On 05/23/2016 11:22 PM, Benz, Sunnyvale, CA wrote:
I concur. Furthermore, you have to understand that the riders behind you can't really see what's in front (the drain), until they passed you. By then, the line is established and following riders won't know this from that. By riding your own (safe) line, you would have assured that the peloton went around you to your left; by choosing a line to the drain, you unknowingly and unfortunately contributed to the situation. It's all about knowing the predictable behaviors of group riders and how to behave in that context. Don't worry about them crashing into you. No competent peloton does that.
You have obviously never ridden the Seagull Century on Maryland's Eastern Shore. There are competent pelotons, and there are pelotoons made up of crazed incompetent asshats.
I further believe that the hostility shown here towards riders in a group to be undeserved. Sure, there are idiot riders (just as there are idiot drivers), but the peloton as described was merely doing its predictable thing.
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