This is sort of linked to the commuter racing threads, but it's odd - the last couple of cyclists who seemed to have gone out of their way to race me have been on Boardman bikes.
The first I was riding fixed, and alright, knowing there was a fast downhill coming a little later I probably didn't need to pass him on the flat. He caught and passed in a massive gear just as it bottomed out then struggled a little on the next incline. By this point I knew what was going on so just sat behind. Next downhill he pulls a slight way ahead, then a sharp uphill which I have to stomp on being fixed and a flew past. Next thing I'm waiting behind traffic and he scurries by on the pavement. Oddly, there's then a three quarter mile downhill on which he became incredibly slow. I didn't both passing again, knew I was turning off at the end of it. There appeared to be a look of surprise on his face as he looked round to see me peeling off.
Then this morning chap in an ASL that I pull up behind. He moves off at the green light and immediately goes from biggest to smallest sprocket on the back, takes a bit of time to wind up, then hammers along Melville Drive checking behind every 20 seconds or so. He does the same after we've been stopped at lights. And he wasn't checking to see if he should let me by, given how frustrated he seemed when we came in behind a slower cyclist and the way he jumped through an improbable gap to get past her (looking round again at me after he had done so).
Boardman Bikes, the cyclists' BMW? ;)
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