If your group of cyclist is on the road and I choose to get a free draft...Free game
06-06-13, 12:56 PM
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If your group of cyclist is on the road and I choose to get a free draft...Free game
Seriously, if you and your buddies are riding along and pass me and I'd like a free draft...I will hop on and get a draft. What is this nonsense about courtesy and asking for permission. Unless you guys decide to ride unsafely, I'll stay on the rear guys wheel until I see fit.
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Some day you'll have a bad crash and maybe you'll understand that drafting/pacelines on public roads are best done with folks you know and trust.
Til then, good luck.
Til then, good luck.
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Had tacobell for breakfast.. I dare you to draft me.
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So I'm riding single on the STP and notice a rider slowly catching up to me, then he is on my wheel. I look back now and then and he says "I find it easier for me if I draft other riders". After 15-20 minutes it was obvious he wasn't into sharing so I took a break to stretch my legs. Poacher.
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Seriously, if you and your buddies are riding along and pass me and I'd like a free draft...I will hop on and get a draft. What is this nonsense about courtesy and asking for permission. Unless you guys decide to ride unsafely, I'll stay on the rear guys wheel until you brake check me and I crash, then start to cry.
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Depends on whats in their jersey pockets... I mean the cliff blocks and I am defiantly game or anything homemade really. If its some Gu or honeywaffles than I wont bother.
06-06-13, 01:49 PM
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in soviet russia, drafts will hop on YOU
seriously, don't be a hater. If the guy rides smoothly, then what's the problem?
seriously, don't be a hater. If the guy rides smoothly, then what's the problem?
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About the last place I'd want to be is drafting behind someone who is annoyed with me. All it takes is a quick grab of the brake and the drafting rider is down.
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Is it "free game" or "fair game"???
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When I pass someone, I'm expecting them to hop on. I'll watch to be sure. No big deal. But what I don't like is someone who just comes up unannounced and I hear them
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As stupid as this might sound to some of you guys, I don't even draft off of people I know. I don't like people on my rear wheel either so I'm usually the guy who's riding on the side or hanging a bike length back.
IMO it doesn't get any more ******** than passing someone slower and then having them drafting off of you. It's not a matter of "Oh you're getting a free ride", but it's a safety thing.
IMO it doesn't get any more ******** than passing someone slower and then having them drafting off of you. It's not a matter of "Oh you're getting a free ride", but it's a safety thing.
06-06-13, 02:35 PM
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So I'm riding single on the STP and notice a rider slowly catching up to me, then he is on my wheel. I look back now and then and he says "I find it easier for me if I draft other riders". After 15-20 minutes it was obvious he wasn't into sharing so I took a break to stretch my legs. Poacher.
Besides being a little weird having someone I don't know in "my space", it is not the least bit dangerous or "poacher-y" to have a person drafting me. Just so long as they aren't expecting me to protect them. There is almost nothing they can do which would put me in danger.
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