Bikes overtaken - 12
Bikes overtaking me - 0
Mopeds overtaken - 1
An epic cut-and-thrust on the highway this morning. Spandex-clad Proper Cyclist with lock around waste and legs like nodding donkeys overtook me at high speed in Holborn and my pulse quickened. Prayers were answered when I realised we would be taking the same turning and so I initiated the slowest overtaking manoeuvre possible. I heard his innards exploding with muted rage at my insolence and within seconds he'd sped past me once again, at a higher speed than I'd admittedly anticipated. It took me longer than I'd hoped, but at a crucial turning moments later he slowed slightly to look for traffic I knew would be stopped by a red light and so I sped past once again, a grin of profound joy daubed across my face. I resisted the urge to banshee scream and instead held my left arm out as I took a left turn as slowly as humanly possible in front of his thwarted wheels.
#30 August 2006
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