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Old 07-29-10 | 06:12 AM
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vtjim
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From: Burlington, Vermont

Bikes: 2011 Trek Soho DLX

Had another one stop to let me turn left in front of her yesterday.

Also yesterday, I had an interesting interaction with a beat-up Subaru Outback on the road, too. I was coming to a red light with 3 or 4 cars stopped. Braking from ~20MPH. Outback woman decides she just can't be behind me. Speeds around me, cuts me off to get back fully into the lane, and brakes hard to avoid rear-ending the stopped cars. I purposely got so close to her back bumper that if I straightened out my bars, my tire would hit it. Then I leaned down over the bars and glared at her in her mirror. She was pretending to be interested in something else, of course.

As it happened all the cars ahead of her were turning right. When the light turned green, the delay caused by the turners gave me the time I needed to pass the Outback (on her left) and get back into the lane ahead of her. Vengeance was mine!

This morning... A bit humid, low 70s, overcast with an angry-looking sky. Hardly any cyclists out.
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