Old 02-01-15, 09:16 PM
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Originally Posted by FBinNY
My sure and safe way to discourage drafters has always been to look for puddles. This works even better if the tire has enough tread to pick up and throw water.

My other technique reserved only for people I really don't like, ride at obstacles like sewer grates or potholes then either bunny hop or do a last second wiggle around them. Nobody has good enough reflexes to avoid hazards when they come on so suddenly, and they are quickly encouraged to shift to where they have good sightlines.
Ha! You really know how to be bad! I had a cow-orker who aimed his windshield washer jets high so he could squirt the windshield of a tailgater. It worked for him.


Originally Posted by FBinNY
It probably wasn't the just choice of words. The thread was drifting already from near exhaustion. Sometimes the tangents are more interesting.

How true that is!
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