Q6. Is there any etiquette around drafting off of strangers?
I'm familiar with group rides where drafting and maneuvering in a group is expected and wanted, and you will take your turn at the apex burning up your legs. And once I overtook a buddy on a stylish slow unpowered bike in a headwind and told him to tuck in behind and let the power of the electron flow do its thing.
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When it happened, it was weird, because because all of a sudden someone was all in my space. They didn't say anything, they just tucked in behind me. I kept on riding. It must have been 10 minutes or so before they eventually passed me and kept going.
I didn't like it because it felt intrusive. I did some quick searching and I don't think it would have slowed me down aerodynamically.
I wouldn't do it to someone else unless I were having a hard time and felt that I needed to in order to make it somewhere in time.
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