Originally Posted by
FLvector
It's a big deal if the cyclist runs into your derailleur, takes you down and you spend several days in the hospital with outrageous bills, missed work and a destroyed bike. Yeah, not likely, but it does happen when people ride beyond their limits. You decide if its worth the risk, but you can't turn back the clock after it happens.
Chances are, the guy/gal who's caught you and latched on, isn't a newbie looking for a free ride. It's more than likely someone very comfortable at riding pace lines and not going to run into you. If you're going to worry about anything, then make it the 2 tons of metal with the texter behind the wheel that has crossed into the bike lane behind you. Another person on a bike is nothing to worry about in the whole scope of things and seems rather silly. Just like the whole waving thing, but that's for another thread.