[Stu]

Originally Posted by petevtwin650

i like being a marker. I have done it before and have the confidence and experience to position myself so that i can be clearly seen to all the following bikes. I also enjoy progressing back to the front as usually a rideout pace may be slower than i prefer to travel. I may inadvertendly buzz someone or been perceived to do so. We are not all perfect riders all of the time. You cannot vet all the riders on a rideout whether they be markers or not. I have had bikes i'm passing pull out in front of me without looking or indicating. **** happens. At the end of the day we are all mates together as far as i'm concerned.

I do get a buzz from doing marking but also feel i'm helping, in a very small way, towards the smooth running of everybodies day.

+1

Originally Posted by mattsv

i would have been very happy to have been an 'official' marker, not because i wanted to 'feel special' to to have 'the right to blat through the pack' more because i would have felt that i had been able to help and contribute something to the day.

+1