heckled two times in 1 week

[uforgot]

I just have to say, once more, how great it is to ride in mid-Missouri. I have NEVER been yelled at, or even honked at. I've had people get on to me because I didn't wave at them, though. Once I had a car follow right behind me from the school to the post office and then pull in behind me. Turns out it was a couple of my students wanting to know how fast I could go. They had clocked my speed. At the grocery store, they always ask me if I'm on my bike at the checkout so they can bag my groceries accordingly. Then again, everyone knows my business...

[Geonz]

For me there's a significant correlation (i do believe -- I"d almost want to crank out the statistics ) between what I'm wearing and riding, and where I'm riding, and how motorists respond.

On the Xtracycle and "regular" clothes and non-arterial roads, I get more room and tolerance than if I'm (span)dexed out. On any campus road when it's Drunks R Us time, welp, even then the ludicrous comments are more positive if I'm on a steel bike.

Today I was greeted by one of the guys in the Safe Haven community that hae taken up residency at my church (and are causing zonal conflicts - our pastor has cited the law that says guvmints have to allow people to practice their religions with the least resistance possible, and our religious practices include sheltering the homeless) with "that's the way to travel!" and that's perhaps the most typical comment I get. Even the students' comments are along the lines of "can I have a ride?"

[Eden]

On the Xtracycle and "regular" clothes and non-arterial roads, I get more room and tolerance than if I'm (span)dexed out. On any campus road when it's Drunks R Us time, welp, even then the ludicrous comments are more positive if I'm on a steel bike.

Around here I've found the opposite.... If I'm wearing regular clothing people are more willing to drive too close, cut me off etc than if I am wearing my racing kit.

[mizzbananie]

last week when i was crossing a road on a green light, a man who had to wait for me to pass before he could turn left (gosh.. was that 4 seconds? 5?) actually made an imaginary gun with his hand, and 'shot' me. i was so shocked that i darned near drove into his car.

[ttimes3]

Got my first heckle this past Friday and wouldn't you know I was nowhere near the city which is where I would have expected it with the denser traffic. DH and I were downriver in Wyandotte when a girl drove by and yelled out a racial slur...in this high-pitched scream. The crazier part is that she drove down the road a bit, turned around and stopped, waited for us to pass and yelled "get on the sidewalk!!!" The craziest part? There was no sidewalk.

Go figure.

[Biciclista]

last week when i was crossing a road on a green light, a man who had to wait for me to pass before he could turn left (gosh.. was that 4 seconds? 5?) actually made an imaginary gun with his hand, and 'shot' me. i was so shocked that i darned near drove into his car.

oh that's horrible!