I was riding back from swimming this morning and popped into Tesco to buy some things for breakfast. I'd just locked my bike up outside the shop when I was approached by a bloke who asked whether I was the cyclist he'd just followed in.
Bracing myself for a Bloody Cyclists rant, I confirmed his assumption. However, he complemented me on my clear signalling, remarking that it "made a nice change as so many people don't [signal]". A great start to the day which was only slightly marred 10 minutes later by TwatInAnEscort who couldn't possibly wait for me to get out of a short narrowing caused by parked cars on each side of the road and tried to charge past anyway.
David Nutter said the following on 26/08/2006 17:38:
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I was riding back from swimming this morning and popped into Tesco to buy some things for breakfast. I'd just locked my bike up outside the shop when I was approached by a bloke who asked whether I was the cyclist he'd just followed in.
What's more interesting is that your positive experience of a motorist's behaviour has gone un-commented upon, whereas other people's negative experiences generate a whole new massive thread within 5 minutes of posting!
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I was riding back from swimming this morning and popped into Tesco to buy some things for breakfast. I'd just locked my bike up outside the shop when I was approached by a bloke who asked whether I was the cyclist he'd just followed in.
Bracing myself for a Bloody Cyclists rant, I confirmed his assumption. However, he complemented me on my clear signalling, remarking that it "made a nice change as so many people don't [signal]". A great start to the day which was only slightly marred 10 minutes later by TwatInAnEscort who couldn't possibly wait for me to get out of a short narrowing caused by parked cars on each side of the road and tried to charge past anyway.
Regards,
-david
I've had same sort of comments from a few motorists over time, most often about how well-lit & visible I am.
I am reminded too of the time I was stopped at a red traffic light in town, when I heard a 'beep' from behind me. It was someone I knew, in her car, and she gave me a friendly wave. Same person later went on to moan at me about cyclists jumping red lights - the fact that she'd just been waving to me as I was in cyclist mode and stopped at a red light had not registered...
