So last week I picked up some Karma (childs bike seat) and ever since, I've been ferrying my 3yr old girl to-and-from school in an effort to get one less car on the road in the mornings, build up some fitness, and give the missus a break!! :roll: 
So this morning, I'm riding a nice straight stretch past the local secondry school, and the road starts to go downhill and I can really get a lick-on, when it's clear
Today I'm being held up by one of the mums, so I'm just freewheeling. There's a parked car on a bend towrds the bottom, and a car on our side of the road, coming up the hill, pulling round it, which the woman in front of me clearly hasn't spotted. Luckily I did, and hit the brakes to slow down. Then she jams the brakes on, and there's total gridlock. I'm 10 foot behind her and I see her reverse lights coming on, so I'm trying desperately to tip-toe backwards with all the weight of my little'un on the back, trying not to get the pedals in my legs, but she just keeps on reversing, and she's getting faster, before.....................bang, she's now hit my bike, and still reversing, so I'm shouting at her to stop, as my wheel is slowly going under her bumper and the the car's getting nearer and nearer to me. Then as I start shouting expletives, she yanks the hand-brake on, throws her seatbelt off, and jumps out the car to unleash a fury of rage............................AT ME :shock: :shock: :shock:
I ask her why the effing hell she's reversing her car into my bike and trying to kill my little'un, whereby here words (her exact words, actually are) "what the effing hell are you doing, you stupid man, you could see what was going on, why did'n you get off your ass and get off your bike and get out the way"
I naturally have to reply with "I was trying to tiptoe my bike backwards, there's cars behind me, how the hell was I supposed to get off the bike, when it was starting to go under your car??"
Her final reply (before jumping back in the car and racing off) nearly caused me to explode in a fit of rage and abusive onslaughts................wait for this................"you should protect the life of your child, you stupid man" :shock: :shock: :shock:
I'm still livid by this encounter :shock: :shock: , and surprised that she didn't have the balls to continue with our conversation, but obviously she was late for getting her kids to school, and that was more important than anything else this morning. :roll: :roll:
Un-effing-believeable :shock: :x :x
So this morning, I'm riding a nice straight stretch past the local secondry school, and the road starts to go downhill and I can really get a lick-on, when it's clear
Today I'm being held up by one of the mums, so I'm just freewheeling. There's a parked car on a bend towrds the bottom, and a car on our side of the road, coming up the hill, pulling round it, which the woman in front of me clearly hasn't spotted. Luckily I did, and hit the brakes to slow down. Then she jams the brakes on, and there's total gridlock. I'm 10 foot behind her and I see her reverse lights coming on, so I'm trying desperately to tip-toe backwards with all the weight of my little'un on the back, trying not to get the pedals in my legs, but she just keeps on reversing, and she's getting faster, before.....................bang, she's now hit my bike, and still reversing, so I'm shouting at her to stop, as my wheel is slowly going under her bumper and the the car's getting nearer and nearer to me. Then as I start shouting expletives, she yanks the hand-brake on, throws her seatbelt off, and jumps out the car to unleash a fury of rage............................AT ME :shock: :shock: :shock:
I ask her why the effing hell she's reversing her car into my bike and trying to kill my little'un, whereby here words (her exact words, actually are) "what the effing hell are you doing, you stupid man, you could see what was going on, why did'n you get off your ass and get off your bike and get out the way"
I naturally have to reply with "I was trying to tiptoe my bike backwards, there's cars behind me, how the hell was I supposed to get off the bike, when it was starting to go under your car??"
Her final reply (before jumping back in the car and racing off) nearly caused me to explode in a fit of rage and abusive onslaughts................wait for this................"you should protect the life of your child, you stupid man" :shock: :shock: :shock:
I'm still livid by this encounter :shock: :shock: , and surprised that she didn't have the balls to continue with our conversation, but obviously she was late for getting her kids to school, and that was more important than anything else this morning. :roll: :roll:
Un-effing-believeable :shock: :x :x
