I'm still not sure what the etiquette is for people catching you up or vice versa. I overtook a guy on the way to our club ride, I didn't fly past, put we were clearly doing different speeds. I happened to look back after a few minutes and saw he was on my wheel! After upping the wattage by 100 or so for a bit he was soon gone!
I find it a bit cheeky people just wheel sucking with no interaction whatsoever.
Yup I'm fairly sure that annoys us all, but equally I'm sure if someone shouted 'hi' or 'can I jump/sit on' we'd all be ok with it.
To be honest as I'd had no response from them (as they came past on a climb) I didn't really change pace, actually sitting up on the descent and let a gap open. The way they'd passed me and the gap at the next climb easily being 15-20 bike lengths I didn't expect to catch them. When it was obvious I was I commented something like 'I've still got my climbing legs! Have a good ride' as I went past.
Just fit and bleed - maybe I should fit them myself and just take them down for a bleeding?
Extortionate price. Get the kit for around 1/4 that cost and learn to do it yourself!
Even buying the Shimano kit, funnel & fluid should cost less than £25-30 total. Mine certainly did and it's not a hard skill to learn. Easier than say replacing both gear cables and indexing. Easier than fitting tubeless!
If I get overtaken by someone doing a good pace I'll often just sit 5 bike lengths back and use them as pacing motivation. Not sure if that is annoying but probably less annoying than someone sitting 1 inch behind.
Yup, I always consider if I'm/someone else is more than a bike length then it's 'safe'. No chance of overlapping wheels and enough space for braking distance variation. I know I'm a proficient enough rider to suck an unknown group rider who knows I'm there's wheel fairly safely (any of us riding in groups is fairly used to this!), but if they don't know you're there or are not a comfortable group rider then I think a bike length should be the minimum.
Good pacing motivation. Much of the time I'll think 'they're riding well/easily wonder how that feels' and usually end up putting myself in the red a few minutes later thinking 'that was a stupid Haydn'.
I'm a ***** with people who don't wave or say hi though
Yup bugs me. Especially as around here you probably only see someone every 10-20 miles in the summer months.
Then again I'm one of those annoying people - I'll acknowledge most riders even when commuting. Riders without a helmet usually not. Riders on the pavement riding slowly/not confident enough for road yes. Riders with flat bars generally just a nod. Riders with drop bars, road helmets and kit generally get a wave and a 'hi'. During the summer months even my ~10 minute 2.4 mile commute on average I'll see 2-3 riders in the mornings and then 5-6 on the longer (30-40 min) Nursery pickups in the afternoons. I'm just a happy chappie when I'm on my bike!
In London, there's just too many and so most don't bother.
Typical lazy self centred city folk mentality