The Video May Be Staged But Women Do Have Similar Experiences

Been catcalled? Harassed while riding your bike? Touched by a motorist? All some pretty unsettling occurrences. While this video appears to be staged, this behavior does happen to cyclists. Have you seen/experienced anything similar while riding your bike?

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Permalink Reply by Matthew Adams on April 5, 2017 at 2:35pm

Actually, a cyclist slapped my girlfriends ass while she was out jogging. On the bike she gets leapfrogged by men that can't take being "passed by a girl". She bike commutes a lot and keeps a steady, but brisk pace. She's told me about being passed by guys who drop the hammer to get around her only to get re-passed by her when they lose steam. That's happened more than once.

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Permalink Reply by Lisa Gordon on April 6, 2017 at 12:28pm

I've had that happen, too.

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Permalink Reply by Irvin Steinert on April 7, 2017 at 3:18am

I had a similar thing done to me by a woman. Only she couldn't pass me on the fly, had to wait until I was stopped at the light (see "shoaling"). One can easily perceive it as sexist but probably not true in all cases. I think people just don't like being passed.

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Permalink Reply by Irvin Steinert on April 7, 2017 at 3:21am

BTW, I've had women legit pass me on the fly and I didn't try to leapfrog or shoal them!

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Permalink Reply by Yasmeen on April 7, 2017 at 3:23am

These things definitely happen but more often than not, super glad when a fellow cyclist does a nod or a smile, respects my space and if I get passed, I'm totally ok with it. And super impressed if it's a Divvy because those bikes are SO heavy!

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Permalink Reply by Irvin Steinert on April 7, 2017 at 3:37am

Cool.

Also, I always try to judge a passing effort so if I'm in a holding pattern just behind you I'm simply considering a pass or allowing you to speed up. I am exercising when I'm riding (commuting or otherwise) so I want to move at my own preferred pace. Passing someone only slightly slower than me means an extended effort that cannot be extended indefinitely so, initially, I have to ride closer than I normally would like to (and for sure closer than you would like) but there is no ill intention.

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Permalink Reply by Caiken on April 6, 2017 at 5:51am

Waterbottles twice.

Once by a cop, which was jim dandy.

Most times when I go to the pool.

Never mugged? And I used to commute from Woodlawn to Pilsen all summer long, sans issue.

And can't wait until the dummy trolls from Streetsblog show up. D: Also anti-sexual assault ride on 4/21! SEE YA THERE.

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Permalink Reply by Matthew Adams on April 6, 2017 at 6:03am

What's "water bottles" someone throw one at you?

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Permalink Reply by Caiken on April 6, 2017 at 6:05am

4 Times! Shoutout to the chill couple at Armitage and Halsted who stuck by me when I started taking photos of the car and holding my ground. And then said, "We're ATA supporters" and I still worked there, ha.

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Permalink Reply by Yasmeen on April 6, 2017 at 6:07am

We don't have a lot of trolls on The Chainlink. People do make an effort to have fairly thoughtful discussions. I like to think of us as a safe haven for cyclists (away from the comments sections filled with angry motorists). :-)