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Asked some hot head motorcyclist what he thought he was doing trying to squeeze between me and a van waiting at the lights at Shoreditch High Street/Old Street junction. I'd heard him tearing down the road southbound behind me and I was slowing to stop at the lights with some other cyclists behind me.
A quick glance over my right shoulder and the fucker is inches from me trying to squeeze through a non-existent gap. I ask him the what the fuck he thinks he's doing and stop in the ASL (track standing like a boss). Then I feel someone grab my right arm. The twat has got off his bike and asked me what I said. So I told him exactly what I said previously adding that there was no point at speeding up to the lights and trying to find a non-existent space to squeeze in.
He then told me that I would've had no idea he was there because I don't have mirrors... No, I don't have mirrors, but I do have ears and I can turn my head round to see and hear idiots endangering other road users.
For some strange reason this calmed him down, maybe he understood his error and he got back on his bike, maybe it was due to my magical track standing skills throughout the whole confrontation. The lights went green and he tore off down through the traffic on SHS. Didn't manage to get his numberplate to do any reporting though.