Originally Posted by
ajuhasz
I just finished my first century ride (LA River ride) and had a question on etiquette. Is it OK to stick behind someone and draft them for a while?
No.
1) It's dangerous. If the rider in front slows or stops, and you run into the rider in front ... YOU fall over. If the rider in front suddenly dodges a pothole ... YOU will fall in it.
2) It's creepy. I don't want some complete stranger riding that closely to me ... especially not without introducing themselves and chatting a while. Would you walk down the sidewalk or through a shopping centre intentionally glued to the side of a complete stranger?
Originally Posted by
ajuhasz
Bonus question: I think I'm starting to pick up the hand signals. One I wasn't sure about was a first behind the back with a finger up, it was the index finger... I assumed this meant single file since we were all in the street between the parked cars and the moving cars.
I'm thinking it means to move out in the direction the finger is pointing because there is a parked car in the line of travel.