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@HatBeard
had to call out some complete dickhead who thought the best route to get past me (in primary) and the guy directly next to me (just outside the double yellows) would be to bomb through in secondary about 10mph faster than we were travelling (we'd just pulled away from lights so assume he hit them on green and was at speed). even though there'd been tons of room to go round my right hand side
so I get up to speed, draw along side him and the exchange goes something like this...
me "do you think that was the safest way to overtake me back there?"
aussie twat: "yeah"
me: "so you don't think it was unsafe to squeeze in between two moving cyclists when there's barely any room and your going faster than they are?"
AT: "nah"
me: "you do know it's safer and expected to pass people on the right though"
AT: "yeah, exactly"
me: "you do realise that's left not right"
AT: "well anyway I'm going this way points at side road on right hand side of road and pulls across my wheel"
AT(parting shot): "and anyways I get told off enough by the police I don't fucking need you doing it as well"
fucking beggars belief. he wasn't turning off either. I saw him for the next 4 miles RLJ'ing and whilst going pretty fast, putting fuck all distance between the cyclists who stopped at every light, slowed for dangerous traffic and generally rode like they weren't giant dickheads and himself.
aussie man in rapha top on silver geared (dawes I think) you win my dickhead cyclist of the week. thanks for putting me in a shit mood on my otherwise calm ride in.
oh and extra points for it being almost exactly the same spot that the other idiot took out my rear wheel by trying to undertake me as I slowed for traffic ahead at the start of this year.