Eric F 

Yes. I pair well with hoppy ales and/or good bourbon.

Eric F 

For my own safety, I use freshly-ground black pepper for MTB rides.

genejockey 

Droping the hamer, so to speak.

genejockey 

As an aside, the last time I tried to ride a wheelsucker off my wheel, I ended up dragging him back up to the back of the fast club ride we'd both been dropped by, and immediately blew up and got left for dead.

At least he thanked me, though actually HELPING might have been nice.

stuff shredman

not sure if those typos meant to read:
"dropping the hammer"
or
"doping the hemo"
​​​​​​😜

PepeM

No typos my friend. No typos.

big john

Goes back to a former poster who had massive guads.

stuff shredman

those sound scary

tempocyclist

I like it!

spelger

it was more the tone of the thread than the topic.

rsbob 

Two weeks ago my wife had a guy trying to draft without word one. She was very much creeped out and didn’t know if he was a stalker, perv or just an idiot. Because of severe RA she now rides a pedal assis e-bike. With the guy slowly gaining, she dropped the ‘hamma’ and sped up to 23 and kept it there.

When we ride together, she usually rides about 18 MPH.

Morale to the story, women and their husbands, don’t like them being drafted if you are a stranger.

rsbob 

If you only do 395, then yes. That’s considered teasing.

prj71

I've never done this and consider it to be rude on your part.

Eric F 

I have.

On a long moderate-grade climb, I had a guy come up behind me and sit on my wheel for a while without a word. I just maintained my pace until he decided he wanted to go a little faster, and he started rolling past me. I lifted my pace and sat on his wheel until I needed to back off when the grade kicked up. I thanked him for the wheel, and he wished me a nice day. We both went on with our ride.

Another time, on a long false flat, I could see a rider about 100 yard ahead of me, moving at a similar fast tempo pace. I turned up the heat a bit and caught up to him. I offered a greeting as I went by, and he jumped on my wheel without invitation. I pulled for a little while, and then he rolled ahead and pulled for a little while. Not another word was shared while we were both working hard and enjoying going faster than we would have on our own. A bit further up the road, he turned off to continue his ride in a different direction.

Zero people were offended in either scenario.

Some of you folks seem pretty uptight.

tomato coupe

Wait a sec. Are you telling us it never came to f-bombs or fisticuffs? How is that possible?

Eric F 

Not yet. I make no promises about the future. I might suddenly turn into a @$$hole.

Mojo31

Surprised you didn't yell, "Accelerate!"

rsbob 

Have to agree. I have drafted dozens of strangers as well as had just as many grab my wheel. Usually we trade pulls and end up chatting or wishing each other a good ride. Have never run into someone who has objected, gotten mouthy about it or took off like a pissed off demon. Have done a lot of 100+ mile events and its easy to tell who has their act together based on their tempo and bike handling and never had an issue. It could be the part of the country I live in,

A few weeks ago I was chasing a guy around Mercer Island, but he was pretty fast and had no chance in catching him. He passed a guy ahead of me, which I passed and he jumped my wheel and said, man that guy is strong. We started trading pulls and picked up our pace but still couldn’t catch the flyer. After 10 minutes he came to his turn and he wished me well and said we gave it a good effort. After another few minutes I caught up with the flyer stopped at a 1 lane construction project waiting for the flagger to let him go. I told him, how I had been chasing him half way across the I90 bridge and halfway down the island with another guy. He said he was doing an all out training ride and was going to just spin back home and recover. We chatted for a while and wished each other well. When we allowed to proceed, he disappeared behind me never to be seen. That night I got a friend request on Strava from the same guy who saw me on Fly-by. We have kept in contact since, even though there is no way I could ever ride his pace and he being 20 years younger but its cool that we were and are able to connect.

rsbob 

If that is a joke, it’s a poor one, or one from the 60s. When my wife is out riding and a guy starts to draft or pace her, it makes her extremely uncomfortable. Women, whether walking or on a bike do not being followed, This is not too hard a concept to grasp.

spelger

technically he is right. but the reality is that you are right. i would not do it.

genejockey 

Yes, that's what this whole thread has been about.

genejockey 

Though, obviously, women have additional concerns over and above simply not being run into by inattentive wheelsuckers, and one would have to be a creep not to acknowledge that.

rsbob 

Yes sensitive new age guys have feelings too and I would like to acknowledge their needs. Thank you for bringing that to my attention. Inclusivenesses is not exclusive.

big john

Nachoman

If you have to ask why, I'm pretty sure you're not going to get it.