the road this summer. I did, however, scream every cuss word I knew. Only me, my bike, and the surrounding cornfields could hear it. I’m guessing the corn is not happy with me. 2. My blog from today contains a reference to a ‘fat cyclist’ and THEN I found your space to write a comment. It wasn’t entirely derogatory in nature. It was simply in jest. Forgive me?

By: Unknown

Unknown — Sun, 28 Aug 2005 07:02:24 +0000

I remember an old trucker trick… involving WD-40 with the short length of plastic "straw" from canned air, and a length of small tubing… like the size of my oxygen tubing. I’m trying to figure out how you could engineer this on a bike.I know they have those water bottle carriers that go on bikes… hmmmmmmmm…Okay… so maybe you wouldn’t actually do it… but isn’t it fun to think about it?I’d try it my my bike but it would only affect someone sitting in a recliner behind me… watching TV… in the event someone happened to be sitting there, which no one is. Nohow.

By: Unknown

Unknown — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 16:53:34 +0000

I live in Colorado and every weekend (when the weather is nice) there are cyclists EVERYWHERE!!!! The area I live in has only two-lane roads and NONE of the cyclists are going anywhere near the speed limit much less the speed of traffic. They do not follow the traffic laws, they do not ride near the side of the road, and they do not even move over to the side of the road when there is a line of cars behind them. However, they do weave in and out of cars waiting at stop signals, they do impede the flow of traffic, they do cause drivers to tale unnecessary and sometimes dangerous ‘evasive action’ just to get past them, in short they’re RUDE… I don’t condone any violence or retaliatory action… but please, please FIND A F$%*@ING trail or a bike path and get the hell out of my way.

By: Ariane

Ariane — Mon, 15 Aug 2005 02:49:18 +0000

Hey dude…I just found your blog today, (I think I linked to it from cyclingnews) and have now spent over two hours reading every bit of the hilarity that is still posted. Just today, while i was waiting to get across a big road near my house, some cretin in an SUV made like he was going to let me cross in front of him (you know, he stopped and waved me across) and then as soon as I laid my foot on the pedal, he hit the gas and peeled out in front of me. As if it’s so impressive to spook a wee toad on a bike like me, armored in only a helmet, when he’s in a several ton hunk of steel. The fellow must’ve been feeling very inadequate in other areas. Other times it’s boys in their daddy’s cars yelling or honking… This part of New York just isn’t cycle-friendly, I guess. If you find that SUV…ooh…do something horrible to it! -AT

By: The Running Pol

The Running Pol — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 03:14:53 +0000

I spend more of my time on my feet running, and have two particular favorites. First are the motorcyclists who find great pleasure in gunning the pipes right when they drive by you. That one is funny, Ha Ha!.The other are the drivers who feel that crosswalks are more of a suggestion, even if they are blowing a traffic light. We had a guy get hit while running here at home. The sad thing is he was actually in a marathon. The car ignored the cones and the 3000 runners, gunned across a street and hit this guy. The only humor there was when the cops arrested him.It’s so nice of people like this to teach everyone that they have to travel defensively.

By: Unknown

Unknown — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 23:03:02 +0000

At least you have shoulders in your state.