Originally Posted by
WhyFi
.... the half-wheeler only momentarily increases speed, and the rest are responsible for a permanent increase in speed, to close gaps that the half-wheeler opened. At that point, the half-wheeler is then forced to match that increase, though no fault of their own, so that they don't get dropped. Got it - the half-wheeler is completely innocent.
It takes two to tango and the half-wheeler is certainly leading (not innocent).
But the half-wheeling can't happen
unless the others follow.
You and genejockey are saying the same thing but genejockey is focusing on what the others can do about it (not follow by not increasing their speed).
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The thing is that people don't keep a constant speed.
So, the followers likely see the half-wheeling as a normal variation in speed (rather than an attempt at increasing the speed). And it's normal/typical to match speeds.