Abusive cyclist doing circuits at Howth, who is he?

wall · 29-05-2014 9:37am #1

Hi all,
Last Saturday about 12 noon my sister got terrible abuse from a cyclist. He was wearing a red & white Bulls Cycling Club top, grey hair, about 50 or more years old and a bad attitude.
Driving her car she slowed down as she couldn't over-take 2 cyclists in front of her cycling side by side because they were just at a bend, next thing this guy overtakes her on his bike and shouts in her open window "Get out of my f..king way", she was so shocked and my 86 year old father beside her nearly had a heart attack! They came upon him a little while later in traffic, she said to him that it was uncalled for behaviour, he replied "Shut up you f..king bitch".
Has anyone come across this guy or know who he is? I'd love to see how mouthy he would be to someone his own size.
By the way, my sister cycles a lot herself.

WillyFXP · 29-05-2014 9:39am

wall wrote: »

Hi all,
Last Saturday about 12 noon my sister got terrible abuse from a cyclist. He was wearing a red & white Bulls Cycling Club top, grey hair, about 50 or more years old and a bad attitude.
Driving her car she slowed down as she couldn't over-take 2 cyclists in front of her cycling side by side because they were just at a bend, next thing this guy overtakes her on his bike and shouts in her open window "Get out of my f..king way", she was so shocked and my 86 year old father beside her nearly had a heart attack! They came upon him a little while later in traffic, she said to him that it was uncalled for behaviour, he replied "Shut up you f..king bitch".
Has anyone come across this guy or know who he is? I'd love to see how mouthy he would be to someone his own size.
By the way, my sister cycles a lot herself.

What a wanker

Thomas D · 29-05-2014 9:39am

Sounds like a typical aggro cyclist with a chip on his shoulder. I have the feeling that half of them go out with the intention of having something to feel aggrieved about

Harrybelafonte · 29-05-2014 9:41am

Thomas D wrote: »

Sounds like a typical aggro cyclist with a chip on his shoulder. I have the feeling that half of them you go out with the intention of having something to feel aggrieved about

FYP... considering the forum

CramCycle · 29-05-2014 9:48am

Thomas D wrote: »

Sounds like a typical aggro cyclist with a chip on his shoulder. I have the feeling that half of them go out with the intention of having something to feel aggrieved about

MOD VOICE: Off topic and trolling, cut it out

SpaceTime · 29-05-2014 9:48am

Well, you can't really generalise about cyclists any more than anyone else. They're just people with bicycles and you'll get everything from absolutely charming and friendly to complete a$$hats.

I've only encountered one aggressive cyclist. I was at a set of traffic lights in Cork turning right on a fly light (there were two lanes incidentally one straight ahead, one turning right).

A cyclist came up my inside on the right turning lane just as I was about to turn. I spotted him in the mirror and stopped hard.

He then proceeded to try to open my door and banged the window.

1) I was going at about 5mph max and had stopped miles away from him and seen him.
2) He was 100% in the wrong. You do not enter a right turning lane and cycle or drive across turning traffic under any circumstances as you will be in people's blind spot immediately and they're not expecting you to be there.

Anyway, he just continued ranting and raving and I asked him what exactly his problem was and why he was hitting my car (through a very very slightly open window).

I hadn't been in contact with his bike, I had seen him and avoided any collision with him and I was going very slowly.

Anyway he just cycled off in a huff!

My only advice to the OP would be to ignore him this time and if he repeats the incident and there's absolutely no reason for him to behave like that, just give the Gardai a ring.
Being aggressive and threatening in public is uncalled for on a bike, in a car or on foot.

CramCycle · 29-05-2014 9:51am

wall wrote: »

"Get out of my f..king way", she was so shocked and my 86 year old father beside her nearly had a heart attack! They came upon him a little while later in traffic, she said to him that it was uncalled for behaviour, he replied "Shut up you f..king bitch".
Has anyone come across this guy or know who he is? I'd love to see how mouthy he would be to someone his own size.
By the way, my sister cycles a lot herself.

No idea who he is, which is a pity as I'd be handing his details over to the Gardai for assault. Unfortunately, there are tossers like this in all walks of life. While it is of slim comfort and I am not condoning it, he will find that if he keeps that behaviour up that someone else who gets a shock may not react in such a polite manner to him in future and then no one will get in his way as the blue lights give him an escort back through Howth and into the local A&E department.