Latest bone of contention: wheelsucking.

It is just a bit queer drafting another cyclist in London.
I mean, come on, it isn't quite really a two man break-away from the peloton at the mid-point of a 290 Kilometer race.
Quit being so lazy.
I always pull to the outside to watch them drop back suddenly or just turn around and swear.

who'd fancy staring at ben's arse?

i never find myself at the same speed with whoever cyclist sharing the road with me when i'm not riding with anyone i know...

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also, cops on bikes do NOT like it when you ride up next to them and yell 'SURPRISE SPRINT!' and go tearing off.

AMUSE... must try that.

wow someone managed to draft bring me my fix that took some bravery
i would have thought you would have just rode away from them leaving a panting red faced cyclist in your wake ! pretend it was lpg and your showing him how to ride hills

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).

Oh yeah...Though it's a bit of a giveaway when you cross the 'finish line' with both arms raised.

commuters always seem to try drafting my when i'm cycling down the mall towards buckingham palace. i usually slow right down and wave them past me, then they swear.

bombadil commuters always seem to try drafting my when i'm cycling down the mall towards buckingham palace. i usually slow right down and wave them past me, then they swear.

seriously....how much time are you saving by drafting on your city commute?
if you have 20miles worth of open road suburban riding to do on your commute, a draft might help (so would a skinsuit, aerobars, and an aerohelmet), but in the middle of london?

i'm with ma3k i get annoyed at drafters, road cyclists who are fast-ish i can deal with but not fat lazy people on their cushy mountain bikes, the other day it happened so i said fcuk off ands sprinted and he just disappeared,

a similar thing happened ages before because a mountian bike thought i had drafted him up a hill, truth is i was just faster, so when he drafted me, if i moved left or right he just folllowed so i did some dogy weaving and it was so funny to watch him fall back, as he was slow and heavy.

I joke about having two speeds. stationary and as fast as possible so i usually try and overtake everyone in fornt of me who i fondly refer to as my 'victims'. but drafting hey... i must try it sometime. is it guarantees to piss people off?

lol

just slow down and let them pass, or grow some charly onions and ride away!

Slow down, let them pass, hug their wheels.

dicki wow someone managed to draft bring me my fix that took some bravery
i would have thought you would have just rode away from them leaving a panting red faced cyclist in your wake ! pretend it was lpg and your showing him how to ride hills

I'm a very safe wheel to follow, and generous with it ;)

I suppose if you're following someone, and they fail to point/shout out potholes and stuff, health & safety would demand dropping back. I'm more irritated by pothole-non-indicators in a sanctioned draft than by anything else.

Use the fact that you're on a fixed to your advantage - next time you need to slow down do a couple of skips then a massively sliding skid with your back wheel kicking out to one side. That'll get them to back off pretty fast. I don't mind people who draft and seem like they know what they're doing (ie wont run into me), but otherwise I find it a bit off putting. Think it annoys my girlfriend even more because she is faster than most guys, but their pride won't let them be passed so they just hang on her back wheel perving.

no-one ever gets in my slip stream I'M TOO GADDAMN FAST !!

Yeah, why slow down and risk some muppet running into your arse.. just speed up. Catch me if you can..

i like all the 'too godamn fast' comments and the like. not aimed at you dicki as i have no idea how fast you are, it's just funny cos when i 'spot' riders on here they are rarely going too goddamn fast.

oh, i typed that at 200 wpm btw

Barely anyone rides fast in the city center Iit's just not worth the effort.

You've not spotted me jonny coz I'm that fast.. just a blur of black and grey.. :D

drafting is fine, I have no problem doing it, or having it done to me....like skiing it's the responsiblity of the person behind to stay safe, so don't get too close if you think the rider ahead may be doing a lot of swerving through traffic.....people who don't like it, swear, brake....either don't understand or are probably not very friendly people...allegedly.

hope this helps.

hippy You've not spotted me jonny coz I'm that fast.. just a blob of black and grey.. :D

At least none of my bikes look like snot, bitch! :P

I bet Montell rides fixed.

I find farting tends to make them back off.

toodle pip.

hippy none of my bikes don't look like snot

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hippy ALL My bikes look like snot