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@rpm
Never judge anyone by what they ride or how they look, if there's one thing I've learnt about cycling in all it's forms, it's that.
drafting strangers is a funny one, in traffic with lots of stop start it's not going to help you much.
I drafted some bloke on a bike with panniers the other day, he kept looking round at me, then began pointing out potholes and drain covers like we were on a club run! I would have gone in front and dragged him along had I not been turning off after 500 yards. On other occassions I've shared the work with a very fast roadie all the way from Herne Hill to New Cross and one of the fastest riders I've ever seen along Kennington road was a big tall bloke on a hybrid.
You just have to decide whether it's worth it, there are not many riders who are fast enough to bother drafting, but if they are fast and straight and not weaving around or nodding and throwing their upper body around then it's odds-on they are a decent enough wheel to follow.