This morning's commute and other commuting stories

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Saffronspokes in reply to @JurekB

My view would be you either have the strength to drop them or you pull over and let them pass and then ride as you wish if you don't want them on your wheel. To purposefully try and brake test someone into crashing is pretty irresponsible to be honest.

Anyway its genuinely opened my eyes that people might have a problem with towing folk on commutes. I'd just assumed we're all trying to get home as quick as possible so any help sharing the wind is appreciated. But each to their own.

I'm also not talking about drafting through traffic but my commute has some good long stretches of junction free roads where you're often ahead of the cars.

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Ben689908 in reply to @Saffronspokes

I'd just assumed we're all trying to get home as quick as possible

But that’s the problem. There’s always Allez Man, riding on the absolute limit and sacrificing any control or awareness in doing so. I don’t want him anywhere near me, either in front or behind.

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Saffronspokes in reply to @Ben689908

Which is entirely valid but I'd say the onus is on you to slow down / speed up to position yourself away from such riders. My initial point was that if you overtake someone I don't feel you can have any complaints if they then try and sit on your wheel.

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