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Backstop
Did a few laps of regent's park on the way home tonight. Soon picked up a couple of drafters. Realised after a lap or two that the guy directly behind me (wearing Eagle cycling club kit, I think - blue and yellow) was on the aero-bars, whilst riding directly behind me.
I asked him how he expected to stop in an emergency and he said he'd be fine. I said he was fucking mad and asked him not to sit on my wheel unless he was covering the brakes.
At the next lights he asked if I'd ever done a team time trial. I said no and explained that I didn't want to try one on an open, public road chock full of rush-hour traffic, people and other cyclists.