in being miffed with the cyclist who nearly ran into me (and baby in pram) and as I lept out of the way said:

[NorthernLurker]

"Cheers, babe"

I have two problems with this

1. I was not doing him a favour - I was preserving myself and dd3 from being impaled on his handlebars - at high speed (he was going downhill) ON THE PAVEMENT.

And 2) I am not a babe. I'm a mother of three in a wooly hat.

Why couldn't he just say 'sorry'?

but by the time he'd said 'sorry mother-of-three-in-a-wooly-hat' he'd have been through the lights and half way home...

He's maybe got a thing about woolly hats!!!

Good points certainly - Tipex I'm sure you look fab in yours - but I bought mine when at uni - and dh has always dropped hints that it wasn't my most flattering headgear. Hints I ignore 'cos it's cosy!

Good points certainly - Tipex I'm sure you look fab in yours - but I bought mine when at uni - and dh has always dropped hints that it wasn't my most flattering headgear. Hints I ignore 'cos it's cosy!

DP says I look like an Albanian goat herder in my wooly hat. The charmer.

Definitely YANBU! He sounds a tosser.
You don't live in Derby by any chance do you? Since I've lived here I have been infuriated on a daily basis by the cyclists, who all seem to see no problem in whizzing past me on the pavement

No further North than Derby - it is annoying though - especially as I am a cyclist when not with baby - and I would never dream of hurtling past blokes and saying 'Cheers, hunk'!

No, if you see him again 'accidently' knock him off his bike.

By the way it Bl**dy hurts when they hit you.

I got hit by a teenage boy and his dad came around to my house to have a go because i had right go at the boy he had hurt his leg when he fell off after he hit me.

His dad soon shut up when i showed him the bruises and cuts down side and back where the handlebars had cought me.

Oh poor you - thing is I was pushing dd3 in her pushchair - she was facing me so I suppose that would have helped a bit but still would have been nasty.

He should have said sorry. But at least he said something. It was probably the only thing that came into his head, and I'm sure he knows he was in the wrong.

But please don't anyone even joke about "accidentally" knocking anyone off. Two wrongs do not make a right and you do not really want to cause someone major injury.

Someone "accidentally" pushed my husband off his bike once. When he was cycling entirely legally, I might add. It was scary and he still has the scars.

Well you're right smiths - it was better than swearing at me anyway. Your poor dh - how awful!

Thanks NorthernLurker. He's fine now. And I'm glad you managed to get out of the way. Hopefully Mr "Cheers Babe" got a fright and will stick to the road now