Well I've had the eyes up and down and the nose up turns as an ebike rider, but today's spit and mimic noise of an electric motor certainly raised my eye brows. I didn't know there guys out there that upset.
Minding my business on my daily commute along the bike path here in sunny Brisbane Australia, i saw one of many normal cyclists heading out on their morning ride, usually the guys heading out of the city are on their dedicated fitness run and are kitted up with expensive bikes and gear. Good on them too, I have a lot of respect for their dedication and ability. But this one guy must have had a chip on his shoulder for ebikes, he just saw I wasn't wearing Lycra and was on a mountain hybrid ebike, within an instant he's spits at me and then makes a buzzing noise, and gives me the evil stare down as he passes. This guy wasn't some young teenage gang member, this was just a normal road bike cyclist who's obviously pissed off. I've never seen this guy before. I don't speed or cut people off, so I certainly don't think it's related to my riding. But I have seen ebike pricks carving up the paths and being dicks, so maybe he's had a run in with them ?
Either way, it's a real mixed bag out there. On an up note a very attractive women cyclist sparked up a convo at the lights, so it wasnt all down hill this morning. But it's actually twice that I've had the buzz noise done to me, even though my bikes dead quite. Only other incident I've had is a guy at our work unleash about how dangerous ebikes are and said I should man up and cycle. Mind you the guys as fat as a house and drives a giant SUV. Either way you have to put on a bit of a thick skin when you ride ebikes, there's still people out there with strong views and aren't afraid to flex their anger at times.
Anyone else had this type of thing happen ?
Minding my business on my daily commute along the bike path here in sunny Brisbane Australia, i saw one of many normal cyclists heading out on their morning ride, usually the guys heading out of the city are on their dedicated fitness run and are kitted up with expensive bikes and gear. Good on them too, I have a lot of respect for their dedication and ability. But this one guy must have had a chip on his shoulder for ebikes, he just saw I wasn't wearing Lycra and was on a mountain hybrid ebike, within an instant he's spits at me and then makes a buzzing noise, and gives me the evil stare down as he passes. This guy wasn't some young teenage gang member, this was just a normal road bike cyclist who's obviously pissed off. I've never seen this guy before. I don't speed or cut people off, so I certainly don't think it's related to my riding. But I have seen ebike pricks carving up the paths and being dicks, so maybe he's had a run in with them ?
Either way, it's a real mixed bag out there. On an up note a very attractive women cyclist sparked up a convo at the lights, so it wasnt all down hill this morning. But it's actually twice that I've had the buzz noise done to me, even though my bikes dead quite. Only other incident I've had is a guy at our work unleash about how dangerous ebikes are and said I should man up and cycle. Mind you the guys as fat as a house and drives a giant SUV. Either way you have to put on a bit of a thick skin when you ride ebikes, there's still people out there with strong views and aren't afraid to flex their anger at times.
Anyone else had this type of thing happen ?