GizmoDuck said:Ok, here's yet another Ride the Lobster thread.
There have been relatively few road races in unicycling...and as such,
there really are very few rules for bunch riding. I thought I'd see
what people thought about this.-Would you attack someone during a transition? Personally, I don't
have a problem with this. It's part reason why you want to get it done
as efficiently as possible.
I think that's part of the race.
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-Likewise would you accelerate when someone is shifting? Again, I
don't have a problem with this, and is one of the reasons why Geared
Unicycles will be disadvantaged on rolling terrain.
I agree.
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-Passing. I think if you were to pass someone, you need to give prior
warning. Shouting "on your left/right" before passing is kinda
useful.
I think experienced bikers only call passes if there is a safety issue
involved (like if you're passing someone who doesn't know you're there,
and who might have a reason to come into your line).
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-Crashes. Obviously after checking that someone is Ok, would you wait
for them or continue on? I believe that if crashes are the result of
no fault of the rider, it's only courtesy that you slow down for them.
If on the other hand someone is riding so hard that they crash as a
result, then that's not worthy of a bunch slowing down to wait for
them.
In bike racing, it's discourteous to attack someone who's crashed, but
racers don't have responsibility for stopping to make sure the crashed
rider is OK. Everyone will have a support vehicle, so you could notify
the support team when you go by them.
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-Drafting. Nothing worse than someone that sits behind you and let's
you do all the work.
It's a road race--drafting is part of the strategy.
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- Support vehicles. Recently a couple of friends of mine were in a
bunch during a bicycle road race. A support vehicle passed the riders
just as one of them went down, after clipping my friends wheel, and was
killed as a result. They were both doctors but there was nothing that
could be done to save him. I firmly believe that support vehicles need
to keep certain distance and there should be a limited number of
transitions. We don't want people doing transitions every 1km. That
would be silly and dangerous.
I doubt people will be so excited about doing transitions that they'll
do them on extremely short segments like that. I doubt it will be an
issue.
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tholub
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