Crazy ride into work this am

When I ride into work I use a mixture of roads, pathways, and sidewalks. My bike is a old 1998 Trek mountain bike that easily weights 50lbs plus another 20lbs in my backpack along with yours truly. I don't ride the entire way to/from work on roads for the following reason:

1. Some roads are barely wide enough for vehicles, let alone bikes and vehicles
2. I can't ride nearly fast enough to keep up with traffic on the "tank".
3. I don't trust any of the drivers...too many people are half asleep, on their cellphones, smoking/drinking coffee & driving a stick at the same time.

When I ride, I am very cognizant of my surroundings, use my hand signals when appropriate, wait for the cross signals, give right away to traffic, etc. For the most part this serves me well but this morning I ran across quite a few terds.

First up was a bus driver about 15 minutes after leaving the house. I had to turn left at a 3-way intersection....waited my turn, signaled and went. The bus driver was merging into my lane and had a yield to traffic sign but decided he wasn't waiting for a cyclist. So I manage to squeak by him about about 2 feet. He was so on my ass that I felt violated. Instead of giving me room on the side of the road he runs me into the sidewalk!

I was fuming...and I almost caught him at a stop light, to give him a piece of my mind, before it turned green and he sped off. He had a bus load of kids so I was going to keep it G-rated nonetheless.

15 minutes later I am riding along the bike path coming up to an intersection. I get there as the walk signal appears and so I slow down to cross. Two cars turning left across the intersection and are not stopping for me so I stop to let them go. After that I am going. As I do, a mini-van comes flying through the intersection and lays on the horn for an eternity. I look up at the signal, look back at the driver, and point at the walk signal. I get the finger in return. Yes, you have a wonderful day as well I say to myself.

A short time later, I am coming up to a pedestrian on a sidewalk. They see me and decide they are not moving over so I have get off my bike and walk it around them.

Fuuuck me this morning.

I am saying to myself...I can't ride on the roads, I can't ride on the sidewalks, there are not enough pathways in this dam city. Everyone hates cyclists.

Do any of these people realize I am one less car on the road, one less car they have to wait behind at the lights, one less car polluting the environment...heck, one less car they have to wait behind in the Tim Horton's drive-through!!!

LMAO.

So I get into work, get a coffee and some breaky...blood sugar level rises, happiness ensues, and I have since forgiven the people from this morning.

Its lunchtime, I am due for a swim.

Happy Friday folks!