[Ghoulish Delight]

The person I put at most risk was myself. I was not going particularly fast at all, and I was leaning such that my body, not my bike, was what passed closely to him. Had he moved the most likely outcome would have been our shoulders bumping and me probably taking a spill.

And I agree with 'goon. Someone who is actively using the path is someone who affords far more predictability than someone who is clearly thinking about anything other than who might be sharing the path with them. Between a jogger or slow walker and the dude on the phone, each of them is about equally likely to keep doing what they're doing. But IF they were to suddenly decide to do something different, the most likely things for the former are fairly predictable. Slow down, move off the path, stop in place. The most likely sudden change of state for dude on the cell phone? I have no idea.

Yes, dick move. And had I been going faster I wouldn't have done it. But I honestly do not feel I put anyone other than perhaps myself at significantly greater risk of serious injury than he had already put himself.