Originally Posted by
caloso
Some riders employ a training technique called interval training which requires riding hard for some prescribed time, recovering for a prescribed time, and repeating. These riders often wear matching kit and ride road bikes. This could provide an explanation to some of the situations presented in this thread.
+1 for this! I hate when it happens. I am doing intervals so going at a quick pace and then pass someone, only to be done with the interval and ride slow for a bit. Then they pass me and give funny looks and I feel like a jack@ss when I speed up in a few minutes and pass them again.