Get off the Road II

07-20-2004, 06:06 AM

Great ride this morning - little brother is now waking -me- up with
coffee at 05:15 to go ride on his new Trek! Hahaha.

One dunderhead rides by swerving a little to yell out his passenger
side window for me to 'Get on the bike path'.

Plenty of room for him to pass, 35mph road leading to expensive homes
and a dead end into a development.

First time he says it, I ignore him. Second time, I utter a germanic
expression as he speed off. (I couldn't even understand what I said
given the wind and stuff).

So about 10 min later I turn down the final turn, and he's waiting for
me! Remember I'm a big guy, bodybuilder, 18" biceps, gotta be
formidable looking (but horrible for climbing,<g>) to a Cager, right?

Nope this little milquetoast has his window down and says 'you're
mentally challenged'.

I turn around and explain to him that Va law says cars must share the
road; bikers have same rights as cars; pass safely, etc.

He says 'you cussed at me with my daughter in the car'. (!)

I said, seeing him holding up his cellphone (?), 'Go ahead call the
police'. Him: "I will". Me "go ahead". Him "mentally challenged".

At that point a grin widely and say "have a nice day!"

Totally forgetting about this moron, we speed off into the morning and
race the sun back home for the Tour! Great AM ride.

At week 2, I'm getting stronger every ride. Amazing.

-B
Yeah, I thought 'dumbass', and 'wimp', but was so psyched to bike it
wasn't worth anymore of my time, heh, heh.