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Originally Posted by
datlas
We had a good ride today, although there was one incident for which I may need a BF reality check.
We were about 15 miles into the ride, coming around a bend, riding in a twin paceline, We all saw an object in the middle of the road. We slowed down a smidge and it was obvious that it was a wallet. I was behind and slightly to the left of the rider in front of me, he slowed suddenly and pulled LEFT. He cut across my front wheel and I missed bumping his wheel by inches. I pulled right and stopped on the side of the road, and FIRMLY (maybe with a bit of anger) yelled at him, saying "Hey, I do not like that! You cut across my wheel and that's not cool." He shrugged and said "I pulled out to the left." as if this excused his move. We are generally friends so I let it go and did not mention it again, and maybe it's asking too much, but I kinda feel like he should have at least said oops or sorry. Maybe he thinks I was being a dick for yelling at him. He is generally a safe rider, so I think I should let it go and not bring it up with him again.
Oh, we returned the wallet, it belonged to a person who lives in the house right in front of where we found it.
Thoughts?
Can I assume everyone else on the right side pulled to the RIGHT and that there was lots of room to do so? Then you are NOT the a-hole.
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