Out again yesterday, got to usual Cafe half way round and found it closed all week, so just had to finish without cake top up, and weather turned a bit nasty as we climbed into mist, drizzle and strong winds. Coming down a 15% windy decline in the wet with carbon rim brakes was not fun!
Yet another amusing run in with a car driver, on a long straight two lane road, drafting a riding buddy well to the left, an old guy in a little red car decided not to overtake us on the wide road, but wait until the narrow one lane humped back bridge over a canal. I kind of expected him to come past there, but he didn't expect the car coming the other way, so he accelerated into the bridge alongside us, then tried to pull left into us as he met the oncoming car who had already reached the middle of the bridge. My buddy got rather upset at nearly being dumped into the canal, but we were able to continue cycling past the oncoming car, leaving them to sort out who backed up for whom!
A minute later the red car overtook us on the wide road, slowed to swear loudly at each of us and gestured that we liked to play with ourselves! Not sure how we had any affect on the two oncoming cars getting in each others way on a single lane bridge, but he naturally blamed us for his appalling driving!
When my friend responded in kind, the driver looked like he was going to stop, but thought better of it, probably because we outnumbered him. Shame as I was looking forward to his justification for blaming us, but since it would have been an exercise in futility trying to point out the error of his ways, probably best that we saved our breath for the 3 mile climb just up the road!
Perhaps Bkool should add random attacks from car drivers to their simulator, to go with the pointless rain and darkness features?
Geoff
