On Aug 16, 2011, at 12:23 AM, David Mann wrote: > On Aug 16, 2011, at 2:53 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote: > >> S, Only problem is his brakes are probably better than yours... > > I wouldn't think so. MTB brakes would stop you far quicker than a truck, > especially an articulated one. Truckers have to be very aware of their > stopping distances and they risk jackknifing if they brake too hard. But the > closer you follow the better your reflexes need to be :) > > I drafted for the first time just the other day, but I was only drafting > behind another couple of road cyclists. It's amazing how much energy you > save and goes a long way towards explaining why I can never drop people who > sit on my wheel when I'm out on a solo training ride.
Just start pedaling with a weird cadence, speeding up and slowing down so that they can't be so close without risking hitting you. Or, probably safer, you could try swerving a couple of feet to the side before sprinting. That way they suddenly go from being in the draft and not having to pedal so hard, to getting a bunch of wind slowing them down, while you are already pushing hard to speed up. > > Dave > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
