Silly commuting racing

gtvlusso

Feltup wrote:

Valentino Rossi eat your heart out! Powerslides! I had the back wheel hung out so far I felt like a speedway star. Thank god I caught it. In reality it was more of a heart attack situation than showboating but it got the attention of a car further up the road; not sure whose eyes were wider!

19.5mph average this morning and still no one to try and scalp. Come on recession you are supposed to be converting people to cycling, where is everyone?

Nice scalping stories btw, makes me jealous.

When you do an "elbow save" a la Jezza McWilliams.....I will be impressed!

gtvlusso

DonDaddyD wrote:

You guys need to MTFU! Big time!

If you are going to listen to music during a scalp-fest, battle or outright war then the Mamsy-Pansy-sit-down-and-think-about-it drone of Coldplay, Moby or Radiohead is just flamming wrong.

There is nothing wong with this type of Music (you can throw Winehouse and Melua into this category) if your with a glass of red wine making sophisticated socials with friends. But FOR F8CK SAKE Moby when riding a bike, when SCRing, the thought is just disgusting!

Rage against the Machines specifically 'Killing in the name of' or 'Know your enemy' is the way forward...

Nirvana, Guns and Roses, Faith no More are also good choices. I prefer older school rock/grunge if my musical tastes are heading that way.

Seriously! Moby, Coldplay, Radiohead... when SCRing :shock: I'm disgusted. MTFU

And to add, if you want something a little more 'ethnic' Tupac, Wu Tang Clan, Nas, Eminem, Dre, Notorious BIG or any of the other decent rappers should get the blood pumping and the mindset into 'war mode'...

Also

Beenie Man, Buju Banton, Elephant Man, Cappleton and other ragga stars are great if to your liking.

If your still in 'ethnic' mode but are looking for a peaceful cruise, no SCR the:

Morgan Heritage, Mr B Marley, Luciano, Sanchez and the entire Burning Spear album....

Or more to the point - my i-tunes.

I love you and want to have your babies - Rage, Korn anything purely aggressive for SCR....Slipknot, Nirvana, Pearl Jam......Heavy it up baby!

DonDaddyD

SiHughes wrote:

DonDaddyD wrote:

Also, have you been scalped by a black man on a red road bike yet?

That gust of wind, that sounded like the word Scalp... yeah, er, that was me speeding straight past you and shouting at "scalp" at the same time... :roll:

:shock:

Unfortunately not sunshine! I have not been passed in a long while.

Also, even if you were to pass me, technically it would not be a scalp according to the FCN though I'm sure my soul would have harsh words with me.

I heard a conversation with your soul can be quite cathatic. I'll be only to glad to help you with your therapy... :twisted:

lost_in_thought

gtvlusso wrote:

DonDaddyD wrote:

Rage against the Machines specifically 'Killing in the name of' or 'Know your enemy' is the way forward...

Nirvana, Guns and Roses, Faith no More are also good choices. I prefer older school rock/grunge if my musical tastes are heading that way.

I love you and want to have your babies - Rage, Korn anything purely aggressive for SCR....Slipknot, Nirvana, Pearl Jam......Heavy it up baby!

Ahhhh my old friends... ratm, korn, a little bit of MM, disturbed, deftones, hed PE, POD, old skunk anansie, metallica for something lighter, I could go on all day... love it.

To the extent that from the age of 14 to about 20 I spent a lot of my leisure time in goth clubs, dressed accordingly... I still get all gothed up and head to the Electric Ballroom with friends occasionally for old time's sake... :shock:

My favourite RATM is 'fistful of steel'...

Makes me want to cycle with an iPod.

m0scs

DonDaddyD wrote:

You guys need to MTFU! Big time!

If you are going to listen to music during a scalp-fest, battle or outright war then the Mamsy-Pansy-sit-down-and-think-about-it drone of Coldplay, Moby or Radiohead is just flamming wrong.

There is nothing wong with this type of Music (you can throw Winehouse and Melua into this category) if your with a glass of red wine making sophisticated socials with friends. But FOR F8CK SAKE Moby when riding a bike, when SCRing, the thought is just disgusting!

Rage against the Machines specifically 'Killing in the name of' or 'Know your enemy' is the way forward...

Nirvana, Guns and Roses, Faith no More are also good choices. I prefer older school rock/grunge if my musical tastes are heading that way.

Seriously! Moby, Coldplay, Radiohead... when SCRing :shock: I'm disgusted. MTFU

And to add, if you want something a little more 'ethnic' Tupac, Wu Tang Clan, Nas, Eminem, Dre, Notorious BIG or any of the other decent rappers should get the blood pumping and the mindset into 'war mode'...

Also

Beenie Man, Buju Banton, Elephant Man, Cappleton and other ragga stars are great if to your liking.

If your still in 'ethnic' mode but are looking for a peaceful cruise, no SCR the:

Morgan Heritage, Mr B Marley, Luciano, Sanchez and the entire Burning Spear album....

Or more to the point - my i-tunes.

Wow, that was quite a rant.

Seeing I brought up Coldplay, in my defence I would have to say that it is the only Coldplay track I have on my ipod shuffle. "Message" is the music on Lance Armstrong medley of greatest scalps, so I thought it was appropiate for cycling.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kif_S8wwRRs

Anyway DDD, agreed that you need some fast and furious sounds to perform at your best.

I dont want to open up the whole "should you listen to music while cycling" debate, but it works for me.

itboffin

Who? what? apart from Bob M. I've never heard of these people. So much anger, anger and fear is the path to the dark side!

DonDaddyD

itboffin wrote:

Who? what? apart from Bob M. I've never heard of these people. So much anger, anger and fear is the path to the dark side!

<< Rubs freshly cut hair, intended to impress LiT, Jen, Lin and Corri' at the X-mas party... >>

My god Man!!! You wound me!!!

I'm so wounded I may have to log off! :shock:

Feltup

Faith no More - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Gna8GzfOa ... re=related that takes me back to the Marquee Club, on stage wih Mike Patton, well momentarily before he took a swing and I dived back into the crowd.

Music to stomp on those pedals to:

Janes Addiction- Strays
RATM
Pearl Jam but only stuff off Ten like Alive
Metallica
RHCP like Higher Ground ( how good is this song for that killer hill!)

tailwindhome

@Music to scalp by

AC/DC-Hells Bells & Heatseeker


Was thinking about this as I drove :oops: to work today

jonginge

Ah, the early nineties alt-rock heaven

A lot of the above are on my ipod (must reload FNM Angel Dust). A crazy track to turbo to is Ministry's Jesus built my hotrod....

Fave RATM track is probably 'wake up'

chriskempton

On the turbo painbox playlist:

Sugar - Tilted
RATM - Freedom
Cardiacs - Is This The Life
Ministry - Burning Inside
Rapeman - Just Got Paid
Nine Inch Nails - Head Like A Hole
Tad - Tuna Car
Mudhoney - Touch Me I'm Sick
Senser - Eject
Big Black - Kerosene

Warm up? What warm up?

jonginge

chriskempton wrote:

On the turbo painbox playlist:

Sugar - Tilted
RATM - Freedom
Cardiacs - Is This The Life
Ministry - Burning Inside
Rapeman - Just Got Paid
Nine Inch Nails - Head Like A Hole
Tad - Tuna Car
Mudhoney - Touch Me I'm Sick
Senser - Eject
Big Black - Kerosene

Warm up? What warm up?

In energy terms most of NIN Broken over Head Like A Hole

blackworx

This *has* to be the funniest, truest, most well-observed bit of cycling fun I've heard of in ages. Reading the first few pages of this thread I've been sitting here, ostensibly working, trying not to explode with mirth. By the time it got to the first mention of the Herman Safety Lollipop I actually had to get up and leave the room.

I fall into the hairy roadie category and sadly for me there's a dreadful lack of scalps to be had on my daily commute. I can only assume they all feel the faint rustle of my sonic shockwave and dive down side streets to cower in fear (ahem).

I got caught an absolute shocker this summer though; I got scalped so bad it hurts to this day.

There's a short, very quiet drag on my route where I rarely see any cyclists, much less any promising scalps. One sunny morning, at the bottom of said drag, I sailed past an apparently innocent-looking bloke on an old and heavy-looking road bike. You know the sort - about eight molecules of actual bike held together with fourteen tins of black Hammerite. He had the works: muddies, panniers, hub brakes, briefcase strapped to the back -- might as well have had a parcel shelf. That's not the worst of it though - he was dressed in his work clothes - a black suit with the jacket unbuttoned and blowing in the breeze, and leather loafers. I can only assume his bowler hat had been blown off. For my soul's sake I hope to god he had some sort of electrical assistance that I hadn't spotted, because otherwise the insistent buzz coming from his bike was - horror of horrors - the sound of a dynamo.

Within seconds of passing this guy it dawns on me that he's jumped on my wheel and he's not going away. Cheeky, thinks I. No matter, there's plenty gas in the tank, I'll just step on it a bit. So I push on, refusing to come off the saddle of course, since that would be tantamount to defeat (arrogant to the end - oh how little did I know what was in store for me) but all to no avail. I nearly get to the top of the drag without him passing me, but by the time he overhauls me I'm a wheezing wreck barely able to keep a straight face. The last I see of him is a grinning "cheerio old bean!" as he passes the half-wheel point and whizzes off into the distance.

I was so embarrassed and my ego so shattered that I held back to avoid running into him at the next set of lights. Mind you, that's what I'm telling myself. Deep down I know I couldn't have made it to those lights at the same time as him even if I tried.

Oh, and +1 for "WTF are you doing listening to Coldplay?!?" (or indeed anything for that matter).

lost_in_thought

Welcome blackworx! Great post!

Beware of the old bikes, it often means they've had them since they were new and shiny and therefore have the power to propel them along at a remarkable pace with minimal effort!

And enjoy the SCR-ing!

gtvlusso

And, of course, who could forget Sonic Youth....The yoof did more for me in my early teens than 90210 did.....

Jen J

Talking of music, I've just bought the brand spanking new Guns and Roses album

Roll on 5pm so I can go home and get it onto the ipod. (For running. :P )

blackworx

lost_in_thought wrote:

Welcome blackworx! Great post!

Beware of the old bikes, it often means they've had them since they were new and shiny and therefore have the power to propel them along at a remarkable pace with minimal effort!

And enjoy the SCR-ing!

Thanks ... and yes, it's definitely a case of once scalped, twice shy. I always take a good look around me at the bottom of that hill these days!

DonDaddyD

Jen J wrote:

Talking of music, I've just bought the brand spanking new Guns and Roses album

Roll on 5pm so I can go home and get it onto the ipod. (For running. :P )

When you listen to it. Honest review please!?

Feltup

To Blackworx

What a fantastic tale of woe. The scene was set perfectly and imagery beautiful.

Now MTFU and take that barsteward next time you see him

il_principe

Welcome. And beware old codgers, legs like sinewy steam pistons, lungs like a blacksmith's bellows.

jedster

Nirvana, Guns and Roses, Faith no More are also good choices. I prefer older school rock/grunge if my musical tastes are heading that way.

"older school"

I feel old

Bollox I am old...

blackworx

Feltup wrote:

To Blackworx

What a fantastic tale of woe. The scene was set perfectly and imagery beautiful.

Now MTFU and take that barsteward next time you see him

Oh for the chance. Never seen him since, like some crazy nomadic SCR hustler he disappeared over the horizon with his coat of many scalps.

Some day though...

Petromyzon

JonGinge wrote:

In energy terms most of NIN Broken over Head Like A Hole

Alas I have no commute at the moment, but I had to pop my head in to say that this is the right answer to all hurtbox-related music questions. "Wish there was something real, wish there was something true" *flails head until neck hurts*






*falls off bike*

jedster

not that I approve of all this rocked-up scring (artificial stimulents surely?)

here's my contribution, my favourite Scandi garage rock revivalists, The Hives

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsm2hSKkH7E

J

Feltup

blackworx wrote:

Oh for the chance. Never seen him since, like some crazy nomadic SCR hustler he disappeared over the horizon with his coat of many scalps.

Some day though...

Oh god, you mean to say that he may be down here in my neck of the woods

"coat of many scalps" makes me think of the suit of skins from Silence of the Lambs "it uses Head and Shoulders or it gets smoked again".

lost_in_thought

Feltup wrote:

blackworx wrote:

Oh for the chance. Never seen him since, like some crazy nomadic SCR hustler he disappeared over the horizon with his coat of many scalps.

Some day though...

Oh god, you mean to say that he may be down here in my neck of the woods

"coat of many scalps" makes me think of the suit of skins from Silence of the Lambs "it uses Head and Shoulders or it gets smoked again".

It made me think of Joseph and his coat of many colours....

I'll get me coat. :oops:

Littigator

Last night right...last night, I'm flying I mean really flying through Hyde Park heading down towards Kensington...bloke on a Bianchi Pista cuts in front of me from a side cycle track ( I was already on the road). I'm not having this, so I take him at pace. Reach the lights at the corner of the park, 20 seconds later he comes past and RLJs :evil:

Down Exhibition Road I take him again, next set of lights....he RLJs :evil: :evil:

Round South Ken down towards Chelsea, I take him comfortably again until he hops on to the pavement to avoid queued traffic....AAHHHHHHHHHH :evil: :evil: :evil:

This guy is now seriously p*ssing me off (did I mention he had no helmet no lights?!)

He disappears down some side street, I leave him and carry on my usual route at 'anger speed', pull up to lights waiting to cross Albert Bridge and who appears 20 seconds later from a pavement side angle but Mr PISta....I'm not sure who had the biggest look of shock on their face....but I know who won the scalp :twisted:

jonginge

jedster wrote:

not that I approve of all this rocked-up scring (artificial stimulents surely?)

My scalping is done in a zen-like state of inner calm without the intrusion of aural stimuli*

The turbo/rollers, however, can need some extra motivation.


heaving wheezyness, really

Jay dubbleU

There is only one form of music for MFTU and that is


MOTORHEAD :twisted: :twisted:

lost_in_thought

Jay dubbleU wrote:

There is only one form of music for MFTU and that is


MOTORHEAD :twisted: :twisted:

'Win some lose some it's all a game to me'

I'm not sure I'm with him on the lose some!

I'f I'm out on the snow, where I do wear an ipod, my 'epic and foolish speed' track is no leaf clover - the orchestral version.