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Old 06-26-18 | 02:46 PM
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Bikes: 1962 Rudge Sports, 1971 Raleigh Super Course, 1971 Raleigh Pro Track, 1974 Raleigh International, 1975 Viscount Fixie, 1982 McLean, 1996 Lemond (Ti), 2002 Burley Zydeco tandem

[MENTION=465722]robertorolfo[/MENTION], every so often, a friend from Ireland visits and we take a ride together. He is ten years older than I am and long ago was on the world bike racing scene, a domestique for one of the big guys. He still rides a fair bit. Once we were in very tony New Jersey suburb, and some entitled dude in an expensive German car honked at us and cut us off. I asked him what he does in cases like that. In a very relaxed tone, he said, "I just ignore people like that." It was a lesson for me. I try, and I don't always succeed, but since then, I've gotten better. And it's just as important with poor delivery dudes on ebikes as with wealthy people in luxury cars.
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