Yesterday afternoon, I took a break and went out for a bike ride.

It went from winter to summer in Chicago and it’s supposed to go back to winter tomorrow so it’s important I take advantage of the warm weather when I can!

As I turned onto our tree-lined street that has four-way stops at every other block, an SUV behind me honked. Apparently she didn’t like where I was riding in the road. So I moved over and let her pass.

But at the next stop sign, she got stuck waiting on a turning car and, after a stop, I got in front of her again. She pulled up as close as she could behind me and honked her horn again.

As a side note: When you honk your horn behind a cyclist, it scares the poop out of them. If you do it to an inexperienced cyclist, it’s pretty realistic you’d scare them enough they’d fall off their bike. (more…)