Jerald M Powell
Dan, are you sure you're just envious of the old guy that can catch
your wheel? Hey, if there's a faster wheel going by my front wheel,
I'll grab it in a second. It is, however (IMHO) bad form to half-
wheel whoever it is I'm getting a free (well, 30% free) ride off of.
Jerry
On Jan 29, 2010, at 12:24 PM, Dan Silvernail wrote:
> I'm glad that the record has been set straight. Up until today I
> would just get completely bummed out when someone didn't return my
> little chin raise whenever I'd pass them. Sorry to anyone that I
> yelled "Unsociable pr**ck" to. (I kid!) (I'm just as guilty as the
> next guy of not extending a full-on warm embrace to anyone on a bike
> that I encounter. I wave and not and that's good enough)
> Hell, while I have the floor, here is something that eats at me and
> I want to know why people do this: why, oh why, do people just have
> to speed up and "get on my wheel" whenever I pass them? It doesn't
> matter if I'm commuting through downtown or on a training ride up on
> Skyline. Whenever I approach someone while out riding, I'm at the
> point where I feel the need to "attack" them instead of rolling past
> because if I just roll past (saying HI to them as I pass), 8 out of
> 10 people on bikes will stick right to my rear wheel. Why? I don't
> have this problem when I'm out walking or running. I mean, if you
> were walking your dog and passed a slower walker and they picked up
> the pace and started walking step for step 6" back of you, what
> would you think? I'd turn the dog loose on them! That's what I'd
> do! (well, not really, my dog is a chicken ass who'd just beg for a
> cookie). Anyway. Next time someone wants to draft off of me, I'll
> tell them to take out an OBRA licence and go up to PIR and race.
> There, it's OK to ride someone's ass.
>
> Rant over. Let the weekend begin!
> On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 12:04 PM, Erik Long
> wrote:
> Yeah, dude. Some people just aren't social animals. Often when a
> rider goes riding alone, he does so specifically to ride alone - in
> fact, that's almost always the case. There are other factors - the
> guy could be riding on a very limited schedule, possibly in the
> middle of a structured workout, who knows.
>
> If you're on a group ride, you can expect more of a social event.
> There's no reason to take offense just because a lone rider didn't
> smile and wave from the other side of the road. This is a silly
> reason to get bent out of shape.
>
>
>
> Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:10:25 -0800
> From: tackyglueit@gmail.com
> To: sbrown@stevebrowncompany.com
> CC: obra@list.obra.org
> Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Ask A Roadie
>
>
> you're a clown. maybe the guys dog just died. the world is bigger
> then you.
>
> On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 10:45 AM, Steve Brown > wrote:
> Dear Ask A Roadie,
>
> I seem to need some help regarding the secret handshake.
> Even though I am fairly sociable when I riding, every once in a
> while someone will simply ride by with their head down. I always
> thought that even if you wanted to be left alone, at least
> acknowledging the overtaken rider was the polite thing to do. One
> thought is that these are tri's who have taken off the aero bars and
> are not real roadies.
> I have a cool bike, wear a cycling hat with the bill turned up under
> my helmet, and wear red aero covers over my booties or shoes. Are
> these riders just showing me "they are the man". Should I latch on
> to their wheel, and then sprint by to show them I am the man?
> What am I missing?
>
>
> Steve Brown
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