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Message: [QUOTE="DKT735, post: 144828, member: 17690"] I think there is two issues here. First, yelling at a rider ahead of you or pulling in the clutch and reving your engine to let them know that your back there and want to pass is perfectly acceptable in my opinion. At enduros I normally yell "hey" or rev the engine. Most of the riders in the circuit I race in are courtous and will let you by. One thing though, unless the trail is very narrow don't pull over to one side. Simply brake sooner going into a corner or take a wide line. If the trail is wide enough, simply hold your line, the faster rider will pick a line to get around you and not make contact. I've accidently hit riders that tried to get out the way but didn't know that they pulled over on the same side that I was trying to pass them on. I think that Firecracker22 is mad at people that use yelling as a way to intimidate another rider and make a pass that way. In that context, I agree, it is very poor sportsmanship. At a race this spring, a rider on my minute kept yelling at me at the start of each special test and his buddy tried to knock me off my bike at the start. What is ironic about this is that I was faster than them and simply left them behind. Yet they chose to play their little games at each test. Reynome was on my minute also and we paid them back by soundly beating them in each and every test. Reynome and I are hoping to get these two on our minute again. If they start playing their little games again, oh well can you say ramfest sandwich? In the issue of running over another riders tire or bike, I will run over another bikes tire that happens to crash in a rut that I'm trying to get through. I won't run over someones body or whole bike. However, if you crash and are having a hard time getting your bike up, it's the riders responsibliity to do so as quickly as possible so you don't create a bottleneck. I've been the one stuck behind a rider that caused a bottleneck and I've been a rider that started a bottleneck. Neither is a good situation but it happens and is part of racing. [/QUOTE]

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