What do you do?

[lukesdad]

Comming to the end of my ride on the gower today, theres a long drag. Came up behind this guy spinning away . Sat behind him about 20m for a bit but got bored so passed him with a cheery hello & wave. Looked across and God he was suffering. Anyway after passing him there was an awful wail Aarrrgh and afew expletives. I looked back he semed to be O.k. so I assumed they were aimed at me. I felt really guilty. He was on a decent enough bike and had all the gear on. Shuold i not have passed him or just not said anything. What do you do?

 

[Kirstie]

Leave him to it!

 

[lukesdad]

Shouldn t of smiled and greeted then.

 

[4F]

Build up speed and overtake whilst freewheeling

 

[lukesdad]

Build up speed and overtake whilst freewheeling

I ll remember that next time I come up behind yer.

 

[lukesdad]

Next time, at the top of your voice, in the style of a formula 1 car, as you pass, shout

"meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeooooooooooooooooooooow"

Whats a cat got to do with it

 

[Gerry Attrick]

You showed him respect by following him for a while. What more could he expect? I get passed by younger, fitter cyclists regularly, but I don't stress out over it. C'est la vie as they say in India.

 

[Kirstie]

Yeah smile and greet but don't do anything else. He might have been aware of you behind him and was annoyed you overtook him but that's his problem.

 

[potsy]

Maybe he was just a bit mental

 

[lukesdad]

Maybe he was just a bit mental

I think he was probably just having bad day.

 

[fossyant]

Nope.............. dispatch them............

Your gain for riding every day in all weathers..............

UNLESS...it's a CC run and we stick together..........

 

[gavintc]

My routine is to catch, draft for a bit to get your breath back and then power past. I do not look back, but it bloody hurts for the next few mins hoping that you have broken clean.

 

[lukesdad]

Fair point Fossy hadn t thought of it like that.

 

[ArDee]

Build up speed and overtake whilst freewheeling

and whistling.

 

[potsy]

My routine is to catch, draft for a bit to get your breath back and then power past. I do not look back, but it bloody hurts for the next few mins hoping that you have broken clean.

I do this too but the only ones I catch tend to be scallies on full sussers or people bringing home their shopping with the carrier bags on the handles