A Vicious Attack

GILD said:

Stop.
Get off.
Sit down.

And then hope he shows enough restraint to not kick you in the haed.

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Theo that sucks, why do people think they can take advantage, just
because they've got sad little lives, they can't see others enjoying?
I've only come across this sorta behavour whilst I've been out on my
bike, not the uni, a male youth (sorry to say) drove up from behind me
on his motorbike and kicked my front forks knocking me off balance. The
most shocking point was I was riding on the local CYCLE PATH! I must
admit, I saw red and totally lost it, and powered down the path after
him....god only knows what would have happened if I'd been fit enough
to keep up with a motor bike... Olympic games I guess. But it's hard to
know how to react. I guess you never know the mentality of the people
who act like that and who knows what they might be carrying!
Heal quickly, and I think I'm gona get some mace and a mirror!

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I think i would start going a different route. Best to be safe , than
sorry.

Rock on!
Edd

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uni57 said:

What should Theo do if this happens again? Last time, his attacker
spoke before doing anything. Let's assume the same thing happens
again. I think Theo should stop riding immediately and get off to the
side of the road.

This gives him a better defensive position. And it allows him to have
a good look at the guy (for later identification).

But the problem is that the guy might stop also. It might appear as a
challenge to the guy. What then? It's another no-win situation, like
answering or not answering the guy -- either way, you lose. The guy
might want to fight.

Does anyone have any suggestions? Because this seems like a no-win
situation, but I know we can do better than that. Help my main man
with ideas!

Edit: magic lobster -- what a great idea. Don't they make mace that
also has a dye? So it's easy to identify the guy... yeah, he's the
guy with the green face running down the road.

Well... if he thinks he can get off and avoid a fight than I'd do that.
Just let the guy pass and basically "let the baby have his bottle." I
would probably do my best to get out of the way, get a parked car
between me and him, and talk him down. Most people can be talked down
from a fight.

IF, however, he's 100% sure that if he stops he'll get into a fight,
and if he keeps riding that he'll get hit again, the best move is to
stop, pick up the uni, and hit the guy with it has hard as he can in
one smooth move before the other guy can get off his bike. Then he
should do what he needs to do to assure the guy isn't going to get back
up and hurt him. This should NOT be a fair fight. If he knows,
without a doubt, that he CANNOT avoid violence, then the fight should
be swift and one-sided until his assailent no longer has the ability to
hurt him. * HOWEVER, this should be a last resort since it begs for
retaliation. It's a great way to get jumped by 2-10 people a couple of
days later.* It's probably bes to just imagine doing it and never go
through with it.

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Bear mace

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Seager said:

HOWEVER, this should be a last resort since it begs for retaliation.
It's a great way to get jumped by 2-10 people a couple of days
later.[/B] It's probably bes to just imagine doing it and never go
through with it.

Yeah, it's kind of a no win situation. I learned that lesson the hard
way a long time ago in high school. The dumbass kept tormenting me til
I no choice but to fight. I kicked his ass and the next day I had the
snot beat outa me by 4 of his very big friends.😠

Violence should always be saved as a last resort and sometimes it still
doesn't pay. These days you might kick the [censored] outa some guy that
really deserves it and then catch a bullet in the back of the head the
next day.

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Get off and take the other guy's photo? Then report him to the police?

Cathy

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Yeah guys, it happens. I've probably already told someone that story of
when I was pumping myself up to grind my first 9-set handrail.. and
some jerk-faces in a blue van come from behind, yell "[censored]" and chuck
a full can of monster soda at my face.

I'm so disapointed in myself. I should've reacted faster and smashed
their (probably parents'😉 car with my unicycle.

Anyways, my day'll come. Closest I got was when I got called "[censored]"
by a bunch of high-schoolers cause I wouldn't do a trick for them.

Oh but I DID do a trick for them afterwards. How's this for a trick:
unzip your pants while idling... then give'em a sight-full of the good
ol' pooper. (oh, and yeah, I spread.)

I was hoping that would get a fight started... I was in that kindof a
mood... then again, I could've taken on all of their sorry asses.
Tought'em a proper lesson.

Cowards.

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Wait... they called you gay and your response was to drop your pants and
spread yourself open for them?

I'm not sure that helped your case...

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The point was taken into consideration at the time.

But the awesomeness of mooning someone on a unicycle just outweighed
that issue.

haha... oh man, it tottaly rocked... they were all like: "Oooooh [censored]!!
Yo man, he tottaly dissed you... you gonna take that from him man?!"
(in french of course). Turns out that they did take it from me. Oh
well.

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Theo-

If it makes you feel any better, this guy suffers every day of his
life. He can only get brief bursts of enjoyment by harming or debasing
others. Then he slips back into his eternal grind of self-hatred. You,
on the other hand, experience joy on a daily basis and are only
surprised when it is interrupted. You have already won the fight.

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u cant live life worrying about every dipsh*t in life it doesnt matter

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goldenchicken said:

It is a challange. If you answer with the same method as the bully you
will learn nothing. The challange is to keep cool and try to understand
what is behind the situation. If there is a next time - pull over so
you are face to face with him. Be calm and ask him why he is doing this
to you. Give him the benefit of your doubts for as long as possible,
trying to learn from the experience. See him as a fellow human being,
not as an enemy. Only if he attacks you, you should defend yourself.
Use a quick and hard counter attack. Don't plan on how to do it. Trust
your instinct. Don't carry any weapon. Good luck.

that's teh way to do it.
good advice.

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you passed english class, didnt you?

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Seager said:

but sometimes you have to help Karma out a little bit.

That's right...there is nothing that says you can't take karma into
your own hands. The only thing that's important is that the deed comes
back to haunt him.

Revenge is the Italian word for karma.

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Quoted message said:

I was riding home enjoying the wonderful spring weather [...]

ya, these things happen from time to time. I get it on my bike commute, esp
if i'm working the evening shift (ie, riding home during the drunk
migration).

It always sucks and evokes fairly coercive ideation... :-) You're ok, which
is the important part.

FWIW, it's most likely that the guy was only trying to scare you and is now
living in mortal fear of being arrested for vehicular assault + hit and run.
You can move on, but for the next few months, every time he sees a police
car in his rear-view mirror he's going to be yanked into his own special
brand of self-inflicted terror.

glad you're ok.

But clearly this is a sign that you need a bigger, badder uni.

..max

Do you wear armor? If forced too, smack him upside the head with
harbingers... nice hard plastic wrist protector piece-thingy will
prolly hurt 😉 Then kick him in the nads. X-Tra points if you wear
steel toes 😄

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Quoted message said:

I've always wondered what it would be like to beat someone to death with
a unicycle.

Then again, I don't want to damage any of my unicycles.

😄 hahahahahaa!!!! like a tennis racket! that would be hilarious.

still, it was awful what that guy did. it's too bad how intolerant
people are.

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Quoted message said:

I've always wondered what it would be like to beat someone to death with
a unicycle. Then again, I don't want to damage any of my unicycles. -
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Karma sometimes happens to be watching when bad things are done to
people and steps right up to bat. My favorite example is this 'video
clip' (

) which
has been around the web for some time now. Warning: It's very graphic.

To summarize it: Some good for nothing riding in the back seat of a
car swings open his door and knocks an unsuspecting kid for a loop only
to fall out of the moving car and while holding onto the door he
faceplants into the fender of a parked one. Instant karmic revenge.
I'll always wonder how the kid that got knocked off his bike felt when
he got saw what happened.

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Trapper said:

Karma sometimes happens to be watching when bad things are done to
people and steps right up to bat. My favorite example is this 'video
clip' (

) which
has been around the web for some time now. Warning: It's very graphic.

The best instant karma i saw happened at Montrose Harbor in Chicago.
The lake had been showing a slight 1~2 foot chop on a 10 mph breeze
from the north. Temps were in the low 50s. It was about this time of
year, five or six on a sunday evening and I was about to leave after
spending an hour watching the waves with my girlfriend when:

Some jerk very deliberately dumped his picnic leavings in the lake.
Just at that moment, the tens of thousands of tiny little waves in the
choppy lake combined to form
one GIGANTIC finger, and a column of water about three feet in diameter
and fifteen feet tall rose out of the water and ... collapsed on the
jerk. Knocked him on flat on his back, drenched him completely and...
well, it was 50 degrees and windy. :-)

best ever.