Why don't some people like being passed??

[Mad Doug Biker]

I passed a guy last year huffing and puffing up a hill,(I am no speedster just a couple of mph faster than him) as i went past I politely said hello and got the response of "f**k off" , I rode on with truly no answer to that one.

@sackville d

Oh yeah, sorry about that, everything that could go wrong had gone wrong that day and you just caught me at a particularly bad moment because, as it happened, I had suddenly realised I had yet another puncture, the fourth that day at exactly the same time that you passed and my exclamation was actually aimed at that, not you!

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Me? I am ok at being passed as I know there are always people better than me out there.

That said, if someone was being a bit obnoxious about it, then I might act accordingly.

 

[Sittingduck]

People shouldn't go to the front then immediately slow down. Likewise theý shouldn't wheelsuck strangers. If you are going to pass somebody and they seem 'the type', ensure you pass wide and fast - don't give them a sniff of yoùr wheel!

 

[screenman]

I must be very fortunate as I cannot remember the last time I was overtaken.

 

[Dirk]

If anyone overtakes me, and makes it stick, they're welcome to it.
What pees me off are the ones that come past, then slow down.

 

[dr snuggles]

Happens all the time. Cyclist will be tootling along in front but once you go past they either stick to your back wheel or do there level best to go past you. I find it a bit childish if I'm honest.

 

[Markymark]

Nobody is faster than me other than show offs.

 

[screenman]

If anyone overtakes me, and makes it stick, they're welcome to it.
What pees me off are the ones that come past, then slow down.

Are they slowing down, or you speeding up?

 

[Dirk]

Are they slowing down, or you speeding up?

I think I said - '......the ones that come past, then slow down'.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

I think I said - '......the ones that come past, then slow down'.

Ah, but are you subcosciously speeding up to try and compensate, thereby giving the illusion that they are slowing down?

 

[Dirk]

Ah, but are you subcosciously speeding up to try and compensate, thereby giving the illusion that they are slowing down?

No.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

No.

But how would you know if it was subconscious?

 

[Dirk]

But how would you know if it was subconscious?

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Sorry, just a bit bored here

 

[Dirk]

I'm still in bed.