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Going east from Old Street Roundabout, just at the split with Great Eastern Street.
The traffic in the lane going left was stopped for a red light, and at the front of the queue, was a broken down bus being pulled by a large bus rescue vehicle. So between the two of them a very large, long, dangerous vehicle.
I overtake the cars, then park myself just behind the bus, it would be dangerous to overtake or undertake it, as a vehicle like that is so unpredictable, and there was less than a foot space on either side.
4 or 5 cyclists wizz past me, all undertaking the bus/rescue vehicle, and jump the red light. Then a couple come along. The guy says "why the fuck is he [me] in my way", loud enough for me to hear. I don't react. The woman says "maybe he's stopped for a reason" (she's the clever one). Then he squeezes past me, gets about 2 metres down the inside of the bus, she unwillingly starts to follow, when the light goes green, the space between bus and kerb suddenly lessens, and he absolutely shits himself.
Girl (who is just next to me at this point) lets out a bit of a scream and gets to see that the guy is a massive cock, and that I was right. As I cycle past them (once the bus is gone), I hear her having a go at him.