Originally Posted by
Mr. Beanz
Question along these lones.
If you/any other rider sees the wife and I on the trail, is it ok for him to jump on behind her? I'm at the front the entire time and she's riding my wheel. Would you (general) think it's ok to hop on her wheel or would think to just let us do our ride? Would hopping on be creepy? in this sit
Well, evidently some cyclists I've encountered think it is OK. I told the story earlier of one instance when Rowan and I were riding along the Great Ocean Road and that happened. The guy wasn't on Rowan's wheel ... he was on mine. Then Rowan reminded me of another time the same thing happened right toward the end of a ride we were doing ... same thing ... the guy latched onto my wheel, and rode there for about 5 km.
IMO, it's not as creepy as wheel sucking a lone female out in the middle of nowhere ... but it is still a little weird and rude.
And it would be less weird and rude if the person spoke ... said, "Beautiful day for a ride" or "Where have you ridden from today?" or something.
Oh, and I don't care if a rider comes up behind me and is there for a brief period of time ... sometimes that happens because traffic or road conditions or something are such that passing would be dangerous, or in a city situation, sometimes you end up going the same speed and stopping at the same lights or something.