Originally Posted by MinnMan

Sorry, I don't get it. And what's your hand signal for when there is a sudden unexpected stop? You don't like it when people yell out then, either?

The other day in a fast pace line, somebody had a sudden mechanical and it sent a shockwave through the line. Everybody managed to brake or swerve -fortunately, there was no curb and a grassy shoulder - and nobody went down. Although most of the "saves" were just people being aware and knowing how to handle their bikes, several loud calls of "slowing!" surely helped.

I do agree that on a bad road where there is pothole after pothole, there's no need to call out all of them. Once everybody knows that the road is crap, they can be on the lookout.