Dude in a car threw an apple at me

Be careful about confrontation, I once found myself facing a car full of very drunk and aggressive lads after a similar incident where we all stopped afterwards for a red light. That was quite a few years ago, but it's one of the reasons I now use cameras.

I'd rather have the evidence and let the Police deal with it. And lesson learnt, there are some occasions when you shouldn't stop for a red light, such as legging it.

Someone threw an egg at me once. Hit me right on the side of the face. Splat. It really hurt. Egg juice all over the place. Very sticky and unpleasant.

I was pretty angry too, but there was a massive group of them and it looked like the egg was just by way of an introduction and what they really wanted was to kick the shit out of someone. So I did one sharpish.

Not nice though!

Report them definitely. We must stop people throwing food at cyclists.

Report it. Sounds petty but think what might happen next now that's he's got away with it. You don't have to tell the coppers what was thrown, just say that an object was flung at you and show them the bruise.

Pardon the pun but with these type of c*nts the appetite grows with the eating.

Forget the police,report it to the council.There's a road side sign , West Sussex I think, asking the public to report motorists who throw litter from vehicles to the authorities...£2500 fine. Do it !!

Apple....very healthy. I got the remains of a Big Mac, fries and a shake thrown at me once. Bedminster in Bristol....lovely place

Are you sure it was "some dude in a car" and not the UK Department of Health concerned that you were not getting your five a day?

I'm quite impressed with the type of grocery thrown at you by your local Neanderthals, it would've been a can of Monster around here, at least they seem to be looking after themselves.
Seriously though reporting it to the police will be a demoralising affair and by the time they get back to you to tell you they aren't going to do anything you will have long forgotten all about it.
Just keep an eye out for the car in a car park and accidentally reverse into it or door it if you get the chance.

Potato jammed up the exhaust. Not an apple? They'd probably make a connection and do something worse to the next cyclist who gets in their way.

Never under-estimate the satisfaction of revenge, but be prepared to pay a repair bill if you get caught.

It's dangerous behaviour and makes you feel angry because you're powerless (you weren't able to catch up) and have been the butt of someone's joke.

Report it if you have a number plate. You never know, the car owner may be known, other people may have reported similar things and this might be the final nudge required to get plod to pay a visit. Could be effective if the owner lives at home and mum and dad are there at the time.

But don't hold your breath. Teenagers, even nice ones, do stupid things and in this case you were not significantly harmed.

Make, model and colour of car. Boy racers tent to be very proud of their souped up jamjars and there may well be pics of it online which will lead you to the driver.
Then key the crap out of it one night.

Find a friendly farmer and arrange the biggest tractor load of cow-sh1t to be dumped all over his pride and joy.
Failing that definitely report it. The best you can hope for is the police go round there and are particularly officious about it, which may make the young tits not do it to the next cyclist they come across.
I don't know how people can turn the other cheek and say get over it. It's stupid behaviour and why should we accept it is ok?

I would report it to the police and then send that report to the local newspaper with a photograph of the injury.

Was it a braeburn, pink lady or golden delicious?

I was Really hoping you were going to say that you caught it in your mouth and took a bite just to spite them

I'd report it, you never know when it might be a useful thing to have on someone's record...
Incidentally, I've had a few drive-by-screamings lately, where someone shouts loudly at you as they overtake, presumably to send you flying (nice...). Fortunately about 8 years of London cycling has blunted the loud noise jumping reflex, so it has very little effect other than depressing me about some people's humanity

Breathe deeply, relax and forget about it.

I don't think there is much you can do, officially.

Bide your time and key it when you see it next, if you are that way inclined.

Would you be able to identify the apple if you saw it again?

I don't think the police could do anything as you have no evidence, it's just your word against someone who will probably deny they were using the car at the time.

Maybe the reg number will be noted and will come up on checks if the driver is seen by the police to be committing an offence.

I'm guessing from the bruising that it was an iPad rather than an iPhone but, either way, don't take a byte from it if you managed to recover it. Report it to the police if you feel strongly about it but ask for the name of the person who will be following up your complaint and chase them to enquire their course of action.

Find the car. Place an apple prominently on its bonnet. Leave quietly.

Might creep them out enough that they'll behave better next time.