Loner Manners?

[KnottedYet]

I'm a b*tch and not ashamed to screech "On your RIGHT, Thank YOU!!" at the poseur weekend racer-boys who pass me without using bell or voice.

And it's almost always poseurs who pass without notice. Not seasoned Freds/Fredwinas on beloved battered steeds. Not women. Not team guys in full kit. (actually, the best groups that pass me are the Recycled Cycles team men, whose leader hollers out that they are passing and how many are in his group. I love him/them.)

Communicate with the riders near you, whatever you are doing. Drafting, passing, wanting to chat, wanting to race, wanting to ask for a date. If they know what you are up to they won't waste precious resources or time trying to figure out what game you are playing, and they can respond to you.