Move @!*&$, Get Out da Way!

We finally decided to get bicycles this summer and, like thousands of fellow Montrealers, drive the car less. Before I became an avid biker I'd listen to my partner and good friend Eric Audet tell stories of altercations, some minor and some not so minor, that he'd gotten into with drivers and pedestrians concerning bike, car and pedestrian etiquette.

I use to tell him "Eric you're F@$*'in insane, riding is suppose to be fun, relaxing", but now I know exactly what he's talking about. I can't tell you how many times I've been riding, and in the bike lane to boot, and have some idiot pedestrian with their head up their ass step right into bike lane with no regard for their safety or mine and I have perform evasive manouvres to save both of our lives-- it happens every day.

What are they thinking when they see the bike lane?--"Wow there's so much room to walk now I love it, I can bring my whole family!" No you F@&! that's for bikes, that's why there's a big picture of a BIKE asshole.

I have a little something now for people who wander aimlessly into the bike lanes of Montreal. It's called scaring the SHIT out of them. This one prick was walking in the middle of the bike lane, plenty of room on the sidewalk but no, he prefered our lane so I rode right up beside him and yelled "BIKE LANE!" You should have seen the F2$%er jump! Hey, every action has a consequence.

Listen, I don't want you to think I'm hiding behind bushes looking to ambush poor, unsuspecting pedestrians, all I want is to enjoy my bike and to be safe, so please, if you're one of those people or know of one that just can't get enough of walking in the bike lane in the summer, well you get what you get.