2nd lap halfway up the west side had a rider wearing yellow shoes close from behind, I had a decent speed so I figured he'd blow past me but instead stayed behind about 15 feet off to the side
 
He stayed behind the rest of the way north and continued on the north part by NW Highway, Was heading south on the east side and of course blew the stop sign to the on/off ramp from Mockingbird. I noticed he stopped.
 
Kept going up Big Thicket and here he comes and gets around me at the museum/bath house
 
...then... (I need to start recording this stuff because I forget half the conversation)
 
Him: Are you retarded?
Me: What?
Him Are you fxxking retarded?
Me: You expect me to answer that?
Him: You blew through that stop sign back there
Me: So? Everyone does
Him: You ride like an a$$hole
Me: That's Mr A$$hole to you
Him: You ride like a fxxking a$$hole
Me: What's your point? (BTW I'm laughing during all this)
Him going through the barriers after the museum: Don't you need a flag on that thing
Me right behind: Nope why?
Him as I was passing: So people can see you
Me: I've ridden 15 years here and never had a problem, must be you
Him: You ride like an a$$hole old man and if your not careful I'll knock you off that bike
Me laughing: Come at me boy
 
Then I waved bye-bye which apparently caused him to speed up and ride 15 feet behind all the way south, then he turned off at the start of the Rails to Trails and headed south on the trail without saying another word, I of course yelled bye not sure he heard that
 
One thing I hate is thinking of stuff I should have said afterwards, apparently I'm an a$$hole because I ran a stop sign BUT heading north on the west side he ran the stop sign hitting the trail going under Mockingbird and while I didn't see it he had to have run the stop sign on the other side of Mockingbird because he was fairly close behind on the trail.
 
This guy must have been new can't wait to see him again
 
I love that lake!

Love it, Mark!!!

Quote from mleuck on Jun 19^th, 2018, 11:06pm:

 
I wish I had your demeanor. I am working on it. If I can get past the 1st 10 seconds, I tend to calm down enough to think. If the guy mouths off and leaves, I am ok. It is when they keep following me and saying things is where I am not at my best. Someone told me I reminded them of a rattlesnake. Leave me alone and I leave you alone. Keep messing with me, I will bite! Not proud of it, but that is the way I am. It is a work in progress.

Quote from jrob_bent on Jun 20^th, 2018, 9:32am:

 
If you get mad then it starts to escalate into something you don't really want but if you laugh at em they know what they are doing isn't working (unless they are psychotic or something), he was the first to keep following me afterwards not to be a threat but guess he just wanted me to fast pace him going south, most of the time they back off or get dropped, one of these days it might come to blows but until then it's lots of fun
 
I only spout off when they do, most of the time other riders like today just hang back and ride along, had a couple of pretty fast ones that didn't say a word
 
I think MAYBE 5 riders out there can't stand me, I can't tell you how many compliments I get and many thank me for pulling them along

Question for you Mark. Do you run a dropped chain setup and if so, does it help with the speed? I still have the factory setup on my Baron. If it indeed helps even just a tad, I might try it.
 
Thanks.
Jerry