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@ascentale @nick @bikenite A3. I'm surprised you feel that way. Do you only go on roadie rides?

The rides I go on, when I go on them, are no-drop. People are sometimes going to be tired and sometimes people are going to coast.

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I guess what I do on rides that's annoying is verbalize instead of just keeping it to myself when something annoys me. I need to learn to be quietly grumpy if I'm not justly grumpy in everyone's eyes. #BikeNite

@meganL @nick @bikenite

Yeah, I can see that being an issue if one is riding in a tightly-packed group where maintaining a constant speed is important to avoid crashing.

It's been a while for me, but I get it. We would call out "coasting" to let the person behind know.

@spacehobo @ascentale @nick @bikenite I do think it's good etiquette to call out slowing to a stop (there's a hand signal for it, although drivers and cyclists alike seem to forget it), but I think expecting everyone to be going the same speed all the time is unrealistic at the very least. #BikeNite

@meganL @spacehobo @nick @bikenite Yeah, I should clarify, that the example in the question does seem mostly related to riding for sport, and I can see it in the context of my own experience of riding for sport. It's definitely not an expectation for an everyday ride and I don't think the question was intended to be asked that way.

@ascentale @meganL @nick @bikenite It just seems like sport cycling is such a niche exception that it should be called out every time that is the framing. I suspect a lot of the people participating here have never lived anywhere people actually cycle, and it's damned confusing to read between the lines in their posts.

@spacehobo @ascentale @nick @bikenite Hey hey, let's keep the judgment out of it, please. ("bizarre") Let's keep #BikeNite friendly for all kinds of cyclists, even competitive road cyclists.