great big hurry

Wherever he was going, he was prepared to not slow down in the slightest when approaching oncoming pedestrians and cyclists to get there, similarly unafraid to not use a bell, if he even had one fitted. He did have brakes as he had to briefly lightly tap them when a pair of surprise neds popped out of a park in front of him without looking but seemed to otherwise assume, as too many seem to, that the off-road cycle paths are a private racetrack.