Dublin Bike right in the stomach!!

I have never got any inkling of road rage, I just drive in a relaxed easy going manner, I don't think I have ever beeped my horn.

But I do get bike rage, I am an avid cyclist the past year and I love it, but when out there you are vulnerable, like you are perched up, in the open, on a machine that requires balance.

Although the cyclelane network is great and it continues to improve, Dublin was recently ranked number nine in the world for cycling friendly cities. The motorist towards cyclists culture has to catch up, we really do need extra consideration. Also us cyclists should observe the rules of the road and not break lights etc.

So motorists consideration please, I warn you I am a big guy who suffers from bike rage, you really don't want me pursuing you and belting the top of your car.

Triangla wrote: »

I was walking to work this morning at around 8, walking up Camden Street, just outside Coffee Society when a nutcase stabs me in the stomach with a Dublin bike. I mean he went out of his way to step over to me then totally rammed the handlebar into my stomach.

Apparently I committed the crime of trying to "squeeze through". (Between wall and lamp post).

He then threatened to call the cops on me for "squeezing through".
I said go on call them, we'll see which act is illegal, squeezing through or assault.

He then went to walk away so I said ok I'll call them and I held onto the bike

After 5 mins of me trying to get my phone out of my pocket while holding onto the bike he was trying to wrestle from me an unmarked garda 4x4 pulled over.

Detective got out flashed ID and asked what was going on. Crazy Joe we'll call him starts going on a rant about how he's sick of people getting in front of him and trying to squeeze in. Says how he's reported it before and is going to report me when he gets home tonight. I point to the gap he's talking about, 4 people could walk through shoulder to shoulder with ease.

Garda's jaw drops at the rant, says it's a civil issue and would an apology suffice. Joe says it would then walks away down the path with the bike.
Garda turns to me and says "That guy has mental issues" and we both go our separate way.

How was your Friday morning?

I find that people who use Dublin Bikes tend to be terrible cyclists who seem to easily confuse road with footpath. So this story does not surrpise me.