SCUM Threw a bottle at me yesterday

grandad3

-spider- wrote:

Changing sport, once canoeing from Stonebyres to Haczelbank on the upper clyde (near Lanark) I was shot at with an airgun. I didn't hang around to discuss the event!

That jogged my memory of being shot at by some burks with an air rifle. Riding along a newly opened bypass beside allotments a group of morons appeared and crossed the road a few hundred yards in front of me.
As I passed the spot where they crossed I heard the swish of a pellet just behind my head. I stopped and saw the idiots run of, unfortunately it was before mobile phones (yes there was a time), so couldn't phone police and I was a good few miles from home.
I just don't understand what goes through these peoples head. Obviously brain the size of a pea.

AidanR

I was cycling in Edinburgh at about 6am when some chavs in a car threw a full coke can at me from a speeding car. It struck me in the back of the head (no helmet!) and hurt like a bitch. I guess I'm lucky I didn't fall off.

prawny

In the winter I had a snowball graze my cheek from soe chavs waiting at a bus stop, loads of traffic too, if it had caught me properly and I'd gone down I would have been a gonner. I was properly pissed off, but too cold to have it out with them :oops:

Vino2007

I once was cycling to my girlfriend's house around 8pm (bad idea) which required going past quite a bad part of Belfast. Some spide/chav staggered right across my path ahead and was shouting at me . When I got about 10metres away he made a run for me, so when near I hammered the contents of my bottle at the grouind in front of him :twisted: .
Without haste, I commenced some sprinting practice only to see a big bottle of blue, yes blue WKD smash right beside me.
Thank goodness for that.

Teach

What a shame. I've just returned from France. Motorists sound their horn if you are 2 abreast not out of hatred, but to let you know they are they. You go single file, they pass you safely. How refreshing.

BenS999

Not had anything thrown at me yet, not even abuse. However, I did run over and kill a chicken last year. It was 'orrible....feathers everywhere but me and the bike were okay.

Why did the chicken cross the road? It didnt, it got nailed by Ginjafro.

37monkey

Herbie The Dog wrote:

matthew h wrote:

had my first experience of this on Sat when a banana was thrown at me, thankfully it missed

I had a banana thrown at me once. Don't ask me how but I caught it and with a nod and wink thanked the tw@ who threw it.

that's technically a feed stop so I don't know if it qualifies to be in this thread?

hells

The worst I've had was about a month ago in Bristol where a group of teenagers at a bus stop threw broken bits of brick at me across a dual carriageway, a few bits bounced off the wheels, one hit me in the right leg on the calf causing a graze and bruising and one piece hit the forks, there was a car right behind me so Im glad I stayed upright. I saw red mist and sprinted for the roudabout to turn round and confront them I was so angry, luckily I saw sense as I approached the roundabout as one girl veruses atleast 8 male chavs and 2 female chavs would have ended badly.

Buckled_Rims

Not far away from the OP, I was on my racer when a group of 4 in a grey Toyota Yaris started to give me gip on the Seaburn Sea front near Roker last Sunday afternoon. I got so angry I forgot to get the reg number I really do need a Helmet cam.

dilemna

I've had everything thrown at me over the years whether cycling or running. I am not only prepared for a large proprtion of drivers or dog walkers being morons, but if they try to run me down, assault or kill me then I will do everything reasonable and necessary to protect myself. I've tried reasoning and humouring these knuckle draggers but it doesn't work. It is literally survival out there. These morons don't kow how to behave and the authorities do nothing. A sad reflection of how broken Britain has become.

spen666

Cleat Eastwood wrote:

Dudes rise above it. You are all so much better than the mindless un-lycra'd dross.

That's no way to talk about the CTC members :twisted:

Pork Sword

I've had bricks, spit, bottles, eggs and verbal abuse thrown at me... I've also had moronic drivers literally try to run me off the road. I tend to ignore the eggs and spit because that can be washed off (and there is usually a group of them to deal with) but if I'm ever knocked off my bike by one of these chavvy tw@ts - and physically able - I'll efffing kill them...

There is, unfortunately too much sh1t on our roads these days - and I'm not referring to the crap left behind by irresponsible dog owners and scum who think it's okay to leave left over Mc Donalds etc everywhere!

mroli

And a nice one - a bloke in a van yelled out the window at me yesterday as I rode home. I caught up with him at the next lights and said "hi mate, sorry, didn't quite catch what you said" and he said "I said nice bike - you ride it very fast!"....

bam49

^^^ ha ha good one .. I got shouted at by a car full of young girls the other day as I was heading into Windsor - they still sounded posh as they shouted ' nice arse ' at me ...
seeing as I'm 45 that put a big smile on my face and was a most welcome change from usual chav type abusers...

Matt the Tester

bam49 wrote:

^^^ ha ha good one .. I got shouted at by a car full of young girls the other day as I was heading into Windsor - they still sounded posh as they shouted ' nice ars* ' at me ...
seeing as I'm 45 that put a big smile on my face and was a most welcome change from usual chav type abusers...

ooh yes damn right friend 8) i always get looks

CHRISNOIR

Last week I was honking up a hill and some bloke in a white van pinged an elastic band at my arse. Can anyone beat this for sheer campness?

Trail-blazer

Buckled_Rims wrote:

Not far away from the OP, I was on my racer when a group of 4 in a grey Toyota Yaris started to give me gip on the Seaburn Sea front near Roker last Sunday afternoon. I got so angry I forgot to get the reg number I really do need a Helmet cam.

Maybe it's a Mackem thing? I've had grief from a car full of chavs riding from Seaburn to Boldon. (near the dog track)

Typical cowardly behaviour of a pack-rat - hard as nails when there's a few of them but won't say boo to a goose when they're on their own. Best not to rise to them IMO.
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SteveR_100Milers

bam49 wrote:

^^^ ha ha good one .. I got shouted at by a car full of young girls the other day as I was heading into Windsor - they still sounded posh as they shouted ' nice ars* ' at me ...
seeing as I'm 45 that put a big smile on my face and was a most welcome change from usual chav type abusers...

I was out riding along the celtic trail on my MTB a couple of years ago, and came across a group of young-ish women embarking on a saturday night out, obligatory cans of 'bow in their hands, when one of them announced loudly as I rode past slowly (up a steep hill section) "looks at the bollocks on that" much to the cheering and clapping of her mates.

I've often wondered what might have happened if I'd stopped...

neilmacd

Been shot at with a pellet gun by some little pr1cks in Renton when I was heading up to Balloch doing a charity bike ride with my 8 year old son.
Been hit with a football a couple of times and nearly came down as a result.
Got soaked once on the way home as well as the local bampot kids were filling their ginger bottles with water from the fire hydrant they had cracked open which they kindly decided to empty all over me when I was going uphill.
It was a hot day so after the mouthful of expletives I gave them for being little sh1ts I was quite glad of it.

Worst one was when a car full of junkies pulled out at nearly took my front wheel off on a roundabout - gave them the finger and a wee yell of some sweary words and carried on my merry way only to see them reverse back round the roundabout and come after me.
I'd have beaten Cav with the sprint I put in to get away from them - never bricked it so much in my life.

Re the Op's comments thought there truly are some utter scum about these days - I blame the parents.

Cunobelin

Helmet cameras are excellent for this, and fun....

Had a couple of local builders of a large company shouting abuse as they passed (close)

Five minutes later they are in traffic, so I am alongside.

Point out camera and that I will be sending video to their head office....... watch faces drop and they become somewhat more sheepish after that.

Still get glares as they pass, but as they have been formally cautioned over their behaviour by the company, and dare not say a thing

solsurf

I've had a can thrown from a saab hit me and been forced off the road by vectra whilst watched by a police speed trap. (the police were worse than ineffective) But the strangest thing happened on Friday, get this

a BMW driver pulled out on me and at the traffic lights I catch him up and draw level with him, with the intention of just leaving it (learnt that although it would be nice to teach them it only becomes an arguement and the only winner is going to be a person in the steel box with four wheels) and he winds the window down and apologises for his driving!

I say thanks and we both enjoy the day, hopefully he is more careful next time
Its not what they drive its the person I guess

oh btw glad the op was not hurt

PostieJohn

I can't help thinking this is a Northern thing.
I'm here on the Sussex coast and other than the odd toot I/we get nothing.

The nearest we get is when our less polite rider 'starts something', at which point we do have to remind him, he doesn't actually own the road.

brin

Maybe it's a Mackem thing? I've had grief from a car full of chavs riding from Seaburn to Boldon. (near the dog track)

Yeah, definitely a 'mackem' thing, they have been known to travel all corners of the U.K. just to hurl abuse and objects at cyclists. :roll:

petemadoc

Just been out for a late night ride and some complete tw*t passed as close as he could to me deliberately. Didn't think much of it but he did a U turn and drove onto my side of the road and aimed his car at me, turned out the way at the last second.

This kind of tw*t really does not deserve to live. I half wish I'd turned around and given chase.

Valy

PeteMadoc wrote:

Just been out for a late night ride and some complete tw*t passed as close as he could to me deliberately. Didn't think much of it but he did a U turn and drove onto my side of the road and aimed his car at me, turned out the way at the last second.

This kind of tw*t really does not deserve to live. I half wish I'd turned around and given chase.

That is fucked up.

EX DH

Bit differant but some woods i used to ride DH in once had some welding wire strung across the track at head height, i found it when pushing up the track at it caught me across the bridge of my nose giving me two black eyes, glad it happened while pushing up and not riding down! would have taken my head off!
There were always kids shoooting at you on some of the dragon DH races in Wales too!

petemadoc

Valy wrote:

PeteMadoc wrote:

Just been out for a late night ride and some complete tw*t passed as close as he could to me deliberately. Didn't think much of it but he did a U turn and drove onto my side of the road and aimed his car at me, turned out the way at the last second.

This kind of tw*t really does not deserve to live. I half wish I'd turned around and given chase.

That is farked up.

Tell me about it. The thought of some little pr*ck causing you serious injury or worse when you've got a family and a biz to look after just so he can get some weird kick.

Jordan93

Had my first abuse since being a roadie for 4ish months! I pulled into the middle of the road ready to turn right, signalled and on my way I went! As I began climbing this hill I heard a bloke shouting something followed by 'Tw@t' wanted to give chase but was on my MTB and he was long gone!


They're all brain donors!

KulaBen

Bad day yesterday- some neds in a corsa threw a banger at me whilst veering across the road towards me, then walking home from the pub I got egged! I wouldn't mind but it's leafy cheshire!
It's not paranoia if it's true!

petemadoc

KulaBen wrote:

Bad day yesterday- some neds in a corsa threw a banger at me whilst veering across the road towards me, then walking home from the pub I got egged! I wouldn't mind but it's leafy cheshire!
It's not paranoia if it's true!

What's the world coming to. If leafy Cheshire has gone bad then we're all fecked.