competitiveness on leisure/normal rides?

jmeadows

when you are out on your own just on a normal ride does anyone see another rider ahead and target them to catch and pass?
or have you been passed whilst giving it some and tried to pull the gap back in?
am i alone in this mentality or are there others? :twisted:

theman1001

All the time, but on a couple of my favourite road routes the only other cyclists I meet are on road bikes, I have a bit of trouble keeping up!

delcol

nearly every night on my leisurely commute to work.. :shock: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:




i see antoher cyclist and that inner demon kicks in i just got ta do it i have to pass then i arrive at work all sweaty and tired...

i'm even worse on the way home as i actually want to get home so no one stands a chance. i am still undefeated in my commute races. :roll:

i even done it on my mtb i must confess out on the trails,..

does any one know of a cure for that fire in the belly.

jmeadows

haha! luv it! its a winners mentality, thats what i tell myself anyway :twisted:

Captain Turok

jmeadows

i had a t shirt with that on once, great saying!

grantway

Yep indeed so and even better when you tell the lightening XC guys
to get the f8ck out the way on those rough downs

jmeadows

do you mean politely ask them to shuffle over?

dave_hill

I agree with Homer Simpson -

"There's no point in trying, because you'll only fail...!"

Too old to bother competing with anybody - I'll do my thing and screw everybody else!

FENNER

I'm competative with myself :oops:

I push myself to the point of not being able to walk for a few minutes when I get home when I go out on my own !

So I must be wierder than you lot

Laters

Cps

Yep been there and done it

My excuse to myself is that it helps me judge my fitness levels .

And its even better when I merk a younger rider up a long climb - Makes you forget how old you are :P.


But it does kill in the end because I always push it to make sure they never get back past me.

warm18

its inherent in all bikers i feel. its good for fitness as it makes you go faster and its good for your pride. it works the other way too, if i see someone slowly gaining on me ill always push it to try and get away from them....doesnt always work though :shock:

pittpony

Always... The closer to work i get the more cyclists i see going the same way and the harder i pedal to overtake them :oops: I was hoping to grow out of it but i don't think its likely! Not so much on the trails though as I rarely see anyone other than the people i'm riding with!

MilitantGraham

When you wear lycra on your commute, you have to overtake everyone. It's the rules.

jmeadows

fenner- i do that 2, sick as it may be, i like the torture :evil: :twisted:

toasty

Yup, I chase people on the trails every time I go out The worst thing is when you rag yourself stupid catching them, then they move to let you by, followed by pootling along at 5mph recovering :S

The more expensive their bike the more satisfying it is, very sad I know :roll:

frayz

I know its shallow but even out on a leisurely ride with the girlfriend the other day i wouldnt let her go in front.

Every time she tried to cycle past... id pedal that little harder so she couldnt ha h aha

Thewaylander

The only people i decide to chase and keep up with is any nice ladies on the trails with a nice bum.

the rest can do what the hell they like! cos im gonna pootle along at my own pace. thats my winning attitude hehe

FSR_XC

Got caught by a roadie riding home after a little XC.

When I continued to ride with him (he wasn't going to actually pass me!), he commented how he been trying for ages to catch me.

There's nought like racin'

ashleymp777

I love roadie chasing on my ride into work, its what keeps me fit.

Advantage I have, is that when I get near Greenwich the road surface suddenly deteriorates all the way into London, so the guys on their skinny wheels have to do some serious avoidance riding! I fly straight over the bumps/ruts and can happily keep up then!

Belv

Always!

I will definitely chase anyone down, but will only overtake if i'm pretty sure i can pull away - this usually results in a fast chase, a mile or so of resting and evaluating, then a subtle sprint away (to make it look like i always travel at that speed) for as long as i can maintain!

It's very sad but still happens every time....

lol

jmeadows

its not sad, its great! i would doubt anyone who says they havent done it or been tempted

delcol

lol

roadieeeeeeeeeee chasing that reminds on morning last year on my way home from work i see a lycra clad roadieeeeeee on his super carbon bike he pulled out about 100 metre up the road looked at me in my high vis cycling gear laughed then shot off i chased him down caught up with him and stayed with him. he kept looking back over his shoulder changing up his gears out of the saddle trying to blitz me i just stayed slipp streaming him the look on his face as he couldnt shake me was priceless then he turned off down a country lane :evil: :twisted:

made me feel good though keeping up with a super fit lycra glad roadieeeeeeeeeeeee im glad he turned off when he did cause i dont know how long i could hold his pace and we all know that backing off into submission aint an option its torture all the way.

FENNER

jmeadows wrote:

fenner- i do that 2, sick as it may be, i like the torture :evil: :twisted:

Thank fook for that I thought it was just me :roll:

Laters

dunker

i'm not the only one with an inner scoresheet am i? hehe

benneally

I suffer from the 'catch and destroy' bug so severly i think i am possesed! I really struggle to ride at a relaxed pace, everything i do is 100%. As such if i see anyone ahead of me i will drill it until i have passed them. Even on Dofe gold (on a fully laden mountain bike) i had to overtake this geeza on a road bike...payed the price later, it was a hard 100km ride!

Amos

I always try to catch other cyclists on climbs. I gave up trying to catch people on descents as I had a few too many sketchy moments!