Why is this question even being asked? We're cyclists (including this guy). We're not normal. Most folks think we are bizarre! :D

I am just glad all I have to deal with is bears. Some people suck.

Pass him on the left which is customary, but keep your right foot at the ready in case you have to unclip to kick him.
Then keep a pace just slightly faster than him and run his heart into the red zone.

I don't think it has anything to do with age differrence. The guy was just a revolving SOB. Some people are mad at the world mainly because of their own limitations. It is best to steer clear of them. There is no telling what an aggressive nincompoop like that might do.

I think that your actions proved that at 19 you are far more mature than that ape was at 40 or so.

There are only two normal people in the entire world. Me and you, and, frankly, I am not too sure about you! :D

:beer:

I would diagnose your friend as having a serious case of Ferris Buelleritis. Were you to insert a lump of coal in his a$$, in two weeks you would have a diamond.
it wasn't anything you did ...fahgeddabouddit

It doesn't bother me at all having someone drafting me...I do, however, get really cranky when it's some idiot in a car . Pass, ok??!!

I have a term for this, it's DNE, meaning Do Not Engage. I use it mostly for all the sidewalk crazies I encounter downtown; I probably should use it more often for idiot drivers, too. Fortunately, in all my riding, I haven't had the pleasure of encountering a cyclist w/ this kind of attitude yet...knock on wood...

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I was pushing my Trek Navigator along a cycle trail at a pretty good clip, about 20mph. Pushing this beast along at that speed requires a bit of energy and wattage.

The sounds I normally hear when beating along at that speed were missing, so I glanced in my mirror, and there was this moron in full USPS team regalia riding a Lemond Zurich drafting me! So I slowed down, and so did he. So, I stopped. He got the hint and moved on.

I don't mind anyone drafting if they ask. "Excuse me, how about a tow?" or "Mind if I draft?" No, this idiot just assumed him and his $2000 bike and nifty wannabe clothes were liscence to draft me on a $450 bike and $25 worth of clothes from Macy's!

About 15 minutes after I restarted, I passed the idiot, drafting some other poor soul. I felt like telling him he wasn't worth of the uniform or the bike. But I resisted.

you're getting off easy....someone's gotta live with that guy!!!

Reminds me of people I deal with while driving to and from work. It would be easy to give in to the impulse and retaliate, but that's what they want. My task during the commute is to get to work and home in one piece, and confrontational driving isn't the best path to that outcome. When I ride it's about having fun, and DNE sounds like the best policy to keep it fun.

gustaf
...maybe he was hitting on you...(??)

You certainly found a really strange one now didn't you?

I ride on bike trails some, but I am very careful on them because no one seems to follow any known rules on them making collisions a distinct possibility. So I generally do not get involved in high speed antics on them.

But, if I were riding along and saw a slower rider, I would pass him and maintain a higher cruising speed then he has, if I don't want him drafting me. I certainly would not slack off and let him catch up.

I do believe that one should ask before drafting, but drafting someone without asking is not the worst thing you can do.

Besides, the guy you ran into seems to have behaved in such a was as to strongly encourage you to draft. I mean he passes you, then slows up some so you catch him and then seems to speeds up a bit to make passing difficult. That is what I do, when I WANT a friend to draft me! So it leads me to think that he was setting you up.

Be that as it may, you did right in not responding in a hostile fashion. Getting into a confrontation can escalate and who needs that? Shoot even if you pound the guy, you stand an excellent chance of hurting your hands. And there is the chance that he could pound you. Also, I rather doubt that pounding him would improve his disposition any. It just is not worth it. I think you did right in leaving him to his own devices.

You are right this guy seems to be deranged.

You should have passed him and shown him how old and fat he has become.

I need to get you to teach my wife how to shop at Macy's.:beer: