You are reading a single comment by @Jimmy_Fingers and its replies.
Click here to read the full conversation.
London Fixed Gear and Single-Speed is a community of predominantly fixed gear and single-speed cyclists in and around London, UK.
This site is supported almost exclusively by donations. Please consider donating a small amount regularly.
Jimmy_Fingers
spiderpie
Really nutty one this morning. This is in Canada so everything is opposite.
Riding fast down a 2 lane road approaching a junction with a busy 3 lane. I'm in primary ready to go on the left of the cars that wait to turn right and last minute get passed and cut off by a fat cunt in a BMW convertible indicating right. I ask him through his window why he bothered to pass, at which he turns bright red, aborts his maneuver, and chases me. He gets alongside and is screaming, frothing about bike lanes and whatnot so I call him a "pathetic cunt". He doesn't like this and swerves completely into my lane forcing me into the curb. Off he goes.
There's a cop watching the whole thing disinterestedly from outside the US Consulate, and I ask him what I should do about that kind of situation. He tells me if I was wearing a helmet then it would avoid me getting hurt in those situations - "there's a lot of idiots out there". I ask him why the VPD thinks it's acceptable for people to use their cars as weapons. He scoffs - "it's just a bit of road rage, happens every day".
I let out an exasperated "fucking hell mate" at which he goes postal, screaming about not being "a bobby on the beat in London" and if I behave like that around him he'll give me a good smack. Vancouver's finest eh.