Haha It was dinner time and I was headed home. And I've seen some road rage in my time so I know better than to prove anything to anyone. I have my DRLs on all rides, so there's minimal chance of missing my approach in a mirror. What some of the answers have shown that many people don't understand the laws presiding bicyclists. Riding the right side of the road closest to the curb is required,

• Use of the Roadway Bicycles traveling slower than the normal speed of traffic must ride as close to the right side of the road as practicable except: when passing, preparing for a left turn, to avoid hazards and dangerous conditions or if the lane is too narrow.

Personally, I don't think that guy was a nutjob per se, but he obviously likes to rule the road so to speak. To accelerate when someone is passing you isn't nice. That guy was more late 40s than 14. To weave in and out between lanes and cars, and then jump into a lane without checking if there's anything oncoming is just silly. Many of the comments here are more about defensive riding than anything. To say a rider doesn't expect another bicycle in the same path as the path he/she is taking makes no sense. I was ready for such surprises, which is why I avoided the accident. I initially asked the question because I thought there were rules that after 20+ years of commuting on a bike, I'd not heard of. There were parts of a highway I'd always thought were closed to bicyclists, but the city opened that stretch up and I didn't know for 3 years! Haha