I ride alone. I tend not to like being in groups so I will avoid them either by being faster or slower than they are. If there are people riding at my pace I might stay behind them because ultimately it is my ride and I want to be at the pace I am comfortable at. I will however tend to stay 2-3 bike lengths behind them. Hopefully they will either speed up or slow down and I go back to being alone.

I don't particularly care if someone sits on my wheel or not but they better not expect me to do the proper things in a paceline cause I don't know what they are. I did have one guy thank for me a good pull once and that was kind of nice of him (though he didn't ask at the beginning). I would have ridden that pace regardless. The only thing that kind of bothers me and it happens occasionally is when someone is seemingly slower than you.. So you pass them and the next thing you know they are hanging on to your wheel. If I sit up or slow down (or slow/stop for a light) they go past me at high speed only to slow down again almost immediately. I don't want to play racing games with you I want to do my ride