Drunken Weirdoids

[The Gordo]

Just last Saturday my wife was riding to my Restaurant at closing time so that she could ride home with me. It was a pleasant surprise to have my favorite riding partner for my late night commute home. It's about four miles across some rather unfriendly heavily traversed roadways and interstate exchanges but we've got a nice rout that detours through some apartment complexes and that usually knocks out the dangers.

Well, she also had to ride passed the pub that's across the street from our house. A nice place, and I know the owner and he rides a Specialized, good guy, I work on his bike he slides me beer. As she passed by, a pale blue Chevy Corsica pulled out behind her and shut down it's lights while following her. Rachel took a detour through access road and thought she lost them.

A few blocks later they pulled out behind her and chucked an Orange pylon cone at her and missed miserably and then sped away taking a drunken left onto a side street.

They turned out the lights and turned around. As she passed this time, they chucked a beer bottle (Cheap American Yellow Beer!) at her head!
They threw a bottle at her freakin' HEAD! Luckily they missed her again and she had had enough. Rachel popped down a couple of gears and her black Cannondale took her to a safe hiding spot behind an office building and the adjoining landscaping.

The idiots got away and Rachel never said anything that she was thinking. Their bad aim wasn't as scary as what might have gone down had she yelled and cursed them.

Well, we think we have ID'd the car in the parking lot of the bar a few days ago. If anyone like Cars R Coffins would like to donate 1000 stickers to us, we'll wallpaper that SonofB***H top to bottom and send digital photographs to all the Bike Geek pages. I assure you it is much nicer than what I may do if I see them in there and hear them bragging about F***ing with my wife on her bike.

Be careful out there.... There certainly are some strange ones!

Aces:
The Gordo

[Divscotty]

Get a cell phone - pack it and use it. Call 911 and tell them you are under attack.

I ride to and from work and that is a mighty scary story and it may not go so well next time.

[Rotifer]

And people wonder why I like to ride at night sans lights - this is the reason. I think this one calls for crap stuffed down in the vents below the windshield, it pretty much ruins the car. Plus, you can rob them of their favorite drinking hole by riding in, locking your bikes in front and chatting up the owner.

[mohaka]

There is nothing that I can add to advice that diva and Rotifer have mentioned.
All I can tell ya is that I'm sorry that happened to your wife of all people.
I'd be pissed too!
The more stories I hear the thankful I am for the place I live, which is seeming more biker friendly all the time.

[JerseyDevil]

Man, I would consider that attempted murder. Imagine if that beer bottle hit her in the side of the face or something! If that happened to my girlfriend, I'd take it to the fullest extent of the law. If that didn't work, I'd make sure they would wake up in pain everyday for the rest of their lives.
There is no reason for behavior like that.

[Paolo]

I think that iths jus dithspicable! If I had seen something like this happen, it would drive me insane. It just goes to show you why some people deserve to be treated like SHIp!
This reminds me of a ride the other night. It was late, and as I was coming to a major intersection, traffic was pretty packed. The reason was due to an accident involving a vespa (scooter) and a car. I passed by and got a good look at the woman lying on the ground. I became ... numb, tingly, disturbed. There was not anything for me to do. The ambulance was on its way. All I could remember is the feeling I felt, and the thought of how she was then feeling. It is a scary feeling. So, in my mind, I ought to be prepared for the worst and hope for the best. Would if it had been me on the ground?
Your wife did the right thing. She stayed calm, and she waited till the coast was clear. But remember, if anything does happen in the future, and she, or you, are on your bike, and something goes wrong...you do it because it is your passion; if you die doing something you love to do, in the end, is it not worth it?

[Rotifer]

Die would we one thing, sitting in prison - no thanks. I still like the poop idea.