An ettiquette question for you all. Yesterday was really windy and I was on the lakefront path in chicago, plowing ahead into the gusting wind probably around mile 70 of my ride for the day. I notice this guy sitting on my wheel, only because I happened to look to my right out at the lake. He never said "hey do you mind" or "can I sit here" or whatever I've normally heard from a rider asking for a break or if I've asked to draft off someone when tired. When I slowed down to let him pass, he slowed down. It became clear he wasn't going to get off my wheel. So I got annoyed, and proceeded to drop him. But my legs were tanked and he caught up with me again. Dropped him again, this time for good. But I burned up a lot of my energy doing it with about 15 miles to get home. Needless to say I was hurting the rest of the way.

I don't know, was it wrong for me to get so pissed at him for sitting back there? I don't mind someone drafting for a little while but a) acknowledge you're back there and b) offer to pull once and a while. I *wanted* to say "get off my f***ing wheel" but that seemed rude. Instead I beat my legs up probably more than they needed. But it did feel good to drop his sorry butt.

Thoughts on what to do?