Timeline for Group ride - Proper descent etiquette
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| Jun 16, 2022 at 18:45 | comment | added | Ted Hohl | @Ealhmund, piling on here, but you were in the right and Rider B was clearly in the wrong. Rider pulling off the front slowly drifts back, ideally staying close enough to the paceline to offer some shielding to the advancing riders if you pulled off on the windward side, and either flows all the way to the back latching on to the draft the last rider, or inserting themselves back into the line somewhere mid stream if a rider offers you the spot in front of them. Rider B needs some education. There will always be exceptions, as conditions change, but you were doing it correct. | |
| Jun 16, 2022 at 18:02 | vote | accept | Ealhmund | ||
| Jun 16, 2022 at 15:23 | answer | added | Mohair | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jun 16, 2022 at 12:09 | comment | added | Chris H | @Ealhmund ah, that's when it gets tricky, if some people treat it as a paceline and others as a casual bunch. | |
| Jun 16, 2022 at 11:32 | comment | added | Ealhmund | @ChrisH - it was your typical spirited shop ride (at least ime); not as drilled as a team paceline and not as loose as a couple riders out together, but something in between. Some riders pushing the pace on/off the front in a paceline, with others behind them either content to sit in the draft or just trying to hang on until the next regroup. | |
| Jun 16, 2022 at 7:59 | comment | added | Chris H | @Michael the context here appears to be not just a group ride as in several riders out together, not even a loose bunch with aero benefits (as I'm used to) but a paceline, which has its own etiquette and safety procedures. Note "rotated off the front": that's standard in that the former front rider moves out wide and drops to the back | |
| Jun 16, 2022 at 5:46 | comment | added | Michael | Legally you are not allowed to overtake on the right side, right? So everyone did something illegal. | |
| Jun 16, 2022 at 3:30 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Jun 16, 2022 at 3:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackBicycles/status/1537268825531600898 | ||
| Jun 15, 2022 at 22:48 | comment | added | Paul H | Rider B is solely responsible for Rider B's actions. If Rider B doesn't like to cross the yellow line (they shouldn't unless sight lines are very good), then Rider B needs to look in the mirror and mouth off to that rider | |
| Jun 15, 2022 at 22:37 | answer | added | Criggie♦ | timeline score: 9 | |
| Jun 15, 2022 at 22:31 | history | edited | Criggie♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Minor copyediting
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| Jun 15, 2022 at 22:26 | comment | added | Ealhmund | @Swifty - I wanted to make it as neutral and unbiased as I could, but you are correct. | |
| Jun 15, 2022 at 21:48 | comment | added | Swifty | you're rider A aren't you | |
| Jun 15, 2022 at 20:30 | answer | added | Andy P | timeline score: 12 | |
| Jun 15, 2022 at 20:09 | answer | added | Weiwen Ng | timeline score: 18 | |
| Jun 15, 2022 at 19:48 | history | edited | Ealhmund | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Clarified Rider B's position
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| Jun 15, 2022 at 19:41 | comment | added | Ealhmund | They were both part of the group ride. At the start of the descent, Rider A was at the front of the group, while Rider B was near the back. | |
| Jun 15, 2022 at 19:34 | comment | added | Andy P | To be clear, Rider B was not with the group ride? | |
| Jun 15, 2022 at 19:30 | history | asked | Ealhmund | CC BY-SA 4.0 |