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Old 05-14-14 | 08:16 AM
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ill.clyde
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From: Brodhead, WI - south of Madison

Bikes: 2009 Trek 1.2

No commute this morning ... first day this week I've driven. My daughter has a softball game tonight I have to get to.

However ... on my ride home last night, I added a couple of miles and took the scenic route near the lake shore downtown by the art museum. It's fairly busy at times, but yesterday wasn't too bad. So I'm riding, fairly leisurely, but not slow, and I'm coming up on two riders, riding two up and not single file. A roadie in full kit passes them maybe 2 or 3 minutes before me. One, the girl, is in workout clothing, the other, a guy, is wearing khakis and riding a comfort bike of some sort. The path is wide enough so I start to swing out to the left to pass them both, and at the same time khaki boy decides they've gone far enough and turns left abruptly to make a u-turn in front of me. I hit the brakes and call out "heads up" and he apologizes, says, "I didn't think anyone else was on here," and I pass on the right while the girl says, "Sorry, we're a little ******** (the R word)."

You JUST got passed by a guy riding faster than me, AND you're riding on a bike path ... you didn't think anyone else was on here??? SMH
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