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not a huge fan of trying to draft in the city
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benanza [quote]kilgore_trout not a huge fan of trying to draft in the city
Have to agree, the likelihood of needing to stop quickly is so high that getting smacked from behind is pretty inevitable unless the person drafting you is well on the ball, which they are usually not it seems.[/quote]
Although, in town you'd expect people to keep back a little more. I bet you're more likely to get smacked from behind in the average 4th cat race ;)
pj this thread is already a bit bike radar.
That reply is already a bit londonfgss. You've walked right into my trap. And anyway, I'm fucking bored of bike vanity threads.
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BringMeMyFix [quote]photoben Some ss who slipstreamed me the length of the isle of dogs this morning. I was not best pleased. And called me an arsehole when I spat out a build up of plehm. If you are reading this - if I wanted to hit you I would have gobbed over my head and you would have had a faceful.
Slipstreamers - if you can keep up with me (not hard), why not cycle alongside me and we can chat about how great bikes are.
I don't really have a problem with giving people a wheel, or latching on to theirs. And I love a bit of bit-and-bit/through-and-off. As long as it's all done with due care, attention, and anticipatory prowess, I'm all for it. Sometimes riding two abreast is awkward or provocative, and sometimes I don't really feel like chatting bike shit with relative strangers.
So clearly we already have a spectrum of opinion forming...[/quote]
I hate it when people sit just right of my back wheel - just where i can't veer right to avoid parked cars for fear of hitting them. i only get pissed off with people drafting me when they complain that i don't have race guards on - which is rarely in rainy times of year - "don't f£$!ING draft me if you're getting sprayed!"
I only draft if I'm in a peloton personally. Don't want to have to guess when people will brake.
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drafting is fine when riding with people you know and trust on decent roads, you can sit real close and then do your turn at the front but in town commuting and riding with the riser/arrospoke crew on city streets is a definite no-no as random stopping at off licenses creates problems.
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i only do it if i'm drafting someone who is going so fast that i can't possibly return the favour as they are going too fast. Years ago i drafted some guy along clapham common and after about 500m he got arsey and tried the fast-braking-for-no-reason-to-scare-the-drafter move. However, he then hit the kerb and fell off - i just cycled past him as he swore at me. That still makes me smile.
I'm all for people drafting as long as it's not all the way home...
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B I'm all for people drafting as long as it's not all the way home...
This little piggy went to Brick Lane Market
This little piggy stayed at home
This little pig ate powergels
And this little piggy had none
And this little piggy drafted: weee-weee-weeee-weeeee-weeee-weeeee all the way home. -
Your welcome to draft me if you want to.
BUT, I reserve the right to swerve, bunny hop holes, brake like a banshee, and generall ride like your not there.If you come to grief, its down to you.
So why not try and pass, then we can have a real race!
Toodle pip
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i always carry on of these with me
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markrjohnson Your welcome to draft me if you want to.
BUT, I reserve the right to swerve, bunny hop holes, brake like a banshee, and generall ride like your not there.If you come to grief, its down to you.
So why not try and pass, then we can have a real race!
Toodle pip
truth. the guy is back is usually the first to go down. so if you draft in a stupid situation without my permission and you go down, you've got no one to blame but yourself.
though drafting on open roads, that's an etiquette thing - ask me first and be willing to share the work load.
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Passing isn't nearly as annoying as sitting on someone's wheel for a bit (make sure they notice you) and THEN passing like they are sitting still.
Never do any work. Never let them draft you. Always let them know you are then but never let them here you jump. Oh how I love to feed the hate machine. -
Sucking? Bone? nuff said.
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photoben Should have explained the whole story - missed the start. Most of the time not too bothered about drafters, but I'm bombing it as I'm late for work. See this guy in the distance dawdling along pretty slowly. Soon as I whizz past, he speeds up! THAT is what annoyed me.
Photoben, that is called a "race". If you pass another fixie rider at speed, for whatever reason, the other rider will take this as a cue to race you. :)
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asm [quote]photoben Should have explained the whole story - missed the start. Most of the time not too bothered about drafters, but I'm bombing it as I'm late for work. See this guy in the distance dawdling along pretty slowly. Soon as I whizz past, he speeds up! THAT is what annoyed me.
Photoben, that is called a "race". If you pass another fixie rider at speed, for whatever reason, the other rider will take this as a cue to race you. :)[/quote]
it's like when i play 'catch the roadie'
if i see a roadie in full lycra (peacock) then i ride close to him (though not drafting) and then all of a sudden SPRINT! and then at an arbitrary finish line that only i know about, i declare myself the winner (unbeknown to him). a few times the roadies have caught on to what i'm doing and just toyed with me for a little while before upping their gearing and riding off into the sunset.also, cops on bikes do NOT like it when you ride up next to them and yell 'SURPRISE SPRINT!' and go tearing off.
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photoben No, it ain't called a race cause he stayed behind me all the way, not tried to overtake. So he is a loser.
Oh, and BMMF, let me be grumpy and don't start a thread on it! ;-)
Er photoben, I think this might mean that he tried to race you, but couldn't catch you, therefore making you the "winner" of said race. Don't be grumpy, be happy!!
photoben So he is a loser.
See, you said it yourself! :)
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photoben No, it ain't called a race cause he stayed behind me all the way, not tried to overtake. So he is a loser.
Oh, and BMMF, let me be grumpy and don't start a thread on it! ;-)
This thread is effectively drafting your post, but will ultimately overtake it, because I'm faster ;p
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I don't really have a problem with giving people a wheel, or latching on to theirs. And I love a bit of bit-and-bit/through-and-off. As long as it's all done with due care, attention, and anticipatory prowess, I'm all for it. Sometimes riding two abreast is awkward or provocative, and sometimes I don't really feel like chatting bike shit with relative strangers.
So clearly we already have a spectrum of opinion forming...