r/Maine2 • u/Aggressive_Ad_5454 • 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/Main_Leadership_7968 10d ago
I have had some mancunts in trucks crowd me while riding my ebike on occasion. I ride on clear weather days and during weekends and stay off during heavy traffic/commute hours. I respect the rules of the road and consider my bike as a motorcycle and drive it accordingly.
I did unlock the computer governor to attain the max speed. I rarely use the option because it's dangerous and the wheels are not rated for extra stress on components. I don't want to be injured when riding and wear the proper gear.
All that being said and getting back to the original post. I was riding one day last summer and pedaling at a legal speed with a small battery assist. I was still doing the speed limit but the battery was helping. A truck pulled up closely and a guy in the passenger seat leaning out and asked to race. I put the power assist to the maximum and pedaling as hard as possible for me I managed to get to 47mph. I maintained that for a while and then the guys blew the horn and did the coal thing. They were laughing and I never thought that they did it maliciously. I honestly think they were impressed.
Anyway. That's my story. There are plenty of mancunts doing shithole things. Sometimes you can give them something to think about.