Tom Menino, cycle survivor

The bicycling community has a new poster boy this morning -- Tom Menino, mayor of Boston.

According to the Globe, the mayor was hit last month by a motorist on her way to work on River Street as Menino was working on his morning ride.

The mayor was uninjured and told the flustered motorist to "just get going, and don't be late for work,'' according to Dorothy Joyce, a mayoral spokeswoman.

The city long has been chided for not being bike-friendly enough, an issue that Menino has vowed to improve. Let's see if this incident will rachet up the empathy at City Hall Plaza for cyclists who have been chased off the roads, ''doored'' by motorists opening doors of parked cars onto traffic, or lobbied for wider bike lanes, bike-only hours on some streets and more extensive bike paths.

Do you have horror stories of biking through Boston, or, alternatively, encountering an out-of-control cyclist? Have your say in our comments section below.