Originally Posted by ofajen

I’ve had a sorta similar response from another rider. This rider goes really fast in aero position out and back on the city/county MUP that connects to the state park rail trail.

On occasion I see him coming out when I’m heading back into town from a ride on the state trail. So, he’ll typically catch up and pass me on his return before I pull off the city trail at the feeder trail heading back to my house.

We both use that feeder route, so sometimes I end up almost catching back up because he seems to slow way down on the feeder route, presumably as a cool down, to a rate even slower than I was riding when he passed.

He must regard me catching back up at this point as some sort of a challenge, because as soon as I get in his vicinity, he takes off again at high speed for the last mile or so to the end of the feeder trail. I don’t think I’m imagining this because he has done exactly the same thing each time and not at a specific spot, but at the moment I get near, which varies of course.

No big deal, but, yeah, people are interesting!

Otto