Originally Posted by
rodruguez
Hello everyone!
So i went riding today and i'm going about 18mph (i'm on a mtb BTW with knobby tires) and these two roadies pass me at 21 or so . So i get on their wheel, about two miles later one of the guys turns to me says. You know what you're doing is unethical?
I said, What is? He says following my wheel without permission. I almost fell of the bike when he said that
We went back and forth with it and i told him i've been riding there for 20 years and never heard of such thing. I also told him sorry if i hurt his feelings for riding his wheel and not asking first.(sarcastically of course) I told the guy that was his opinion and that i was going to keep doing it. I tend not to offer unsolicted advice on how to ride, and I tend not like getting unsolicted advice on how to ride.
So is there such a thing? Was i wrong? Flame on i can take it.
Nah, I don't think you were "wrong."
Strangers have
jumped on my wheel without asking and I generally don't mind at all.
If get an uneasy feeling, I'll: 1.) try to
drop them or b.) slow enough to
force them around me.
BTW, your sarcastic response sounds like it would be more "mature" than a direct f'-off response
I'd most likely deliver in similar circumstances. I tend not to give unsolicited advice on bike riding,
and I tend not to like receiving unsolicited advice on bike riding.