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Old 12-06-05 | 11:36 PM
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michael tegler
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From: chicago

Bikes: Cannondale Cyclocross 2006, Bianchi Volpe 1999

ha, don't get too much of that really. but i'm usually timing the lights while i run thru the city, so i know when i need to speed up and when i need to slow down, just so i don't entirely loose momentum. one day i pass the usual biker (running the lights, stop signs, getting between cars) because i know i'm a little behind on the upcoming light and i want to beat it before it goes yellow. this dude starts looking at me like we're racing or something. like i really give a toss.

in any case, i beat him by a good 300 feet to cross as the light turns yellow and red just as i exit the cross lane. i'm slowing down, cause the next light is a bit away he passes me and says

"not today, man"

after that i see him crossing against the again cause really he isn't going that much faster then my normal pace. i'd catch him if i didn't stop as the law requires. he there holding himself between the road on cross traffic, which no doubt is freaking the drivers out. i figure he must not have that much to live for.
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