Leapfroggers

[SquareDaff]

let them in front, get on their back wheel, if they wanna go first im more than happy to mop up some energy saving cut air

+1 to this!

 

[gavroche]

Just ignore it and carry on at your own pace. You can't change human nature.

 

[Hip Priest]

Just ignore it and carry on at your own pace. You can't change human nature.

I did. It was just a bit awkward. Felt a bit like we were both willy waving, but I was really just doing my normal
thursday TT ride.

 

[DiddlyDodds]

If ever anyone passes me after I have passed them I put it down to insecurity, and a lack of love as a small child manifesting its self in the form of a complete tosspot.

 

[screenman]

Just half wheel them if it annoys you, I take it you know what half wheel means.

 

[vernon]

Just half wheel them if it annoys you, I take it you know what half wheel means.

A stick through the spokes?

 

[Hip Priest]

Just half wheel them if it annoys you, I take it you know what half wheel means.

Is that like when you get a wheel that's like half the size of a normal wheel?

 

[glenn forger]

Hit them in the face with half a wheel?

 

[taximan]

Not quite the same thing, but many years ago, my mate and I were out for the day and a woman overtook us as though we were standing still, We accepted the challenge and sprinted after her and overtook her in fine style, only to find that she had tucked in behind us. try as we might we couldn't shake her off. after a few miles we started climbing a long drag and were almost immediately overtaken again and all we could do was to watch this woman vanish into the distance. We found out later that her name was Beryl Burton

 

[Herbie]

You sound like a leapfrogger! Why did you see his overtake as an invitation to race?

Because its fairly harmless nobody gets hurt and it livens up a run for me.....

 

[Herbie]

You sound like a leapfrogger! Why did you see his overtake as an invitation to race?

Forgot to mention that the guy that bombed past me was riding a fancy fast looking road bike and looked much younger than me....so I was happy to be able to catch him up and stay with him on my Touring bike...my Galaxy likes a challenge and maybe he was a bit miffed about that...but hey I enjoyed it and to me it was just a wee bit of sport and no harm done

 

[Hip Priest]

Forgot to mention that the guy that bombed past me was riding a fancy fast looking road bike and looked much younger than me....so I was happy to be able to catch him up and stay with him on my Touring bike...my Galaxy likes a challenge and maybe he was a bit miffed about that...but hey I enjoyed it and to me it was just a wee bit of sport and no harm done

Cool. To be honest I'd have had no problem with him jumping on my wheel or dropping me, I was just irritated by the fact he kept passing me then slowing right down!

 

[Herbie]

Cool. To be honest I'd have had no problem with him jumping on my wheel or dropping me, I was just irritated by the fact he kept passing me then slowing right down!

Aye I see your point that's a bit annoying....sometimes I don't give chase and couldn't give a toss who overtakes me...depends on my mood and if i'm feeling fit enough at that point....sometimes you may have cycled a good distance and are a bit worn out when you are passed and that person may have just started out so will be fresh....you never can know?

 

[hopless500]

A friend of ours used to not be able to resist. He'd go hell for leather to overtake and then be boogered for the rest of the ride. Bless. It was a pathological compulsion I think

 

[crazyjoe101]

If someone overtakes me I feel obliged to keep up for as long as I can or until they leave my route, maintaining what I think's a safe distance. I don't overtake unless there's an actual reason to do so.

As for leapfroggers... I don't meet many cyclists on the road but no-one's caught me after an overtake yet , at least not without commiting a traffic offense.