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London Phoenix CC Easter Classic

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April 9, 2012 - 08:30

Following on from the success of last year's sell-out event, London Phoenix invites you to our 4th Easter Classic - Easter Monday, 9th April 2012. There are two routes on offer - 112km and 54km - with fast times expected for those with the legs, but which are also ideal for those... more

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What would you do?

So I'm riding across London this evening, down Northumberland Avenue. All of a sudden I get a "beep, beep" from behind me, clearly some driver unimpressed that I'm not prepared to ride in the gutter for him. So anyway I flip him a finger, he overtakes anyway.

A hundred yards later he gets stopped at a red light, I pull up alongside him and knock on his window to ask why he was driving like a c**t. (These wouldn't have been far off my exact words.)