'He just punches me in the face': London cyclist takes a punch for trying to make a point

A London, Ont. cyclist is still recovering after being punched by a driver during his Thursday commute. Peter Riley was a little bloodied and very bruised, but said the incident won't keep him off his bike.

A London, Ont. cyclist is still recovering after being punched by a driver during his Thursday commute.

Peter Riley was a little bloodied and very bruised, but said the incident won't keep him off his bike.

Social media comments poured in after Riley's wife shared images of her husband with significant swelling and a deep purple bruise around his partially-shut left eye. A small gash was also evident on his cheek.

The events leading up to the punch started on the east side of Adelaide Street, just south of Kipps Lane.

"Where the cycle tracks begin there was a car kind of blocking the cycle lane,” Riley explained, “I had to dismount right in the middle of the road there to get around him."

That's when things started to get heated, and Riley told CTV News, "I kind of yell at him, 'You're blocking the bike lane,' something to that effect, and he yells back with a string of profanity."

Riley continued north on the bike lane thinking the episode was over. He came to stop at the traffic lights at Adelaide and Kipps but the man sped past, turned in front of him onto Kipps and escalated the confrontation.