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I saw a lorry overtake my girlfriend and then turn left in front of her, she had to leap off her bike to get out the way. Reported to the police but didn't catch the reg, unfortunately.
Also my mum finally got married (after 25 years of being with her boyfriend) and the wedding was in Italy, the fancy hotel in the hills around Rome had some mountain bikes for rental. One of the guests had their 10 year old son with him so he took the other one. The hotel had massive grounds so we were just gonna ride around in the woods for a bit, but his mother was terrified, so I spent a few minutes reassuring her. She finally agreed to let him go, and the kid promptly hopped onto the bike, sprinted forwards and yanked the rear brake to do a skid (as I had been doing). Unfortunately I had forgotten to tell him that the brake levers were the 'european' way around and he faceplanted onto the paving slabs right in front of about 50 of my mum's friends. The kid was fine but I got some fucking icy stares for the rest of the week.