Ridefour15 wrote on 10/19/13 at 6:20pm:



Heeeey - I drive both and I never cut off roadies. 


As far as road riding, I bought a road bike earlier this year to combat the rain and closed trails.  I thought it would be an efficient way of getting in pedaling sessions.  IE no driving to ride and all that.

Turns out, I never ride it.  I like riding alone most of the time.  The few times I have ridden, I was surprised by how aggressive drivers actually are, and how vulnerable I feel when I'm out solo.

I'll still ride road once in a while, but only when conditions are 100% in my favor (with at least one person, off hours, roads with room/shoulders, etc).  So, in the end, it's *more* of a hassle to get on the road than MTN because, for me, I have all these stipulations I've set for myself.

I'd rather ride the trainer and skip the stress it puts on me to road ride.  I like to "zone out" when I ride MTN, I find it very relaxing and therapeutic.  I can't see myself getting to that point on the road, and honestly I don't think I want to.

I checked out the post "This will make you sick" and the guy in the truck illustrates my perspective.  I said earlier that I ride as close to the right side as is safe, because... "I'd rather trust the ability of an inattentive/unskilled driver to not hit something (me) than pi$$ off someone who may do only God knows what in a rage." 

When I viewed the video, my immediate thought was "stupid jerk."  But then I realized that the man in the truck had that same thought in his mind just before he committed his crime.  I can't feel morally superior to this guy when I'm just like him.  I could just write this guy off as a "hater" but then I'd have to realize my own capacity to hate.

Bottom line, we all have things that "set us off" inside and I just don't want to be one of those things to someone while on a bicycle.  Besides, it ain't smart to bring a bicycle to a car fight! 

If somebody riding in a 5000 lb. truck and with a baseball bat threatens somebody minding their own business out riding their bike, legally I might add.

They're not just a hater. 

If I was on a jury, and barring any extenuating circumstances that the video didn't reveal, if the bikers had rammed the bat up his az I would have to consider it justifiable homicide.

I'll have to say the guy has some balls. And they seem to be rattling around in his cranium.