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Old 07-24-08 | 07:40 PM
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From: The 'Wack, BC, Canada

Bikes: Norco (2), Miyata, Canondale, Soma, Redline

Almost taken out by one of our own....

On the way into work today I approach a chicane in the MUP and see through the bushes that make the turns truly blind that there's 3 bikes entering from the other side. So I slow down since I've had many a near miss at this chicane before. So I see the two upright commuters staying to the right and all is well. So where's the.. WHAAAAOOOOO! He's in the drops leaning hard on the pedals doing warp speed and passing the other two in a blind bend on the trail headed right for me and only 15 feet away! Fortunetly my motorcycle riding senses had told me to expect the worst but this was right off the scale. He's got no where to go but over me if I don't move. I ride off the path and stick my front wheel into the bushes and he's past in a blink. If I had not been expecting something and ready to dodge I bet we'd both be in the hospital right now.

A truly silly place to be going that fast while passing on the wrong side of the trail.... I wonder if he thought the same thing in the moments after his bone headed move.
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