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Old 11-24-08 | 04:40 PM
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Catgrrl70
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Bikes: noyb

I wasn't feeling well Friday, so didn't ride in (ended up being the right decision!). Back on today, not perfectly well, but kept it slower than normal. 38 degrees, but warmed up right away. No precip, no wind, some frost, beautiful sunrise.

The only disconcerting moment involved a recycling (basically a dump truck for recycling) truck. About 6 bicyclists, including myself, started up a rather longish hill with a bike lane. The truck passed all of us, and after 3 passed, he slowed down and turned on his right turn signal. The other three of us all slowed down, giving him room to turn as we were a bit behind him. We slowed down, and slowed down, still no turn. Truck comes to almost a complete stop in his lane. Guy on MTB decides to go ahead and pass the truck on the left. Truck then immediately TURNS TO THE LEFT in spite of the right turn signal. Bike in front of me almost completely stops, I'm yelling "WTF is he doing!?," guy on MTB veers sharply right out of danger. The three of us wait to see what the He!! the driver is going to do and he just stops and waits for us to pass (parked in the middle of the street, now blocking all lanes) and backs into the street he was signalling a right turn for. Freaky.
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