Comments on: Shot At Whilst Cycling

By: Bob Fairlane

Bob Fairlane — Sun, 13 May 2012 04:35:23 +0000

I hope you found their car and gave them a lesson.

By: Kip

Kip — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 16:00:51 +0000

You know the scene in Easy Rider where the rednecks shoot and kill the motorcylists with a shotgun, then laugh?

Same thing.

Reading about crap like this gets me worked up too. Scum like this should be whipped.

By: Lewis

Lewis — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 17:14:18 +0000

That’s disgusting. I don’t know what sort of person thinks that behaviour and attitudes like this are acceptable. They’re nothing more than barbaric thugs and sub-human hooligans. I’m very impressed that you managed to keep your cool. Even reading about incidents like this get me worked up.

By: Tough Time for Cyclists | Cycling UK

Tough Time for Cyclists | Cycling UK — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 11:02:06 +0000

[...] Also as a cyclist wearing a fluorescent jacket you made a pretty good target for snowballs. The first one you don’t mind, but, it seems every person of school age in Oxford had taken to throwing snowballs at cyclists, since they had been given the day off school. I guess, at least it’s not as bad as being shot at…. [...]

By: thePig

thePig — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 07:09:31 +0000

Wow that is quite amazing. I am not quite sure what goes through the heads of people like this. The worst I have had is someone lean out a car and throw a plastic bottle at me – but it doesn’t quite compare.

Drivers in the UK are not very bicycle tolerant – at least not compared to mainlaind europe.

By: jeff

jeff — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:12:51 +0000

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