Old 09-27-18 | 08:19 AM
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mgw4jc
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From: Mooresville, NC (Charlotte suburb)

Bikes: Cannondale Synapse, Trek 5000 TCT, Giant OCR

The clouds were heading my direction a bit before 5pm yesterday. It was windy for some of the ride, then about halfway through it started raining. Not heavy, just rain.

Before that, I had been passing some cars on the right as they slowed and stopped for people turning. Then they would pass me back. One guy in a pickup didn't seem to like me passing him though. When stopping ahead of me for a left turner, I kind of thought he had pulled to the right to cut off any room I may have had. But then it looked like he straightened again, so I thought nothing of it and was able to pass and continue on.

A bit later he passed me again, but yet another left turner in front of him caused him to stop. This time he intentionally pulled over as far right as he could to cut off my lane. There's not a bike lane here, just a wide enough road. I thought, "What's this guy's problem?" Right behind him was a side street or parking lot entrance with easy access to the sidewalk. I looked ahead and saw it was clear of pedestrians and hopped on. I kind of gave him a look as I went by. Then I heard him honk because the person in front of him was not taking an open opportunity to turn left. I looked back again a moment later and he had turned right into a driveway or something. He was quite impatient to almost be at his destination.

An uneventful ride in this morning.
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