Originally Posted by
gregf83
+1. Despite popular belief, roadies are not all ******** and generally don't have a problem with riders hanging on the back provided they stay back and don't disrupt the paceline.
Agree with you. Our group of three have participated in a few different pacelines over a couple of riding seasons. This is the indignant part I mentioned. The way it played out was...after the first few miles of our group of 3 simply staying in the back of the line, when we stopped for a light, the comment was...hey...if you are going to hang, you have to pull. I said...we were waiting for our turn. You never rotated to the back. You see, they never embraced really the idea that we were joining them. After some brief discussion, the dynamic changed a bit and there was more cooperation. Quite right, not all roadies are dicks but the flip side is...some are.