Forums >General Running>I Got Dissed By a Bicyclist
Right on Hereford...
left, left, so what, you are passing me its your responsibility to avoid me, cause i cant see you.
Giant Flaming Dork
And it's your responsibility to stick to the right correct half of the bike path!
http://xkcd.com/621/
I had my bestest cycling interaction back in early spring when the weather was just starting to turn. A rather large woman with a very nice tri-bike (her shoes, helmet, and tights matched the color of her bike which I thought was nice) passed me on a downhill and screamed, "On your left," from about 3" from my left ear and scared me to the point where I almost jumped in front of her. Several minutes later I ran past her on the next uphill (which was really pathetic since I wasn't moving very fast). Of course I screamed, "On your left," as I went by her. She tried to say something unpleasant but was working too hard to articulate it. That same weekend I had a recreational rider stop her bike to lecture me on the etiquette of running. Basically she expected me to jump off the trail when she issued the magic words (on your left). The beauty was there was a sign less than 30 feet away that clearly said cyclist must yield to pedestrians. After her rant ended I pointed at the sign (and I may have said some disparaging remarks about her weight). With no response, she flipped me off and tried to lumber away. My wife may or may not have knocked her off her bike. The crowd that had gathered by this point may or may not have laughed at her as she laid on the ground crying (at least she had the decency to fall off the trail).
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Burninated Peasant
Party foul. Responding to a month old post. That's ten yards and loss of beer.