You won't win a bicycle race with that strategy. Won't even get close. You'll burn up all your energy being in the lead, not able to take advantage of drafting

You won't win a bicycle race with that strategy. Won't even get close. You'll burn up all your energy being in the lead, not able to take advantage of drafting in a peloton, and you'll be far behind in the end. Cycling is a different sport than running. It's a lot faster, and air resistance scales with velocity squared. And secondly, if Ron and Steve say they're going to race all-out, and then do so, then they're being honorable. They're not violating their word. Big difference between that and then giving your word you're going to take a different tack, but then betray the other person when it's advantageous to do so.