This past weekend I had what I thought was a bad ride. I was told by my training partner that it would be 3 hours, liesurely pace, rolling hills. Turned out to be 4-1/2 hours, waaaay bigger hills than anticipated and the last 2 hours were into a building dead headwind. FARK! Thankfully my training partner is a hottie so all is forgiven
Today however, I was mindlessly commuting the 1/2 hour to work on my bike, minding my own business when some $%*# threw the contents of a full cup of coffee out the window at me. Awesome shot as not a single drop hit the ground! I was drenched with coffee (not even any sugar in it!) I could barely see through the coffee in my eyes and the coffee on my sunnies but I stayed up and kept going. I couldn’t get the licence number but as it’s a regular commute and I’ve seen the car before, it should be easy-ish to get the number over the next few days
That counts as assault in this country so someone may very well be getting charged soon. Yippee!
Still not a nice ride to work covered in coffee and I did look pretty retarded on the ferry to the city and several co-workers did giggle. I CAN see the humour in it but being blinded by coffee at 50kph on a downhill ain’t particularly safe and only because of my familiarity with the road and pretty good bike handling skills did I avoid a potentially nasty crash.
How would today rate on your scale of bad rides?
Me? Full cans of coke thrown at me a couple of years was more dangerous in intent, but as they narrowly missed, the net result was actually less dangerous. I consider todays ride a 3/10 since there is no damage to me or my bike.
i had a few beer bottles thrown at me narrowly missed. And i had a apple thrown at me from a truck doing about 75mph hit the inside of my right bicep left a nasty bruise. but karma has a way of coming back around and biting those people right in the a@#
I got flashed by some chick and her boobies weren’t all that great. I figure it was a once and a lifetime kind of thing.
That is truly horrible!
I just had to put up with coffee without sugar, but you suffered what appears to be becoming permanent psychological damage!
Years ago, my brother was walking along the street with his new GF when a girl walking towards them had her mini-skirt (school girl type) blow up and she was panty-less. When they got past the girl, my brothers GF said “Holy cow, did you SEE that?” To which my brother replied in a sly voice “I most certainly did”
I didn’t see it, but I’m pretty sure it’s better than average boobies and it’s WAY better than hot coffee in the face! LOL
I didn’t see it, but I’m pretty sure it’s better than average boobies and it’s WAY better than hot coffee in the face! LOL
That’s the truth. I don’t want to make light of what happened to you though. Glad to hear you are ok. (This coming from someone who was hit and left unconscious with broken bones in the ditch and a bike in two separate pieces. )
