I've been watching this thread for quite a while and I'm sorry, but I just don't really get it. Drafting is a part of this sport - I will usually say hi to someone that I am going the same speed as when I'm out on a ride or event, because I'm a fairly friendly person, but someone drafting on my back wheel JUST DOES NOT BOTHER ME! I have never been taken out from behind - it is the person that cuts over on my front wheel, runs into the side of me and pushes me into the dirt or doesnt paceline well that bugs me. If it is just me and another person and they are drafting me, I figure they must need a break, I'm stronger and I'm happy to pull them. If I need a break, I just move to the right, slow down and ask them to pull a while. Simple as that. No animosity, no worry, no nada, just part of biking. If I'm uncomfortable with the skills someone has, I either help them, or I get away from them.

Yeah, that's my thought, I'm Stronger! So go ahead and draft - i dont care. If you hit my rear wheel, I'm not going down - YOU ARE!

spoke