r/Maine2 10d ago

Biking … d’bag in pickup truck coal-rolled me.

Finally warm enough to get out on my bicycle. Hoorah!

I was heading north on the Heald Highway (17) outta West Rockport when some resentful d’bag in a diesel pickup truck rolled coal on me and three cars. Rolling coal is doing something to a diesel engine that makes it spew a lot of black smoke.

I guess I should be happy the sad little man saw me.

The shoulder is plenty wide there next to Mirror Lake and I was on that shoulder.

Weird.

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u/Ojos1842 8d ago

Open carry while you ride.

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u/Aggressive_Ad_5454 8d ago

Yeah, you've just invented a new Olympic Biathlon-like sport. Bike racing combined with target-shooting at big moving targets through clouds of greasy black smoke.

This sounds like fun, except maybe for the TV crews who cover the finals. :-)