Interesting reads! I must say I would probably not get involved in conversations like this but after this mornings ride I am really disappointed to say the least! I ride in the Elite peloton although I work for a living, so we do quite a lot of miles, we even have a vehicle with huge warning lights on and it stil does not make a difference. This mornings ride and absolute show case of how SELFISH AND DIS-RESPECTFUL South Africans can be! What a sad country with a sad situation to say the least.. the only thing good about it is probably the weather... and the person commenting on the Racial thing... NOT LONG GONE! It creates hate within ourselves for others! Where has the law of "Treat other the way you would like to treated" gone ??? Our first encounter would you believe is with a motorcyclist, a white dude, swearing at us, I mean his as big as us, why does he not ride on the side of the rode? Why does he feel his got right of way? Cyclist have the right to use he road!!! My second encounter is with a bakkie full of black dudes, almost driving over me, and excuse me for shouting to watch out, if they could get off the bakkie they would probably have asaulted me... We, Us, Cyclist definitely have a responsibility to obey traffic rules and not act like we own the rode but this has to stop! We need to become much more vocal.... we need to influence people Positively everywhere we go and every conversation we encounter about cycling. It's a growing sport and lots of people look to take it up. I mean I have daily conversations with guys at my work and around me who openly say they hate cyclists. Why? Because they are jealous??? Let's become VOCAL!
