Jesus, what a load of fuss!You can always TALK to people you know, maybe say 'I'd rather you didn't draft me' or 'Get on the back, mate'....
I think some are missing the point of my OP. I'm not a roadie but bought a road bike to get some fitness back. I don't know the roadie norms & I didn't know someone was on my back wheel until I heard the 'oh shit *smash, crash, aaaargggh* ouch'
The OP's drafter/tailgater was riding too close for the given situation and is therefore elevated to the status of c0ck but at least he got the lesson learned in a not too hard way.
I had a guy tailgate me on my motorcycle on the way to work in the rain. At the first set of lights that were red I got off and wandered back to his car and politely asked him "If I owed him some money?" and when he replied "No" I then said "So why are you so ****' close then?"
He didn't follow so closely afterwards
If it p!sses you off or is dangerous then say or do something to remedy the situation as being smug and self righteous because you were right/knew better is never good from the comfort of a hospital bed
I had a guy tailgate me on my motorcycle on the way to work in the rain. At the first set of lights that were red I got off and wandered back to his car and politely asked him "If I owed him some money?" and when he replied "No" I then said "So why are you so ****' close then?"
See also "If I wanted you up my arse, I'd kiss you first."
This thread only perpetuates the myth that cyclists are selfishs B's, as not only wanting full ownership of the way ahead it seems some also want sole rights over the hole in the air behind them !!
Chris - someone drafting me puts my safety at risk. I have the right not to have my safety compromised
You roadies seem like right miserable, uptight sods!
You roadies seem like right miserable, uptight sods!
They're not roadies though, just commuters giving it large !
If you can't drop someone suck it up big boy 
As for safety, I'd be far more concerned about 1000's of kilos worth of car/truck/bus than a roadie sniffing my back wheel 
I often draft people on my commute, usually when they've sprinted past me to make a point .. I hang right on behind them to make mine
What is your point? That you're not fast enough to pass them?
I never get upset if anyone drafts me, equally I cannot see why people get upset if I draft them. In some ways it should be seen as a positive as it usually forces you to try a little harder.
Proper roadies dont seem to get as upset as commuting mountain bikers for some reason.
ian - I get upset because I have no idea of their skill level and my safety is in their hands. someone / thing comes into the road. I brake and they hit me. I don't want to take that risk
>Why not tell them to go away and procreate then? Or slow down?
Because the last two times it's happened I've not known they've been there until I looked over my shoulder when approaching a junction.
I might be showing my age here but when I was a roadie, at the end of our turn at the front we used to move right then freewheel our way to the back of the echelon.
That always seemed to cater for unwilling passengers.
BigJohn - try doing that with the new breed of roadraging B2W cyclists they'll just follow you blindly backwards andn forwards across the road. I find the best way is to just slow up until they've had enough then jump on their wheel 
To be fair, the level of risk from getting hit by a drafting cyclist is a bit less that all the other risks posed by riding on the roads.
I disagree, there's a lot of very inexperienced cyclists out there, a lot of whom have B2W'd and think they're LancebloodyArmstrong.
A lot of them on here too by the sounds of it aP.
ian - but its an avoidable risk
If they chat[at some point] I will let anyone draft me even if they dont do their turn at the front. I do try to drop them on every hill though
Dont like it in built up /busy areas/commute as no real gain as I am not going that fast under these circumstances
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