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There was this fella on my commute home today who pulled to the front at some lights and CANED IT for about 200m. He was on SS and I was geared so I was trying to keep up, and only just managing.
Anyway, after a while he slows down completely and just soft pedals to the lights, even though there was quite a way to go.
Then I stay behind him for the next bit of road and he's going lots slower for some reason. I overtake and forget about him, until a few junctions later he cuts me up and goes slow again.
I think "that's odd" so I this time I just draft him. No time for this leapfrogging shit.
Then next lights he takes an early jump on the green and starts CANING IT. Again, I can barely keep up. After a while it's back to super slow coasting and soft pedalling.
Then I realised - was he doing Strava segments? Such a weird way to commute.