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Hah, yeah, I do that route [against the flow], mornings and evenings. The school run on Thornhill is a nice twist; as are the cross streets there. Second worst road on my commute; the first being Glenburnie Rd in Tooting; which is slackjawed idiots gunning 4WDs and BMWs around blind corners at all hours.
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I had that precise manoeuvre recently. Just for good measure, both me and the car I was riding about 3m behind were going slightly over the local 20mph speed limit along Brenchley Gardens, making the guy insisting on nudging alongside and then past me even more of a prick.
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I used to ride Barnsbury Road heading North after work most days, but have changed my route now as I got fed up of all the pointless, impatient and dangerous overtakes going down that road. I think it'd be better it the road narrowings weren't there.
I raised it with the Met Cycle Safety Team as a good place to do their undercover close passing initiative. Maybe if you and @vilms5000 highlight this area to them as well, we could be closer to something being done there.
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Cycling up barnsbury road last night. For those who don't know it it has loads of speed bumps and traffic islands on it so it's virtually impossible to overtake and absolutely not worth trying. Cycling about 3m behind the car in front of me when my spidey senses start tingling and I realise some knobber is going to try an overtake. I take primary because there's no way he can safely pass here. Plus there's nowhere to go?! He then proceeds to go onto the other side of the road and then slowly push left, effectively pushing me into the side of the road - all so he can be directly behind the car 2m in front. Immediately turns off as well… prick.