The Sly Draft!

**Fevmeister** · 2nd October 2012

Originally Posted by Rob Ford

I get a lot of this on my commute and generally it doesn't bother me. More often than not I try to have a chat but most folk never take a turn (or if they do they've no idea how to do through & off).
The odd one out is a guy I see regularly on a fixie. He cruises along at no more than 22-23kph until you catch & overtake him then he literally sprints past. Must make him feel more of a man I guess?

I always get this then 2 miles further down the road I usually catch them up and find them huffing, puffing and panting slouched over their bike and I casually and comfortably silk past

**coolboarder** · 2nd October 2012

Originally Posted by Rob Ford

He cruises along at no more than 22-23kph until you catch & overtake him then he literally sprints past. Must make him feel more of a man I guess?

This works both ways: if I'm out for a leisurely ride I sometimes lose concentration and am tootling along at 15-16mph and someone or a group comes past me. Of course this is a red rag to a bull so I immediately speed up and either jump on their wheel for a few seconds then go past or just go straight past because (almost) invariably others' pace is not a quick as mine if I'm trying and they rarely come back. This isn't making me feel more of a man (well it is really) it's just asserting my true place in the order of things after all we're all competitive to some extent or another.

**Rob Ford** · 3rd October 2012

Originally Posted by coolboarder

.. I sometimes lose concentration and am tootling along at 15-16mph and someone or a group comes past me. Of course this is a red rag to a bull so I immediately speed up and either jump on their wheel for a few seconds then go past or just go straight past because (almost) invariably others' pace is not a quick as mine if I'm trying and they rarely come back. This isn't making me feel more of a man (well it is really) it's just asserting my true place in the order of things after all we're all competitive to some extent or another.

True, true - I do the same thing at times. This particular guy does this so often it's embarrassing..

**Massey** · 3rd October 2012

I have to admit. I love going past people who scream past you in a high gear mashing away. You get to an incline and you casually pass them with a smile and energy to burn.

its even better when you go past the battery assist bikes.... That makes you feel like a man! Haha