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@Benedict
Kingsland Road heading north between the canal and Richmond Road. Bald guy mid thirties on a bianchi racer, drops no bar tape, hawaiian shorts and a black backpack.
One of the strangest encounters I've had riding in london these past 5/6 years...
This guy starts to ride alongside me from the canal to the next set of lights. Like 200m at least. I'm thinking, this is weird, is he overtaking? But he doesn't. I am not riding particularly fast. Anyway we're riding together and I'm wondering if I made a new friend... then at the junction my new friend swerves left into me riding me into the pavement.
I jam on the brakes and pull back, holding my line. After the junction he resumes his position to the right of me.
I ask my new friend what's up, if he noticed that he ran me into the pavement. He says he 'couldn't give a fuck'. I'm pretty weirded out by this stage. I tell him it was nice to meet him. He asks me to 'go fuck myself'. Then rides though a red light at the next junction.
Unfortunately no car pulled out and totalled him.
I'm still pretty confused about what happened and his objectives.
Has anyone else met this troubled character?