Tuesday, March 29, 2011

I SWEAR I'm not a roadie

So I might be getting some base miles on the road bike. But I'm still a skilled bicycle handler! Here is a video that BackStreetSkeeter shot of me during our road ride after work today.


Mountain bike features on a road bike!

No issues with douchie drivers today. Just a solid ride with BackStreetSkeet and Bionic Becca.


Monday, March 28, 2011

Road Riders: 1 A$$hole Drivers: 0

I haven't posted in over a year, but today's ride got me back on the blog wagon.

Iron Maiden and I departed out of Pike Creek on the "morning loop", we were just looking for a mellow 1:30:00 on the road bikes. So, we are rolling down chambers rock when a silver honda civic is blasting the horn and yelling @ Iron Maiden. Not passing, but being a douche bag asshole.
After they sack up and pass Iron Maiden they attempt to play the same game with me. I don't like to play this game! I fire a water bottle at the car as they pass by.
DIRECT HIT! Thump!
So, Thuggie Tweedle Dumb and Thuggie Tweedle Dumber pull over. The Driver, Thuggie Tweedle Dumber, gets out of his beat up civic and says, "ya hit ma car!". His car, in neutral, rolls forward as his homie sitting shot gun,Thuggie Tweedle Dumb, laughs at his derelict companion. Thuggie Tweedle Dumber hops back in and pulls his e brake. TTDer gets back out and says, "Why'd ya hit my car". I told him that, "I don't appreciate you terrorizing me on my road ride". He hops back in a rolls off, but I know it won't be over that easy.
I go back and get my water bottle, check in with Iron Maiden, because she was still startled by the aggresive douchie honking. Minutes later as I predicted here comes Thuggie Tweedle Dumb and Thuggie Tweedle Dumber. Lets face it I'm in lycra and road shoes, which are awful foot wear for combat, I pick up a rock the size of my fist and prepare for the worst.
Thuggie Tweedle Dumber fires his half empty Monster Energy can out the window completely missing us by 10 feet. We High tail it down Chambers Rock and sprint to the road that runs through White Clay (between the Chambers Rock/Thompson station intersection and Corner Catch, by the ranger station) that is blocked off to cars.
As we cross the bridge that is wide enough for 2 cars a soccer mom flips us the bird in her mini van as she is talking with her cellphone up against her ear. She was probably talking about the latest episode of "Bethany After All" with her best girl friend and didn't want to share the bridge and freaked out.
We then make it to the road and ride back to the GavaganDeathTrail Service Course with out a hitch.
In Hindsight maybe I just should have squirting water on the wind shield of Thuggie Tweedle Dumb and Thuggie Tweedle Dumber or simply flipped the bird and told them to "go F*&K themselves". That would have been more appropriate than getting into a altercation which could have ended differently.
Maybe its best to turn the other cheek and just write it off as I have soo many other times.
But you know What! I'm glad I threw my bottle at those douche bags. I hope Thuggie Tweedle Dumb and Thuggie Tweedle Dumber learned today that Roadies will fight back!
I don't really consider myself a roadie, by any means. But, I hope I have helped Roadies get a more Bad Ass reputation!

I guess I channeled my inner Kenny Powers