Coincidentally I was riding "The Isle of Rocky" (Oakland / Berkeley hills) this weekend and (as always) as I approached a group of bike riders, I gave a brief "toot" of my horn. This was a group of 3 adult men in their Lance costumes, riding 3 abreast with the inside rider closer to the double yellow than the bike lane (there is a 2 ft. wide painted shoulder for bikes in this section) as I approached the rider closest to the center moved even further towards the center, stuck his left arm straight out to his left side, while flipping me off with said hand.......I lined him up, and as I passed him at about 70-80 mph, made sure his hand hit my armored shoulder. Final score; Armored shoulder = 1
Lance wanna be = 0
I'm sure he's on some bike chat board screaming about how I intentionally hit him (I DID!) but, alas, my bike doesn't rock a licence plate, so, oh well.....
-Rocky-
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Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat."
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