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Old 06-18-07 | 07:27 PM
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Originally Posted by SteveE
7. Remember, now that you're going faster and possibly passing other riders, you are not allowed to announce yourself and say anything resembling "passing on you left" or even acknowledge their presence.
SteveE: My wife and I started our Saturday ride at Edgewood and Canada (a favorite parking corner for cyclists) and a swarm of tri-athletes in team kits (~20) all with aerobars and some TT bikes congregate at the corner getting ready for an interval. We were on road bikes in AV kits and we started north to warm up into the wind and after reaching 92 planned to head south to Los Altos. For the next 10 minutes, we were passed by one areobar equipped bike after another , all were wearing jerseys without sleeves and no one announced their presence and seemed to enjoy passing us . They followed your rule. I was appreciative of the silence. I remembered our discussion the other day and pondered a way to answer the assault but we were outnumbered, into the wind and not warmed up.
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