I Love Drafting!!!!!

[hennbell]

This is a public forum and as such I feel it our duty to give good safe advice, advocating drafting I do not feel fits that description well. Imagine some 12 year old lad picking up that drafting a vehicle is the correct thing to do because it say so on this forum.

To quote Helen Lovejoy of the Simpsons


"Oohh! Won't somebody please think of the children?!"

 

[screenman]

Mugshot, it is a size thing going on.

 

[redcard]

To quote Helen Lovejoy of the Simpsons


"Oohh! Won't somebody please think of the children?!"

12 year olds are such angels, then they discover CycleChat, and they're farked!

 

[Mugshot]

It's like riding with someone running block (US football reference) ahead of you.

When I got in I had the following conversation with my wife;
Her - Didn't you ride the bike home tonight?
Me - Yeah, course I did.
Her - Oh, it just doesn't look like you did.

So there we have it, not only does drafting potentially make your ride quicker it also means you may not stagger through the door in the dribbling, sweating, quivering state you normally do

 

[Mugshot]

Mugshot, it is a size thing going on.

Yeah I know, it's a shame though isn't it.

 

[screenman]

Yep!

 

[snorri]

This is a public forum and as such I feel it our duty to give good safe advice, advocating drafting I do not feel fits that description well. Imagine some 12 year old lad picking up that drafting a vehicle is the correct thing to do because it say so on this forum.

If it is our duty to give safe advice, then it is also our duty to give advice in a polite manner. Imagine some 12 year old reading this thread and learning to refer to address someone he disagrees with as a muppet, and telling them to grow up, it must be the correct response, it says so on this very thread.

 

[redcard]

The first rule of drafting is: You do not talk about drafting.

 

[jonny jeez]

Cool video. But what make it dangerous?

Is it just the fact that drafting enables a rider to travel much faster than they're normally comfortable with?
Or that the rider is in a bad position on the road? (though it's not far off primary)
Is it the remote possibility that the bus could come to an abrupt stop and the rider would smack into the back of the bus?

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yes

 

[BentMikey]

30 mph is 44 feet per second, if the bus/tractor/car/van etc. hits the brakes hard chances are you will hit it before you start to brake.

I take it you don't have A Level maths or physics? Perhaps that was only O Level, I can't recall...

 

[BentMikey]

Anyone remember that C+ topic where embankment bus drafting was talked about? The one about having your front wheel an inch or so off the bus bumper and treating it like a derny?

*fond memories from forum grandpas*

 

[monkeylc]

This whole thread as usual,has been flooded with the "you shouldn't do that people" (ah,that rhymes) If you don't like it don't do it!
It's like looking for a chat room that you don't agree with?
Join in on something you do.....
Other threads.......

Ten minutes time "Well actually,,,,,,,,,,,"

 

[monkeylc]

Ok,more than ten minutes....

 

[screenman]

This is a discussion forum, what a boring place it would be if we all agreed. It is banter, pure and simple same.

 

[mark st1]

This is a discussion forum, what a boring place it would be if we all agreed. It is banter, pure and simple same.

Is that your icy sense of humour begining to melt