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Waggle your elbow, pull out, drop in behind them. Sorted.
Ha well there's a chap in my roadie club who is becoming a bit of a liability as he has crashed into others a number of times recently. A couple of weeks ago we were climbing quite a steep hill when he crashed into the guy in front of him taking them both to the ground. There was a bit of a queue of traffic behind them who fortunately were keeping their distance. So make sure the guy on your wheel is competent.
I don't. Really narks me off when other people do it too! I think its pretty clear from my baggy shorts/walking trousers and pannier that i'm not roadie thats used to this sort of thing. I think its a big assumption to make that people are happy with it, or know how to do it safely.
Sometimes i go biking to get away from people and lose myself in my thoughts, not to have some looney cycling behind me with his head 6" from my @rse.
If you're all roadies then go ahead, do what you want to do, but don't do it to commuters. Personally I find it very uncomfortable to know there's someone trailing me that closely. It doesn't help that I've had a drafter ride into the back of me because he wanted to run an amber light that I decided to stop for.
If someone did it on a mountain bike, out on the trails, I would assume that they wanted to get past so I'd pull over.
I don't like it when roadies do it as I'm probably on a training ride or commuting to work, going at my own speed, and if you start hanging out the back of me, I'm going to change my pace because I want to drop you (unlikely), let you past, or aim for a pothole and bunnyhop it at the last minute. Ha!
Then get right up their ringpiece. Show them who's the boss drafter.Waggle your elbow, pull out, drop in behind them. Sorted.
or aim for a pothole and bunnyhop it at the last minute. Ha!
An excellent idea! I will try this next opportunity i get 😈
I remember being 18 and having just got a road bike I'd be out for 8-9hours.the wind would change half way,so I'd get a headwind both ways.
coming back home was miserable.I'd draft old ladies on shopping bikes,old old roadies,anything.
no problem with strangers drafting.it's nice when we get a bit of a train going,pick up other lone riders.it's nice to drop.it's nice to get dropped.both happen.