Quote Originally Posted by evangundy View Post
I was about 210 lbs when I started riding - During my second year riding, some kids in a car yelled something about "shouldn't have that fat a$$ on a bicycle in public".
My husband and I were out riding a few weeks ago. He's 6'1" and 265 lbs, riding his hybrid bike. I was on my Xtracycle with fully-loaded bags: Picnic blanket, camera, tripod, library books, two liters of water, and a big picnic basket full of goodies strapped on top. As we slooooowly climbed up a small incline on a small, narrow backroad, some people drove by in a car and shouted something like "Get your fat a$$ off the road!" I'm sure they meant my husband, but I immediately commented to my dh, "I can't believe they insulted my bike like that!"

Here's the setup we had, although this was actually taken on a different ride:


That said, I get yelled at often -- including being called a b*tch and a**hole and any number of truly inapplicable epithets -- but never more than that. Generally I try to either ignore it, which is extremely difficult, or smile and wave. I find the smiling and waving leaves me feeling better afterward: I tend to seethe inside at insults from drivers, even if I don't say/do anything, but if I smile and wave it actually makes me feel happy and not as mad at them.