Things that we got yelled at us in Phoenix, while biking

"Get off the road!"
- guy in a van, while we were biking on a street that intermittently had an actual bike lane. It was kind of shocking, in that we have biked for over 1,500 miles and I think this may have been one of the few times we have gotten a confirmed case of "Doppler ass", in a long time. Welcome to Phoenix!

"Get off the bike path!"
- jokingly, by our friend Brian as he drove past us on the sidewalk (after we had relayed the story of the first guy)

"You're going for a long ride!"
- from a guy in one of the residential neighborhoods we were wiggling through at dusk, trying to get to the city center, "right beside the highway" RV park. I think from seeing all the bags on our bikes.

"I'm a Barbie, in a Barbie world!"
- from a fat kid in a poor residential neighborhood, in a taunting way; with a matching little dance (my wife and I are wearing spandex, after all.) I applauded his efforts to try to mock me (I assume he may have also thought my wife was a guy, given that she is so much taller [and fit] than the little pudgy guy and his two friends). I liked his taunt; I laughed.

"I like your bike!"
- from a girl among a gaggle of girls (in the same neighborhood as the taunting boy), many of them on or with bikes. They got a "Thanks!" And a couple rings of the bell, which they seemed to like. I may have heard "That was cool!" As we rode away (after the bell ringing), but then again, I may have just been delirious after a long day in the sun. Again.