Originally Posted by
StrangeWill
@Hemlet's argument:
Except that you've already said that even packs of riders should ride with enough distance for safe braking, so that argument is null unless they're riding incorrectly anyway.
You're confusing me with someone else. It's one thing thing to ride that fast and close where your risk is that you might crash into someone in front of you - a risk I accept and take whenever I ride in a group. But I'm also willing to take risks in a group that I know and trust, including knowing and trusting that no one is going to suddenly brake for a light in the middle of the pack, that I wouldn't in groups for which I don't have that confidence. But I also wouldn't ride like that around a blind corner. As usual, it's about reasonable risk.