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So heading past Lewisham college this morning the guy riding a fixed in front of me nearly gets wiped out by a right turning Mercedes coming the other way, the car stops at the last moment and he swerves round the front (he was riding fine, in primary). The car then continues to turn I skid and turn left alongside to avoid an impact.
For some reason I chase him down screaming and shouting, he gets out of his car all road raged up too, I get off my bike (I've been caught off balance before) and face him down, there's a fair bit of 'Fuck you' 'No Fuck you' I've got 3 inches on him and a few kilos he gets back in his car as I hear myself saying 'yeah get back in your shitty little car and fuck off' (it was a rather new C class)
I turn round and remount my bike, there's a bunch of onlookers one I recognise says 'I've got a photo' (I hope she meant of him pulling In front of me not me squaring up to him line a macho prick). As I ride off muttering something about tearing off heads and shitting down necks I realise she's a mum from my kids' school.
2 lessons; don't shit where you live and remember you're now (ostensibly) a respectable middle aged man.