Originally Posted by spearce
understood and i have no problem with the conditions you have stated. The OP did not present the situation as such and from the tone of his earlier posts i'm pretty sure it wasn't a "hey there how ya doing" type of jersey grab. i'm actually pretty anxious to get started with some of these group pace line rides so that i can get a better understanding about this thing.
zimbo does make a good point. In races as well, there's a fair amount of touching/nudging/etc. that happens as you move up the cats. It's a form of communication, really. This is a completely foreign concept to most Cat 5's just starting out, and over-reaction to incidental contact is probably the #1 reason for crashes in Cat 5 (and even some Cat 4) races.
Yet another thing I didn't know when I went off on the OP so long ago...