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The original was posted on /r/velo by /u/westonthered on 2023-09-19 02:31:02.

And by on your wheel, I mean ON YOUR WHEEL, like you’re their lead out for a stage win in a Grand Tour event. This has happened 3 times in the last few months while just out for my morning ride, and always when I’m chillin in zone 2. I don’t mind someone slotting in a few wheels behind me and getting a little tow, but every time these guys just silently got right on my wheel without saying a word. Example: this morning out doing a Z2 ride, cruising along at like 200w, I see this guy way up ahead of me and I’m slowly gaining on him. A few minutes later I come up behind him, call out “on your left” no response, no acknowledgment that he heard me. Ok, I speed up a little, pass him quickly and safely, I say “good morning “ no response. I keep my pace a little higher to get away from him and he jumps right on my wheel. So I up my pace a bit more, now I’m doing 300w, and he’s right on my wheel. I don’t know this person, never seen them before and I have no idea what his bike handling skills are, so I’d rather keep my distance. Now I’m doing like 400w and he’s still right behind me (I didn’t want to slow down and let him pass because my desired pace was clearly faster than his since I came up on him). Finally dropped him doing like 450w, which was not the plan this morning. I just don’t get it, if I pass someone and they ask if they can get on my wheel, I always say yes, but this silently riding too close, almost overlapping wheels is just bizarre. Anyone else deal with this?