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First time taking out my new relaxed tank of a commuter this morning and I'm very aware that it's a slow and stately ride with a coaster brake and that I should err on the side of caution with some filtering. I decided to wait in traffic rather than squeeze down the left of 3 cars and one van just to get to the front of a queue that didn't even have an ASL (Hornsey Road/Tollington Park junction). Lights changed and I went to set off and two guys decided they HAD to bomb through the gap between me and the car in front/to the right of me so they wouldn't have to give up any speed. Just why? Thank fuck I gave a quick look and didn't commit to setting off or we would all have gone down.