Originally Posted by
asgelle
Sounds to me like the guy did exactly what he was supposed to. You gave an elbow flick that you were pulling off, and he took his pull at the front maintaining the same pace as you. He was probably wondering why you weren't slowing to fall back in line or giving him room to pull over at the end of his pull. How would your model work? Everyone speeds up to pass the former lead rider until what? No one can come around any more or the group reaches the speed of light?
+1. I was wondering the same thing.
I'll typically give the elbow flick not to announce "come around me", but to announce "I'm pulling off". I then shift left or right (depending on which way we're rotating), and soft pedal as the group goes by.
Not sure what the OP's issue was, but if he was feeling all pissy and strong he should have had the stones to just attack the group and be done with it.