New to Uni! I keep getting heckled....

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Hello. As the title reads I’m new to Uni. I’m on my 3rd or 4th week I think, and I’m in love. I have a sun uni a friend who couldn’t ride gave me for 50 bux. Fun to learn on, but I hope to upgrade soon.

Anyways, I just went around a small block by my house, and back home without falling once! That’s a mini goal for me I just accomplished so I’m happy.
Well, I know my form is not the best yet, but I keep getting heckled as I ride around my block. There is sort of a busy street there, and I seem to be being heckled a lot. At one point I was called a “faggot, faggot, fucking faggot”! All I could retort with was, “Don’t be jealous!” as I hurrily uni’d home.

Anyone have any problems with this?

Thanks again.
Luc aka Univegas

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Get an IPOD

Get an IPOD and ignore them.

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Just keep riding. More people will be impressed, and one tends to get more positive remarks than negative.

I like telling people it’s the only form of birth control approved by the Catholic church :wink:

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Ride on mountain bike trails far from sidewalks or cars. Firstly those buttholes will probably never be there at all, and secondly the people you do meet will be much nicer.

The types of comments you described are not worthy of any response. Though I can think of many, I generally wouldn’t engage such persons in conversation. I might give them a dirty or exasperated look though. If these are the kinds of people who will continue to bug you until they get a response, I’d wait until they get a lot closer, then have an “accidental” uni-shooting dismount right toward their shins. A “faggot tattoo”. :slight_smile:

But best to just ride elsewhere. What they’re trying to tell you, though even they probably don’t realize it, is they’re pissed that you can do it and they can’t.

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Yeah, I try to avoid the streets around my house too. I would like to but I get distracted, either someone yelling or horns going off or whatever they can do to get my attention. Being fairly new myself I’m not that comfortable with all that attention :roll_eyes:
But as mentioned above there will be many who are impressed by your skill on one wheel. I have found a more positive attitude recently, which is refreshing. Welcome and good luck with your riding.

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Just forget about them you will see soon the positive comments you get will far outweigh the negative.

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My favorite response to the irrational “faggot” comment (and its variations) is, “No. Why are you looking for homosexual men?”

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I have only been riding for 2 months but have only great responses.

Very fun for me.
T

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Over here a faggot is either a bundle of sticks for firewood, or a sort of meatball made from pig’s offal flavoured with herbs.

You certainly get some strange heckling over there.

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smoke a fag

hey mike what does it mean over then when you smoke a fag in your flat?

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Another tactic for the “hey faggot” crowd is to make sure they know it doesn’t bother you. Maybe just laugh and say “yeah, except this seat’s in the way!” or some other joke. Whatever you do, laugh inside your head. Be satisfied knowing that assholes are their own punishment, for so many reasons.

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Pedestrian: “What do you do when you get a flat?”
Unicyclist: “I move my furniture in.”