Video: https://imgur.com/a/ihAPKo8 – contains foul language
Edit: original post got removed?
Gonna start this post by saying I ride a road bike, a mountain bike, gravel bike and basically anything with pedals and two wheels so I don’t actually have animosity for road cyclists as I am one and often ride my road bike on this exact strip of road.
But this happened this morning on my commute on my e-cargo bike. I wear full high viz and have panniers and pedal assist so I think this just sets the assholes in carbon bikes in my area off or something…
Guy on a bike close call passed me on the road where cars already pass way too fast and way too close without saying anything and scared the shit out of me. When I passed him later I said “we already share the road with assholes in cars man” which sent him into a blind fury and he proceeded to call me a “fat fuck” over and over – I was on my way to work otherwise I would have pulled over and had a nice chat with him…
It takes so little effort to let a fellow cyclist know you are passing them and makes situations so much safer. If you are on a MUP or a designated bike lane with heavy traffic it makes sense to not say anything as people are expecting it and there are so many people to pass, although it’s still nice. In this case it’s actually unsafe to pass here without saying something as I’m expecting cars on my radar and from road noise and often take the lane to prevent unsafe passing and if I had moved a few inches left we both would have crashed into oncoming or traffic behind.
Anyways wanted to share here because we usually have to deal with cars but sometimes it’s fellow cyclists who make the world worse be safe out there! 😀
by BavardR
2 Comments
Some of those roadies are rich dentists on the verge of a midlife crisis and their vains are more Adderall than red blood cells. They will bite. I still talk shit to them if they do stuff like this (and boy do they)
100% agree with what you say here. I have this issue with e-bikes on my commute all the time, where I commute on an acoustic. (I have an e-cargo bike, so it’s not an anti-ebike sentiment driving the frustration.) I think that in this case it’s probably just newer riders who don’t yet know the niceties, but that doesn’t make it any less startling at the time. Unfortunately, I usually can’t catch them to ask for an “on your right” next time. 🙂