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i got told off this morning by bearded dude, glasses on, thick towel(?) under his helmet riding a black condor pista with rapha colours for sitting on his wheel along birdcage walk. i mouthed back by saying "i know what im doing blah blah blah...i have my hand on my brakes at all times blah blah blah...im on the road all the time, mate blah blah blah". my apologies. shouldnt have snapped like that.
i confess, i draught all the time but i do it on select sections of roads and only when conditions are right. birdcage walk happened to be one of them. it's an uninterrupted run through apart from the ambiguous ped crossings where some go through and some give way...eitherway, i was looking if there are peds ahead. and this morning, i was going to ride on someone's wheel, like it or not. i was running late and felt weak and hungry. besides, you passed me slowly and were riding at my pace. not quite sure what to do in those situations...i can overtake, but like i said, you were riding at my pace. and no, im not going to drop back just because it makes you uncomfortable.
dont blame you for assuming that im just another nodder commuter tho. im not a whitey, ride a mtb, dont have fixie or roadie gear on and have a childseat at the back. i seriously think these are the reasons why every cyclist think they should get in front of me whilst i sit and wait at every fckn light.
still...i couldve been more civil in my response