OP, could you feel the wattage blaring off of his guads as he blew by? Were his calves rattling like a revving 2-stroke motor?

It sounds like you got passed by someone who was in the middle of a prescribed workout, that's all. Some people are using their commutes as training time. I don't think there's a cyclist here who doesn't roll the occasional stop light.

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