You are middle aged and like to grind the big gear on your silver P3. I might be mistaken but it seems you just started this new triathlon thing. Good for you! This past Sunday, we both sneaked through cars waiting at a red light and crossed the road (note: this is NYC, we don’t care about red lights, we care about not being run over by a cab). You were behind me which I wasn’t aware of. My fault.
The thing that caught me slightly off guard was you passing me on the right hand side after the light, just when I was guiding my bike in that very same direction.
You know, I’m fine with being passed on the right. No big deal. As a competitive cyclist I’m used to anything thrown at me on the bike.
Why then I was caught off guard you may ask? Well, would it not be for my bike skills acquainted from racing 15 years, we would both most likely have kissed concrete. When I approached you and said “That wasn’t really smart, was it?”, all you had to say was “Are you talking to me?”.
I let it (and you) go as I was in a good mood (stunning afternoon!).
My impression: middle aged, tri newbie, most likely married with kids, working for Deutsche Bank. Cocky as fuck. Neither a good example for your employer nor acting in a way your wife would like you to do (or is the life insurance that good?).
So next time, wear a black Assos jersey like everybody else out there and knock me off the bike for good. Problem solved.
but think of it, it could have been worse… one of those pedi-cabs that pop up over the last years. worse than cab/ limousine drivers and newbie triathletes in a deutsche bank jersey.
Actually Deutsche is known for hiring arrogant bankers with a blatant disregard for others and a penchant for ignoring rules.
So on that front he represented them well
You mean those things that have an in-built and uncontrollable 180 degree turner?
yep, the ones that turn around quicker than the squirrels in central park.
and I thought you are not biking anymore, just running
(Pssst, I am making all this up. Deutsche fired me for being a hater.)
it sounds too real for being made up.
one thing although seems sketchy… cervelo P3 grey, sounds like the 2003 battle ship aluminum version. that doesn’t go well with a newbie banker. I freelanced down at Cadence, so I know what they ride
Sounds similar to something that happened to me this weekend. Guy at a stop sign with NO signal on and just sitting there. He can only go left or right.
I start to go into the intersection and he stomps the gas right across in front of me to turn left. Flips me off and calls me an asshole. All the while eating a hamburger and talking on his cell phone.
one thing although seems sketchy… cervelo P3 grey, sounds like the 2003 battle ship aluminum version. that doesn’t go well with a newbie banker. I freelanced down at Cadence, so I know what they ride
I know shit about these triatholon bikes. It looked new and crabonish.
I prefer road bikes and CX.
