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But it might make you train to go faster??

nah- the people who do that sort of thing are generally on the trail, which I tend to avoid, but during the summer my husband announces one night a week at the velodrome. I go to meet him there and while I could totally avoid the MUP, it would be inconvenient and its an active rest day for me, so I'm not looking to be a speed demon anyway (not to mention too fast on a MUP is not safe). I never seem to fail to pick up some silent wheel sucker who seems to think they are racing me.... and since I tend towards the polite and cautious on the MUP I'm often slowing for traffic and won't pass in unsafe places. This means mr competitive commuter usually pushes by me(generally in an unsafe manner at a narrow portion of the trail or by blowing through a stop sign) somewhere and I end up leap frogging him for a while until I either slow down for too long and don't catch up again or drop him completely. Track is done for the season, but the last time I went out it was a dude on a single speed (not a fixie, I saw him coast) who was no where near geared high enough to keep out in front of me, but it sure was funny to watch him spin like mad trying.