Originally Posted by globecanvas

Here's a softball for @carpediemracing...

Yesterday on a long ride with a buddy, sitting on his wheel, he stands on a climb, his bike shoots backwards, wheels overlap and rub for what seems like forever. My front wheel was to the right of his rear wheel. My instinct was to lean left although that seems like the surest way to go down. He eventually had the presence of mind to accelerate and we didn't crash.

(he is an experienced racer and apologized profusely, he knows how to stand up without going backwards, he just spaced out and wasn't in peloton mode because there were only 2 of us)

Coincidentally on the hammerfest last night (I wasn't there), one of the newer riders was on the front on a climb, stood up, his bike went backwards, wheels overlapped and a bunch of people went down including the guy on the front who broke his collarbone. Lots of other road rash, ruined wheels, etc.

What's the protocol when overlapping wheels? Leaning against the overlap puts you on the deck, leaning with the overlap makes you swerve radically and is likely to take out the guys behind you. Just try to ride it out?