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I once got heckled by a pedestrian because I had stopped at a red light.
Riding up the hill out of Stockport (south along the A6), an elderly gent had pressed the button on the pedestrian crossing and sure enough as I was about 15m away, it changed to red. So I rolled to a stop and just as I was about to trackstand, the guy looked up and saw me.
He immediately took a step back and said "Oh I'm so sorry, don't stop, please, go on through, I didn't mean to make you stop on a hill!"
He was SO apologetic. Really lovely.
However, I'm a good boy so I said it was quite alright and I stopped to let him walk across.
So some people can be nice.
And then of course there's the squirting the screen washers whilst overtaking a cyclist - what a jolly jape! Not!
Had "There's a light on your head!" from a group of kids yesterday. I had an answer in a second to his witty comment, but was still too far away to bother shouting it out.
Also recently had "Oi bruv! Bruv! Bruuuuuv!!! Bruv! Come back!!" from a guy at a bus stop I didn't even get a look at. Just why would I want to be stopping? My brother lives miles away.
The worst for me was a group of four mid teen school girls walking down a very steep and long road in an isolated area. God knows what they were there, but anyway I had just spent the last 7 or so mins in the granny ring grinding my way up the hill looking like some sort of scuba Steve who'd forgotten where the sea was. Speed would usually be my friend in a social gathering of this kind, but it was all I could do was try to look like I wasn't absolutely spent at my snail like pace.
The odds were against me and it was inevitable that a comment would be coming, after all they had plenty of time to think of something. To my surprise all I got was a hello. I replied in kind and thought all was good!
I then got at least 30 seconds of constant abuse for not saying goodbye 🙁
merynella - Member
We used to shout 'get off and milk it!'
Child of the 70's 🙂
I had an angry oldish lady in a micra who, after beeping and revving at a few junctions said 'you're gonna get knocked off your bike' and really didn't like my response of 'only cos you're a sh1t driver'
My favourite was from a little kid, no more than 4 or 5:
"you're a big jobby"
He got a high five as I rode past
And then of course there's the squirting the screen washers whilst overtaking a cyclist
Normally aimed ones? That's not as bad as those who've deliberately pointed them sideways.