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A post in General prompted this question:
So we all know about the yellow line rule. That is a given for all races unless the road is closed. But what about the following in a race:
1. There is a pace line, pack, or you solo in a tri are coming up on a car that is going slower than you. Where do you pass? Logic says on the left....but.....
I have never had that happen in a RR to me personally..
2. But in a tri that used to have great roads years ago has tons more houses on and around the roads. Not a ton of car traffic, but still way more than years past.
Two years ago, this was my "A" race and I planned to destroy the bike section. Well shortly after T1 there is a left turn out onto a semi-main street (4 lane, 2 each way). There was car traffic approaching the red light 300 - 400 yards out. There was already a line of slower riders from earlier waves on the right with cars in both lanes next to them, so I passed between cars. In retrospect this was really dumb. I was able to shoot through the cars and make the right fine (right turn lane was blocked off for the race). But what do you do there? If you go right, you have to do about 16 or less to the corner when I was doing 28+.... Siting on the car could be considered drafting, and would get me to the corner at about the same time as the slower riders.
Latter on the same course I was passed by a large pickup ~300 yards before a semi-technical right turn. He was all confuesed when he got to the corner beacuse police were there to stop traffic on the street we were turning on to. I took the apex right behind his bumper to make the turn, just as he started to go.
I won't do that tri again unless the roads are closed. Now I know what I did was dangerous in those situations, but what is the "correct" thing to do in RR, TT, and tri's in these types of situations so that you can still perform well, but don't have to risk getting taken out/pissing off cars/ doing something illegal.
Thanks.
Edited to emphasize car conflict
So we all know about the yellow line rule. That is a given for all races unless the road is closed. But what about the following in a race:
1. There is a pace line, pack, or you solo in a tri are coming up on a car that is going slower than you. Where do you pass? Logic says on the left....but.....
I have never had that happen in a RR to me personally..
2. But in a tri that used to have great roads years ago has tons more houses on and around the roads. Not a ton of car traffic, but still way more than years past.
Two years ago, this was my "A" race and I planned to destroy the bike section. Well shortly after T1 there is a left turn out onto a semi-main street (4 lane, 2 each way). There was car traffic approaching the red light 300 - 400 yards out. There was already a line of slower riders from earlier waves on the right with cars in both lanes next to them, so I passed between cars. In retrospect this was really dumb. I was able to shoot through the cars and make the right fine (right turn lane was blocked off for the race). But what do you do there? If you go right, you have to do about 16 or less to the corner when I was doing 28+.... Siting on the car could be considered drafting, and would get me to the corner at about the same time as the slower riders.
Latter on the same course I was passed by a large pickup ~300 yards before a semi-technical right turn. He was all confuesed when he got to the corner beacuse police were there to stop traffic on the street we were turning on to. I took the apex right behind his bumper to make the turn, just as he started to go.
I won't do that tri again unless the roads are closed. Now I know what I did was dangerous in those situations, but what is the "correct" thing to do in RR, TT, and tri's in these types of situations so that you can still perform well, but don't have to risk getting taken out/pissing off cars/ doing something illegal.
Thanks.
Edited to emphasize car conflict
