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Don't mean to be a dick but aren't you meant to leave distance for the vehicle in front performing an unexpected stop? (Not saying he wants a right C for overtaking.)
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Well I did, hence why I didn't hit him. Just didn't anticipate him stopping dead at some green lights, it was utterly inexplicable and I was more focused on the traffic lights.
I hate those lights anyway, right at the bottom on a longish descent. Means when I'm riding fixed I'm resisting the pedals the full way down, to make sure I'm not going to quickly to deal with sudden light changes. Hence why I was able to deal with a sudden lorry stopping dead like a twat
Jimmy_Fingers
Got overtaken by a tipper truck on a descent this morning, despite him only going a couple of mph faster than me, and there being several traffic islands. There's a set of traffic lights at the bottom which I am always wary of when I'm riding fixed. As I round the corner I see they are green, so offers the opportunity to blast through. I'm watching the lights, still wary of them changing so not going full blast which was very lucky since I caught out of the corner of my eyes brake lights on the the tipper truck light up as he lumbered to a dead stop AT THE FUCKING GREEN LIGHTS, right in my way. I managed to swerve to avoid him and by that time the lights were changing. I asked him why he stopped, after overtaking me on a fast descent, he mumbled something, then eventually pulled away after failing to notice they had changed again (mainly down to me).
Had I been less cautious on the descent I would have slammed into the back of him.