In my experience good comments far outweigh bad, and both are dwarfed by the norm - -no comment, which is what I would expect.
This guy was not threatening, just obnoxious and clueless -- my biggest issue was trying not to respond in kind, which is tough indeed when faced with persistent idiocy -- I felt my polite but firm response was ok, but perhaps not ideal -- "now please be quiet," followed by my best middle-aged-guy-who-was-never-fast-and-is-even-less-so-in-early-spring hill sprint, which was only marginally better than his... :) Julian Westerhout Bloomington, Il On Wednesday, April 20, 2016 at 4:38:10 PM UTC-5, Ryan Fleming wrote: > > Actually, in Winnipeg , I've never been dissed for what I was riding > either. There are not so many Riv owners in Winnipeg...I would guess it's > a very small population (20 or so?), so Rivs are unusual enough that they > garner attention, it's usually complimentary and this is based on 23 > years as an X0-1 /Riv owner. I've never encountered a fellow cyclist as > hostile as the guy in Julian's original post ; that person was just being > rude. Personally speaking, I have nothing against racers or people who > ride carbon fiber bikes fast..(huge fan of international racing) > > I'd like to say to Julian that I would love to have the grace to rise > above it and just ride that person off my wheel , but that probably > wouldn't happen and my inner fishwife would come out...as it does with bad > drivers. It's hard to bite your tongue when someone's being nasty and /or > outright threatening though. > > On Wednesday, April 20, 2016 at 2:47:15 PM UTC-5, masmojo wrote: >> >> Honestly, it's been my experience that the Freds, "roadies", mamils, >> etc. Don't need anything to make themselves look bad; when I used to race >> mountain bikes some years back, I would go for long excursions on the >> weekend outside of town. Large groups of lycra clad roadies, would >> sometimes pass me & I would simply be amazed at their audacity and >> ambivalence towards cars & traffic. Typically, when they passed riding 6 >> & 7 across thoroughly blocking 1 plus lane of a narrow country road, there >> would be 2 or 3 cars patiently driving 20 mph behind them and would be >> making no attempt at all to move over & let them by! My thought!? No wonder >> motorists hate them! >> Regarding bells, I have them on most of my bikes now, not so much because >> I like bells, but I found they are the most effective, non-obnoxious way to >> alert people ahead you are coming. You can ding your bell much earlier >> then you would call (or yell) & the sound of the bell really carries, and >> is much friendlier and cheerful. >> I have always ridden unconventional bikes, but honestly I typically get >> more compliments; here in Texas, people may smirk or make a comment to >> their riding companion, but they would never even think about being rude >> to your face. I am constantly amazed by people who say "hey, nice bike" or >> "cool bike"; occasionally I think they are being condescending, but I play >> along and usually find that they actually know what it is I am riding and >> they are being sincere. ;-) > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
