Elly Blue recently wrote at Grist about the joy of being abused on the road for doing “something that’s totally, mundanely legal”.
I had one of those experiences today.
“Is it an indulgence to own more than one bicycle? Maybe – but at least it’s cheaper than yachting or cocaine”–Peter Walker
Other than in a nightclub at 4am, where’s the only place that a lone young woman would be pointlessly aggressive toward four fit, burly blokes that she didn’t know? You guessed it: out on the roads.
These days I try to avoid heated exchanges with other road users, but judging by an incident I witnessed last night, some riders are always up for it. Even when they’re completely in the wrong.