So I'm riding home north on 10th st up the SAIT hill, kinda casual, and I see someone coming in my mirror. Oh wow, they are coming quick, maybe I should pick up my pace so I don't look like a putz...still closing.. ugh faster! Oh, it's a girl...WTF? I gotta go man! Stupid pride. Well she blows past me...on an electric bike. Ugh.
I slack off, then see someone else coming in my mirror. Not as fast though, just a guy given'er. This I can handle! I got this! Well, no, I don't. Stupid GD gas motor on this thing putters past me and serenades me with 2 stroke fumes the rest of the way to 10th. Can't comprehend the stink those make.
So the light goes green, and neither of them are going, so I put the hammer down. Maybe I can stay in front! 35km/h hour, that should do it! Those are supposed to be limited to 30km/h, right? Right? I open a gap and celebrate. Too soon. She blows past me at 20th ave, where I have gased out and can only manage 25, though I'm pretty sure she was speeding through the playground zone....Fortunately I kept the gasser behind me until my turn at 24th.
Does no one do it the old fashioned way anymore?
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