Projectile nose blowing may find it's mark. :rolleyes:


turn your head and say , your turn to pull !! or just pull off and stop and let them go..




Blinking taillights drive me bonkers so I took another street to not follow a well known neighbor at night

That was winter a few years ago, Now, Don't have to at all , since I moved ..

I've had this happen. It's weird. The last one was a tri-dork; I heard the hollow sound of his aero wheel for a while before I checked my six and noticed him. I told him he needed to ask before he drafts. You'd think that'd be just common sense and decency.

I can kinda see where one might assume its OK, if its a fully kitted roadie, but I've had it happen to me when on my Dutch bike with baskets loaded to the gills and wearing street clothes......:p

Kinda of an odd thing for a triathlete to do. Drafting isn't legal in most triathlons. You should have given him a 3 minute penalty.

Happened to me many times, no big deal.

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People do not think about totally not cool, they only think about "me". Welcome to 2015.

I thought it was really weird, especially as I was riding in jeans, a t-shirt and a backpack. Like I said, I wasn't even going that fast. However, I'm not sure how great a triathlete that guy was: in his spandex he looked like too much sausage in too little casing.

He was probably a poser or wannabe and was only trying to imitate what he saw on YouTube. There are a lot of them out there.

Yup, it's common here - usually on the MUPs. I ride too slow on the MUPs to "pull" anybody to their benefit, but sometimes I'll get tailgated by someone waiting to pass me but can't right that moment because of opposing traffic.

HAHA!!! exactly....

Must have been Jeff the Cyclist...

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I use my mirror. Usually I'm too slow for the road riders.

That’s especially bad. He can’t get to his brakes fast enough.

Pee on him!!

I have this ability to miss potholes by millimeters. Drafters have a 50% chance of being a few millimeters on the wrong side for any particular pothole.

I've had people follow me but never close enough to be considered drafting...

I commute with panniers and have had this happen to me exactly once. I did know she was there right away, and thought about dropping her, but soon realized she was a reasonably competent rider, paid attention to signals, etc., so I let her stay there about 10 miles until I turned off. Incident did not bother me, but if she had done anything whacky or dangerous I would have been irritated.

I don't draft other people except in group rides where people are expecting it.

You gotta love the mentally unstable ragers frequenting this forum lmao it is funny but not uncommon. He probably redlined himself climbing too hard. I used to head back to the beach a couple years back on commute through a river trail and notice sometimes the lycra people draft me. I was pretty good at hammering through it though, 16 mph on a crappy hybrid was pretty good, seated up higher so I blocked a good portion of the wind. I prefer to not ride close and have clip on aerobars on a road bike now so it's no issue.

Love the phrase (even though I'm one)! :roflmao2:

Never been drafted, but there's been times when I would have liked to draft (15mph headwind and over). I don't see many people (none basically) going fast on my commute, so the situation hasn't come up, but I might like the challenge and to see how fast I may or may not be.

On a recent non-commute ride, I was climbing up a hill against a strong headwind and a rider snuck up behind me unannounced and drafted me up the hill. Near the top, he took me by surprise, overtook me, and said "thanks for breaking through the wind for me", and left me in his dust. I was too gassed to say anything, I just laughed it off. I thought that was kind of rude, but nothing I could do about it. I had no idea he was behind me because I was too concentrated on fighting the wind and the climb.

This happened to me recently on my commute. Some roadies came up behind me and stayed pretty tight on my rear wheel for a few miles before I turned off. I wasn't about to disrupt my commute to slow down for them, but I was extra careful and kept checking over my shoulder because I knew they were so close. They had several opportunities to pass safely but stayed there for some reason. I think in that instance it shows a pretty clear lack of respect for a fellow cyclist, it's the same thing as tailgating in a motor vehicle. Pass asap or give some space.

I had a situation like this once.
He was right there I could feel his presence after I had passed. I looked behind after a while and asked would you like to take a pull. He replied that he would not be able to hold up what I was doing and if I didn't mind him staying there because he was to make a dance lesson date with his little girl. I was ok with that. I just like to know what peoples intents are.
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It only happened to me a few times. I usually get my workout on the way into work(4am), and on the way home, it's rush hour and more of a leisurely commute. But there's been a few times when I want to get a workout in the afternoon and takeoff for a rural road. Once a roadie asked before drafting. Instead of being annoyed, I tried to take it as a compliment. The few times when one would just magically appear on my 6, I would maintain my speed, but just swerve ever so slightly so they'd get the hint. Especially when I'm doing intervals, I don't need some creepy biker that close to me with no mention.

BTW, the one time it was a unannounced female drafter, it wasn't so creepy.:)

Somebody must have been drafting me yesterday, because they rear-ended me when I slowed down. Actually, I was braking because a cyclist collided with a pedestrian in the oncoming lane of the MUP. Everybody got up, was OK, and we all continued on our ways.

I draft and have been drafted. Only happens once or twice a year that I match speed and route with someone enough for it to happen. When it does we're usually doing around 25mph. Not a big deal, the way I see it we're just giving each other a break. Would never do it on a crowded MUP. When approaching a potential obstacle I back off. Maybe it's just me but I'm aware of my surroundings enough that it's never a surprise when someone takes my wheel.

That's a cool attitude to take. And it ends up being a pretty cool story too.

I agree here too.

Should I dare say? Taking a look at the responses, I don't know why someone would pout so heartily over something so infinitesimal. Wait! I do. But I will stop there.

The only time I don't like someone drafting me is when their headlight casts a shadow in front of me. I'll usually try to drop them, and if that fails, slow down and follow them 50' back. Other than that, it really doesn't bother me. Anyone who can draft me is a pretty fast and experienced rider.

Hasn't happened to me yet but if it did I'd pull over for a second and let them by.

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