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I rode with two other people for maybe 30mins each. I mean, if they ride up and start chatting am I going to say bye and try attacking them? I'm not going to go any bloody slower!
I read it as no drafting, I don't draft. Riding up a couple of hills chatting about TransAm or whatever ins't breaking the TCR no drafting rule because there's no aerodynamic advantage involved.
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CTT rules would forbid constant passing / re-passing, as you'd have to drop back.
I assume riding side by side is problematic because the tracker can't tell if you are doing that or 2-upping so it will inevitably look dodgy to any dot-watchers.
For myself, I was happy to interpret it in a common sense way and rode alongside people to chat for maybe 4 hours in total over the ride. I thought I was most probably breaking the strict interpretation of the rules but didn't expect anyone to care that much, given I was days off the pace.