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Oh boy, what a commute I had this morning:
Was riding along at my usual leisurely pace on my Tradesman. Some roadie did that thing roadies love doing and silently passed me on the left close enough that I could have elbowed him without taking my hands of the bars. The motorist lane next to the bike lane was completely empty - something we've all dealt with hundreds of times, but in a pandemic it makes him more than a bit of an asshole. I yelled at him to go into the street to pass people, didn't swear at him or anything, he did what they always do - ignored it. I tried to let it go like I have countless times before.
Then I spotted him stuck at the next red light.
Light changed just as I was rolling up. Ashamed to say I took this as an opportunity to dig into him as I rode past. What does he do in response? Starts hammering and tries to pass me again in the same manner as before, only this time the bike lane's on the left side of the road and he's trying to squeeze between me and the curb. I swerved to intentionally block him a couple times (an admittedly vindictive move on my part.) When he finally does get up next to me again, he yells at me, then grabs my fucking basket and tries to crash me and ends up crashing himself instead.
Admittedly, none of this would have happened if I hadn't escalated things at that red light, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't revel in the outcome for the rest of my commute and while I hope he's not injured, I do sincerely hope he fucked his bike up.