Originally Posted by
LarrySellerz
Lions what would you do if someone told you they were on your wheel? I sometimes ask and sometimes just say hi and then tell them im on their wheel. Nobody has been like "get off" lol. most people are like "thanks for letting me know." I agree that being a silent ninja drafter is a dick move.
I would ask you not to draft because AI don't maintain a steady pace and (particularly when my heart protests) I will sit up without warning because my heart said, "Go ahead--I've stopped once, I'll do it again."
Last thing I need is to be finishing a speed run and get hammered from behind because I didn't want my heart to explode.
Originally Posted by
LarrySellerz
Frankly IMO if youre fast enough to draft I assume you are experienced and know what's going on, and if someone is confidant enough to latch onto your wheel they have the skills to save it if you emergency stop.
Good luck with that. I know there are a lot of Cat 1 riders who are complete dicks .... a guy on the Internet told me.
Originally Posted by
LarrySellerz
The group I ride with is full of cat 1s and we pass people way too closely, from talking with local cyclists we scare the crap out of them sometimes so I totally get that some people are more comfortable with riding close than others.
Yeah ... super.
Why do you ride with this bunch of dangerous and inconsiderate egotists? You can say you are not like them .... but you are. You pass "way too closely," by your own admission, and freak out less experienced riders. Yo are part of that group and support what they do by doing it with them.
I am going to give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you are only a total ignorant richard when you are with those guys ... but that is like saying, "I am only a Nazi at Party meetings."
A group of riders which deliberately and knowingly interferes with and deliberately scares other riders .... yeah, just super. That is what the sport needs.