Tell us about your weekend ride

Fairly sure this will prove to be a stupid question, but why couldn't you have joined the end of the line and got out of the wind that way without needing to shove anyone? I know the end isn't the ideal place to be, but presumably better than wind-beaten and lonely?

^ That's your tactic, huh?

In this weekend's race (write-up soon) I managed to simply point to the ground in front of a rider and he let me in!

My mate (came 1st mzungu in both races) suggested the following: veer into the line until your bars overlap in front of another rider's and then slow a little so they are forced to slow with you, opening a gap in front of them.

I suppose that you could substitute "your bars" for "your arm/elbow"? Are there rules against barging arm-first into a paceline?