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  • Monty Dog
    Monty Dog Posts: 20,614
    A club mate had an encounter with a biker - once a month in summer there is a big informal meeting of bikers at a local pub and they conspire to ride like tw*ts up and down the dual carriageway. My mate was turning right across said dual-carriageway in the central reservation when a biker screamed to a halt and clipped him as he tried to do a U-turn. Ex-bodybuilder cyclist stands-up, turns to biker and gives him a firm 2-handed shove toppling him over in the road and leaving him trapped under the bike - at which point a driver in a car tries to take umbrage with the plight of the biker, his puny body still pinned by the weight of his bike. Mate tells driver to wind his neck in and rides off - leaving the two idiots to try and pick the bike off the floor.
    Saturday morning in Midhurst, 2 lane road in town centre with cars parked on opposite side - weather is clear and sun in our faces. Whilst riding alongside the parked cars, a 4x4 swings around the corner and pull directly towards us follwed by a woman in a beemer estate. I gentle fold-back the wing mirror of the 4x4 as it passes - it was very close. A few minutes later, back on the open road said 4x4 comes roaring past for an expected confrontation - we are now joined by another 9 clubmates and driver doesn't seem so keen on pursuing the issue?
    Last Sunday morning on our club ride, 8 of us riding in pairs along the Itchen Valley road near Winchester - clear conditions, little traffic on road - road is clear, straight and 2 lanes wide - traffic can pass easily. Car towing trailer on other side of straight road moves over white line and starts flashing and sounding horn - WTF??
    I could go on, but I believe the way that many drivers behave to other road users is deplorable - I smille and wave in consideration at drivers and rarely resort to retaliatory gestures, but I'm not going to lie down when confronted with blatant threatening behaviour.
    Make mine an Italian, with Campagnolo on the side..
  • Richard_D
    Richard_D Posts: 320
    It can go both ways. I was driving around central London a couple of years ago and was stationary at a set of lights and my wing mirror was bashed for no apparent reason by a cyclist. I had left space. was not trying to cut him up. and did not even get an apology wave so have to assume it was deliberate. There are prats of the first order riding bikes just as there are driving cars. The ones in the cars are just more isolated .
  • dynohub
    dynohub Posts: 102
    Monty Dog wrote:
    Ex-bodybuilder cyclist stands-up, turns to biker and gives him a firm 2-handed shove toppling him over in the road and leaving him trapped under the bike - at which point a driver in a car tries to take umbrage with the plight of the biker, his puny body still pinned by the weight of his bike. Mate tells driver to wind his neck in and rides off - leaving the two idiots to try and pick the bike off the floor.


    The biker was guilty of DWDCA, your mate was guilty of assault - in front of a witness who he then intimidated. Is that really a helpful way to promote the cause of cycling?

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