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@m.f - the stream of cyclists had sort of split into 2 groups (it's up a slight drag), and I felt that moving into the gap between them (5 or 6 bike lengths?) was the best move - before another weird junction (non right-angled turns on opposite sides of the road) with a pedestrian bollard/pinchpoint thingy in the middle of the road. I wasn't really in the mood to ride fast enough to justify holding the centre of the lane any longer either.
@skydancer - I withheld the signal I'd usually give as it would've smacked him in the chest. He must've barely missed my back wheel when doing a sudden dart to my left. As mentioned above, the clear space in the slower cyclist stream had presented itself, and that's where I was heading.
For the record, this wasn't a case of him 'passing on the left in slow moving queues of traffic'. It fucks me off when people want to be boy racers on their commute, but they're lacking the balls to overtake and ride near the dividing line.