Originally Posted by
chipcom
Context...
we are talking about group rides and/or races here. Not everyone is going to know you or how you ride. Indeed, no matter what you
say you know beforehand is meaningless...it's how you ride that you are judged by (and whether you shaved your legs, of course
). So there is the potential that you might screw up and someone will yell at you, or even touch you...it's part of the dynamic of riding in a group...don't let it anger you...or if it does, address the issue either with your legs during the ride or with words after the ride.
Morphius--This is a good point. If you routinely do a Wednesday ride then you get to know the riders and they get to know you. But race day is a different story all together. You get people from many different teams with aspirations of winning. Just one example when you might feel another rider's hand on your hip-- when "the line" has formed, "in the laps", if they don't know you they will not let you in and if you force your way in and a rider finds what you are doing unsafe you will get pushed out. The safety of the field is much more important at that point.
It would appear to me that you aren't very experienced (nOOb maybe) otherwise this would have already happened to you Morphius, and we wouldn't be beating a dead horse here.
