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You know, reading this just makes me think you're a load of car drivers who happen to be on bikes. Put your egos away ffs. If you get really wound up by someone sitting on your wheel, just pull over and let them bugger off into the distance. I'm so glad I don't have to commute 😉
Blimey, who knew it was all so contentious? Perhaps we need a system of seatpost stickers?
I'd get really pissed off within anyone drafting in traffic- ask yourself this, would you like someone tailgaiting by mm in your car?, or worse, riding a motorcycle with another vehicle inches from your back wheel?
Its a different matter when riding on a clear road, with a chaingang that you know.
Invariably, the folk that do this are the ones you would least trust anyway...
Do people think that someone on your back wheel makes you go slower? Who cares?
As long as they don't 1, crash into me, 2, actually hold on to my seatpost or something and coast, or 3, its in a sportive/race and they don't take a turn on the front, I really won't care at all, and don't understand anyone who would.
There are a handful of people I
tm not happy for them to follow so close. I wouldn`t do it to a stranger so....
RealMan, the kind of people who do this uninvited are IME exactly the kind of people who '1 will crash into you'. Once you've had some tarmac superstar touch wheels*, or run into the back of you 'cos you stopped at the red light but they didn't, then you'll take a dimmer view
* and I'm speaking as someone who used to be a bit of a half wheeler myself- it takes one to know one etc 😳
RD I'm not sure I've ever asked how to meet women on mleh and my persona is here is 72% joke.
cynic-al - MemberRD I'm not sure I've ever asked how to meet women on mleh and my persona is here is 72% joke.
In real life it's higher than that.
*rumbled*
I just say hi and chat.
Had ine kid in his roadbike with my 31 lbs commuter tow him for a while as he was tired from a uber long ride prior to me.
Had one guy ask for a toe as he was tired from work.
I just plod away slowly 