Cycling the 12 miles to work today 0545 - 0645 into cold drizzle, I had the odd experience of being drafted by several blokes (at different points of the journey) probably wanting me to take the wind and rain off their face.
I didn't know one bloke was behind me and I heard something I didn't like on the radio which made me shout out "pack it in!" to the radio presenter (he might have said "one pence" or something), only to turn round later and find him right on my back wheel - I didn't mean you pal, it was flattering for a roadie to want to stay in my wake if anything.
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Cycling the 12 miles to work today 0545 - 0645 into cold drizzle, I had
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odd experience of being drafted by several blokes (at different points of the journey) probably wanting me to take the wind and rain off their face.
I didn't know one bloke was behind me and I heard something I didn't like
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the radio which made me shout out "pack it in!" to the radio presenter (he might have said "one pence" or something), only to turn round later and
find
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him right on my back wheel - I didn't mean you pal, it was flattering for
a
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roadie to want to stay in my wake if anything.
Not being a roadie, I sometimes quite like riding behind people. It's a good excuse to either slow down and take it easy, or, if they're fast, a bit of a challange. Unfortunately if they're a roadie I'm afraid I have to burn past them as quickly as possible. The ass-high riding position and tight lycra make it fairly unpleasant tailgating them.
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Not being a roadie, I sometimes quite like riding behind people. It's a good excuse to either slow down and take it easy, or, if they're fast, a bit of a challange. Unfortunately if they're a roadie I'm afraid I have to burn past them as quickly as possible. The ass-high riding position and tight lycra make it fairly unpleasant tailgating them.
Blimey, what class of cyclist are you that you can burn off a roadie and leave 'em in your wake?
One with a jet on his pannier rack, obviously. Oh, you didn't mean it literally. What? And I'm posting in the wrong thread? Sorry.
Not being a roadie, I sometimes quite like riding behind people. It's a good excuse to either slow down and take it easy, or, if they're fast, a
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of a challange. Unfortunately if they're a roadie I'm afraid I have to
burn
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past them as quickly as possible. The ass-high riding position and
tight
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lycra make it fairly unpleasant tailgating them.
Blimey, what class of cyclist are you that you can burn off a roadie and leave 'em in your wake?
I think the question is more, what kind of roadie are they? To be fair I only ride a couple of miles on my commute, and I guess they've been going a lot longer than that and are just plain knackered. Or don't want to smell when they turn up for work :-)
Unfortunately if they're a roadie I'm afraid I have to burn past them as quickly as possible. The ass-high riding position and tight lycra make it fairly unpleasant tailgating them.
White lycra shorts are far , far worse.
Can i ask the PSF to extend her activities to people who wear white shorts in the rain with no mudguards?
