I had a verbal exchange witha guy in Ingatestone, a fellow cyclist but he had a very buckled rear wheel.
Ingatestone High Street is very narrow with quite a few parked cars around. I had already been held up once by an annoying woman in a 4*4 who overtook me and within 30 yards had slammed on the brakes because parked cars were obstructing her, thereby causing me to stop unnecessarily. I took primary. Shortly afterwards I heard from behind me a loud voice shouting "Move over!" "No!" I replied, equally loudly. The owner of the voice, another cyclist, caught up with me and said "Move over! You are holding up the traffic!" to which I replied "I am the traffic!" Sadly I was not fast enough to be able to catch him and explain a few simple truths to him.
In another incident some chap, as he overtook me, remarked "You are going well on that!" which I interpreted as a disparaging remark about my lovely bicycle. I was forced, I'm afraid, to wind myself up to about 20 mph and go hurtling past him again.
