UmneyDurak

I was thinking of ordering , maybe it will discourage people from drafting. This one seems to send the wrong message when I wear it.

Extort

There is one, gently ball your right fist, hold it out behind you with your fingers facing up..... slowly extend your middle finger.... and then brake hard with your left hand!!!

I have found that jersey to be a problem as well... but it is such a cool jersey I cannot stop wearing it...

Gordo Grande

I haven't read the entire thread, so forgive me if someone has already raised this point,

but,

perhaps the guy just didn't feel comfortable riding a paceline with someone he didn't know. There is a certain degree of risk involved if your wheels get crossed. More than one peleton has gone down because someone's paceline technique was lacking. Perhaps he just preferred riding alone then with someone he didn't know.

merckx_rider

The way I read it, he did tell you several times in his actions that he didn't want you around.
First He passed you, you wheel sucked, he waved you by.
You gassed into the wind and he passed you again. You sucked and then he let you go by again...
I'm just reading the body language.... nothing personal.
He didn't want you around and he did let you know, the hand signal he did is the international sign for let me the F alone. I do it all the time.
I dont want anyone else I don't know anywhere around me while I'm riding, especially behind me where I cant see what they're up to.
So all you (ninja) drafters announce yourselves when overtaking... "On your left" works great, I'm also partial to "Rider Up".
We must all keep in mind while we're riding, unless you started at the same place and time as the other rider, you don't have any clue as to what kind of ride they just did. I know especially after a long hard effort when I counting the last few miles before I'm home, fed and cleaned up, the last thing I have patience for is someone making those miles more difficult by just being there annoying me and making me have to focus on anything else than that ice cold drink straight out of the fridge that I'm dreaming about...

Placid Casual

Public road. Here's a hankie. Blow.

UmneyDurak

Common courtesy, tailgating, get a clue.

BeerBiker

Such a mixed bag of reactions to somebody sucking your wheel!

I really don't care if somebody jumps on my wheel. I can deal and I'll be polite. I'll point crap out and do all the things I would if I were voluntarily on a group ride. It really doesn't take that much effort, IMHO. Also, FWIW, I would be more worried about sitting on the wheel of somebody I didn't know/trust than I would somebody sitting on mine. Therefore, I don't do it. I'd rather pull.

Mark

umd

The OP wasn't upset about a person sucking their wheel, the person who's wheel they were sucking was upset.

BeerBiker

I got that and many people agreed they were uncomfortable with wheel suckers. To each his, or her own, I guess. I'd rather have a stranger behind me than in front of me.

Mark

umd

I've been run into by someone sucking my wheel when I stopped at a light and they didn't. I will drop wheelsuckers. Sometimes I will do immediately and sometimes I will just gradually turn up the gas. It doesn't happen very often though.

Drew12

I was in a group ride.
Had no idea what the hand signals meant.
Didn't realize I had to tell anyone I was turning or stopping.
slowed down, the guy on my wheel hit me and went down.
I appologized, and asked why he was so close to me.

I said, hell, if there are rules don't you think you should tell me?

BeerBiker

Agreed, it's not a real common occurence. I've never had anybody run into me, but have had them do unexpected crap when in front of me. Lead, follow, or get the hell out of the way!

Mark

merckx_rider

" I said, hell, if there are rules don't you think you should tell me? "

Thats pretty funny!! I guess you found out the hard way.