That's the first thing I thought when I saw the fella from Kilburn and his sideburns mount the podium, Halfords and Evans are probably going to make an absolute killing profit wise over the coming weeks. At least when Winter arrives we will see alot of these guys quit :)
But people like this are the problem, they need to be told what they are doing is wrong even if it shatters their fragile ego's. Just one of these fuckers gives ammunition to those who willingly use generalizations to tar all cyclists with the same brush.
Until I become a perfect cyclist then all of this is laden with big pitfalls. The worse bit is the way he escalated it when I tried to make it a 1-2-1 conversation when he starts asking what I do, at which point a load of other cyclists were present. Made me look/sound a proper c*nt.
The other problem is my stature: When having conversations where both parties are semi-out of breath and not 100% coherent it's tough enough but I fear some get intimidated because of how I look, which is 1000% worse. It makes me feel like a potential bully, which is a horrible feeling.
Ultimately I'm sick to death of having the poor behaviour of others projected on to me each and every conversation that comes up about cycling with non-cyclists...Oh well actions louder than words and all that.
Until I become a perfect cyclist then all of this is laden with big pitfalls. The worse bit is the way he escalated it when I tried to make it a 1-2-1 conversation when he starts asking what I do, at which point a load of other cyclists were present. Made me look/sound a proper c*nt.
The other problem is my stature: When having conversations where both parties are semi-out of breath and not 100% coherent it's tough enough but I fear some get intimidated because of how I look, which is 1000% worse. It makes me feel like a potential bully, which is a horrible feeling.
Ultimately I'm sick to death of having the poor behaviour of others projected on to me each and every conversation that comes up about cycling with non-cyclists...Oh well actions louder than words and all that.