Originally Posted by
Kneez
One bit of advice I found useful is: don't stare at the rear wheel of the bike in front of you. Look at the seat post or some other stationary part instead. If you stare at the wheel, or the pavement going by, you get sort of hypnotized and end up drifting off the road or into the guy/gal in front of you. Havin done that on more than one occasion back in the day, I can tell you it's no fun.
DON'T DO THIS.
Your looking down and can't see up the road.
Look up the road to plan your movements, if someone ahead is moving to avoid a hole or pointing out road debris. Try to stay as close as comfortably possible to the rider in fronts rear wheel without overlapping. You still have drafting at 3 feet but closer the better. Move slightly off to the side if there is a cross wind.