Jacomus-rides-Gen
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- Guildford / London
Pete said:I was about to say that! Sorry, tdr, hilarious tale as you've told it, but more of the blame on your good self. It would have been a nice gesture to offer to pay for the shorts, and perhaps offer some temporary 'cover' out of your well-packed laundry bag?
But for the roadie to gripe about another cyclist (i.e. you) being 'in his way' was also inexcusable. What a sad sad world we live in! Reminds me a bit of the squad of roadies coming up behind me in peloton on a narrow lane, "good-morning"ing me loudly and emphatically and leaving no doubt whatsoever as to their inner meaning. Their inner meaning being "we don't single up mate so MOVE OVER!". B)
Some clubs do that - especially ones who blast along at warpspeed.
I am lucky that my club takes a much more sociable approach (as this is my approach ) to the club run, and we focus on having a nice ride, rather than melting the tarmac. We do however call out a loud "Good-morning" to lone riders we come up on - on the principle that forewarned is forearmed. It wouldn't be nice to start passing and have the lone rider do something squirrely and wipe out half the bunch
Still, there is no need to be rude, because we are all out doing the same thing - having fun on our bikes B)