Originally Posted by
MikeDeason
It may be a regional colloquialism.
I keep reading on here that none of these riders want to race or "know they're in a race" when you drop them. That is BS. If I pass a rider or close on his tail and he, all of a sudden, picks this moment to speed up and attempt to overtake or remain ahead, he wants to dominate. This is not difficult to determine.
"closing in on his tail", as in drafting him without his consent. That is rude and dangerous. Their response may simply be avoiding an a$$hole, with no particular desire to "race".
Do you really do that? To repeat, it is RUDE AND DANGEROUS.
If somebody I don't know gets on my wheel, I usually don't try to drop them. I move aside and tell them that they don't have my permission to draft me. They can pass if they want.