| Subject: | RE: more centerline discussion |
| Date: | 03/29/2004 03:36 AM |
| From: | Nick Glazener |
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Matthew W wrote: "But where was the centerline on a narrow one-lane road with no line. What specific reference prevents a rider from riding up next to you in the middle. I believe that this road was a special case that we see infrequently." First, to repeat: "+ All of the riders were explained the rules at the start of the race. Everyone was told that the road didn’t have a yellow line and that they were still expected stay off the left lane or they were breaking the rules." There was certainly a consensus on the location of the centerline, as evidenced by the majority of the peloton's lack of difficulty complying with the centerline rule even on the section with out a painted line. Approximately one dozen riders chose the "see no evil, hear no evil" approach and advanced past the rest of us that were respecting the "invisible" line. If any of those riders who advanced past twenty or so other riders in the course of twenty seconds are on this list: you risked people's lives in order to advance in an amateur bike race, hello? We all know that it is quite difficult to advance that number of spaces in a short period of time when the peoloton is bunched up and not drafting in a single or double line. Second, I am disappointed that I was the only member of the peoloton willing to look like a complete idiot screaming bloody murder at the aforementioned cheaters. It was my understanding that obra-land had agreed that we would not tolerate this sort of behavior. Was I wrong, because it sure felt like that's what you were saying by remaining silent? I didn't think it was wrong. I said so in my original post. What I thought was wrong was one of our team members argueing back with you. Another one of our team members tried to get to get him to mellow out. It is not in my nature to be confrontational until I am pushed past a certain point. It wasn't that big a deal for me because I was having an off day anyway. I was just interested in reading some different opinions about the issue. |
