Nice Bum! Sexual harassment on the bike on route to Box Hill.

Ok, I did all my diversity training when I was at work and all the bullying and harassment courses and telling someone they have "a nice bum" would be taboo in the modern workplace.

When a pretty young girl winds down her car window and shouts "nice bum" as I'm cycling along its quite flattering! Thats' what happened to me yesterday as I got out of the saddle to ride away from traffic lights. Now before I get too carried away with myself the full phrase shouted at me was "My mum thinks you have a nice bum" which is not quite the same is it?


Yesterdays ride was a long one down to Box Hill and back. I have been a bit nervous about Box Hill for a while, I needn't have been, although you climb a fair height it is over a longish distance and the climb is a very even gradient, the roads are good and once I hit a rhythm I flew up. I could have done it faster but didn't know what to expect so kept something in reserve. Box Hill is one of those places that cyclists flock to but on a Wednesday daytime I only saw two others. A 70 mile round trip to do it was a good ride out, warm(ish) but still very windy. As the wind was coming from the South it was easier coming back than going.

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