Silly commuting racing

MonkeyMonster

cjcp wrote:

@MonkeyMonster - I'll be in RP tonight for a couple of clockwise laps.

Rest day for legs me but gym at lunch. Clockwise you say... I always knew you were a nutcase.

Happy riding - weather looks awesome out there. I did take more than a few scalps SCR walking this morning though.

redvee

Got pseudo scalped by a Brompton this morning :oops: but as it was as we pulled away from a set of TLs I remained intact, if not then I blame the 500ft of climbing in 4.5 miles I did yesterday. Rode the A420 from Warmly to the A46 RBT purely for the descent into Bath, the Garmin maxxed out at 44.5 in a 50 zone and still cars overtook on double white lines.

il_principe

Bassjunkieuk wrote:

Quick note to the chap on the black Trek (I think) roadie with aero bars in Camberwell this morning.....if you insist on putting tri bars on your commute bike then please try and put in some effort! I can only assume you have some sort of race this evening that you are saving yourself for.....

People with Tri Bars are always slow. FACT. As proved by the numerous triathletes that I scalped in kent on Sunday.* Marshman

*We'll ignore the fact that I was partaking in a little 10mile TT of my own, whereas they'd already swam and run.

will3

Il Principe wrote:

Bassjunkieuk wrote:

Quick note to the chap on the black Trek (I think) roadie with aero bars in Camberwell this morning.....if you insist on putting tri bars on your commute bike then please try and put in some effort! I can only assume you have some sort of race this evening that you are saving yourself for.....

People with Tri Bars are always slow. FACT. As proved by the numerous triathletes that I scalped in kent on Sunday.* Marshman

*We'll ignore the fact that I was partaking in a little 10mile TT of my own, whereas they'd already swam and run.

I went past one on my MTB once. Whilst towing a trailer full of shopping.

Clever Pun

IP cycling after running in a triathalon? I always thought running was last?

There are some fast people out there with tri bars.. I've got to have seen at least 2. but they make for targets, as soon as I see some all pain is forgotten and victory strives me forward

asprilla

I feel slower with tri bars, but the figures don't bare out.

kelsen

To be fair, people with tri-bars usually train for 3 disciplines so cycling may not be their strongest event, whereas people here are generally specialists in one - silly commuting racing!

cjcp

I have a (very flimsy) theory: tri-bars are deceptive. If you see them on the commute, this tends to indicate that the rider only has one bike, which is used for all purposes, and so is less likely to be as quick as someone without tri-bars because there's a chance they have a second, "race" or "nice" bike, so it's the latter you have to look out for more often than not.

Discuss. (I'm not counting the number of times I've been absolutely creamed by Cervelo TT bikes and the like in RP.)

asprilla

If they have tri bars (clip on) then they probably (like me) aren't a very good or experianced triathlete and just do them for fun, otherwise they would have invested in a full on TT bike.

I got some aero bars because they were cheap and because I'll take any flimsy advantage I can to make sure I beat my mate at the weekend (he's riding a hardtail mtb with slicks so if he beats me over the TT I'm leaving the country and getting a new identity).

Course all tri bar discussion is made null and void by the guy who goes from Walton to Kingston in a morning with them on his MTB. He's got calves the size of my head and he dropped me as I was doing 24mph into the morning headwind. He's not so much aero as draped or slumped over the bike. I know someone else here has seen him in RP.

ChrisLS

...Hello everyone...haven't been on here for a while, not easy at work now, hope you are all still riding well...

mtb-idle

had a great commute home last night despite the reasonably strong headwind.

First off got chatting to a guy on a very nice looking Chris Shrubb frame. Ah yes, you're the guy with the long commute he says to me (I've spoken to him in the past and obviously forgotten).

He headed off at South Wimbledon but three other riders headed the same way as me towards Morden and Ewell. this in itself is unusual as normally see no commuting action past Morden

we were all of a similar speed and I teamed up with another rider to hunt down the slightly faster guy at the front. We caught him and then the fourth guy hooked onto the back.

There was an unspoken agreement to stop playing games and all four of us worked as a team for the last four miles of my journey which is a bit easier on the longer, quieter stretches of road once you get further out and we steamed home in record time.

Cheers guys, whoever you are.

kelsen

MTB-Idle wrote:

There was an unspoken agreement to stop playing games and all four of us worked as a team for the last four miles of my journey which is a bit easier on the longer, quieter stretches of road once you get further out and we steamed home in record time.

Eh? Where's that in the SCR rulebook? Isn't this a situation where you play cat and mouse with each other and try to drop your opponents one by one?

mtb-idle

another day maybe. This was one for working together.

Bassjunkieuk

kelsen wrote:

MTB-Idle wrote:

There was an unspoken agreement to stop playing games and all four of us worked as a team for the last four miles of my journey which is a bit easier on the longer, quieter stretches of road once you get further out and we steamed home in record time.

Eh? Where's that in the SCR rulebook? Isn't this a situation where you play cat and mouse with each other and try to drop your opponents one by one?

Could make for an interesting variant, team SCR :-) JG and CJ, the Gregs, me and DDD etc :-)

I personally think it would lead to carnage of the highest order!

W1

I scalped a roadie this morning on the Millbank wind tunnel. He was so hunched over the drops I though he was grinding his nose with the front wheel. For this - and this alone - I ensured I was sat bolt upright on my hybrid as I gracefully passed him.

Greg T

cjcp wrote:

tri-bars are deceptive.

They are - they deceived some well fit burd that her boyfriend was worth something and not a beta male and bed wetter that I proved him to be by reaming him stupid on the long hill running up to Richmond gate (anti-clock).

The look of broken dreams etched on his face as I did him in the big ring on the hoods -with his girlfriend wishing she was mine in his draught as he was tucked in on his tri bars - priceless.

I would have offered her a tow - but she was sullied by association with his wetness.

Bassjunkieuk

Good form W1! I had a RLJer on a hybrid this morning through Dulwich Village that I did my best to past uphill with as little outward effort displayed as possible - yes he was below me in the FCN but he had a MASSIVE lead after the last RLJ.........

W1

Bassjunkieuk wrote:

Good form W1! I had a RLJer on a hybrid this morning through Dulwich Village that I did my best to past uphill with as little outward effort displayed as possible - yes he was below me in the FCN but he had a MASSIVE lead after the last RLJ.........

Still satisfying.

To be honest now the summer is here all-the-gear-no-idea-fair-weather-drafting-fairy-numpties are out and about, so I barely notice all the scalps along the Embankment anymore. But this guy was so ridiculous and trying so hard that I couldn't just pass him like the usual lot - I had to pass him and rub salt into his now scalpless head.

Aidy

Bassjunkieuk wrote:

Good form W1! I had a RLJer on a hybrid this morning through Dulwich Village that I did my best to past uphill with as little outward effort displayed as possible - yes he was below me in the FCN but he had a MASSIVE lead after the last RLJ.........

My favourite game is to spin up behind them, and then overtake them by freewheeling uphill

il_principe

W1 wrote:

Bassjunkieuk wrote:

Good form W1! I had a RLJer on a hybrid this morning through Dulwich Village that I did my best to past uphill with as little outward effort displayed as possible - yes he was below me in the FCN but he had a MASSIVE lead after the last RLJ.........

Still satisfying.

To be honest now the summer is here all-the-gear-no-idea-fair-weather-drafting-fairy-numpties are out and about, so I barely notice all the scalps along the Embankment anymore. But this guy was so ridiculous and trying so hard that I couldn't just pass him like the usual lot - I had to pass him and rub salt into his now scalpless head.

That's prob what people think of me commuting on a sodding Pinarello Prince atm. Talk about painting a massive target on your back, I spend each ride in a constant state of barely constrained fear. Every time another roadie looks at me at the lights I feel I should explain that I don't normally commute on the Pina...

Need to get the SS up and running pronto!

bigmat

Had some nice racing on the way in this morning with a guy on a Klein MTB, lovely bike, I always fancied one of those. He had good speed from Clapham until he turned off after Oval, I reckon it was probably a draw as he got a lead through traffic in the final stretch but then got stuck at a red light filtering left as I cruised past going straight on. Question is, was he above or below me in the FCN? He had suspesion forks, but then he also had skinnier wheels and a significantly lighter / better frame...

Bassjunkieuk

MatHammond wrote:

Had some nice racing on the way in this morning with a guy on a Klein MTB, lovely bike, I always fancied one of those. He had good speed from Clapham until he turned off after Oval, I reckon it was probably a draw as he got a lead through traffic in the final stretch but then got stuck at a red light filtering left as I cruised past going straight on. Question is, was he above or below me in the FCN? He had suspesion forks, but then he also had skinnier wheels and a significantly lighter / better frame...

I'm sure I've seen a Klein along that stretch, remember when I spotted it getting all nostalgic as it took me back to many years ago when I was window shopping at my local Evans :-) Around the same time that full-sus MTB's where considered exotic and Trek had those lovely Y-Bikes out!

cjcp

Greg T wrote:

cjcp wrote:

tri-bars are deceptive.

They are - they deceived some well fit burd that her boyfriend was worth something and not a beta male and bed wetter that I proved him to be by reaming him stupid on the long hill running up to Richmond gate (anti-clock).

The look of broken dreams etched on his face as I did him in the big ring on the hoods -with his girlfriend wishing she was mine in his draught as he was tucked in on his tri bars - priceless.

I would have offered her a tow - but she was sullied by association with his wetness.

When was this? Last night? Was the female wearing a light blue top?

Clever Pun

Bassjunkieuk wrote:

kelsen wrote:

MTB-Idle wrote:

There was an unspoken agreement to stop playing games and all four of us worked as a team for the last four miles of my journey which is a bit easier on the longer, quieter stretches of road once you get further out and we steamed home in record time.

Eh? Where's that in the SCR rulebook? Isn't this a situation where you play cat and mouse with each other and try to drop your opponents one by one?

Could make for an interesting variant, team SCR :-) JG and CJ, the Gregs, me and DDD etc :-)

I personally think it would lead to carnage of the highest order!

I personally think it'd lead to DDD being lost and alone, then maybe JG coming back to pick him up as he's too nice (unless it's a hill)

Craggers

I got all geronimo on this guys ass this morning.....a hipster riding what looked to me like ridiculously spinny gearing (prob why I managed to pass him at light speed)

What's the deal with those circular bits of cardboard in their wheels?? Hipsters should be more concerned with their drag co-efficient if they don't wanna be shown up in front of their hipster groupies.

I love scalping hipsters but it does seem like a hollow victory

Greg T

cjcp wrote:

When was this? Last night? Was the female wearing a light blue top?

This was few weeks ago - however there can't be that many boy/girl tri bar combos doing laps - did she look sad and a little disappointed with her "choice"....?

itboffin

I'll be at Regents Park in 15-20 mins if any fancies a tussle

Clever Pun

Craggers wrote:

I got all geronimo on this guys ass this morning.....a hipster riding what looked to me like ridiculously spinny gearing (prob why I managed to pass him at light speed)

What's the deal with those circular bits of cardboard in their wheels?? Hipsters should be more concerned with their drag co-efficient if they don't wanna be shown up in front of their hipster groupies.

I love scalping hipsters but it does seem like a hollow victory

depends where you sit on the ladder, if you're on a roadbike they're just flotsam and jetsam I'm afraid

Craggers

depends where you sit on the ladder, if you're on a roadbike they're just flotsam and jetsam I'm afraid

I ride a langster fixed so I reckon they're in my league...it just seems like they'e more concerned with not getting sweaty/messing up their hair than they are in SCR....wish they would try harder!

greg66_tri_v2.0

Il Principe wrote:

That's prob what people think of me commuting on a sodding Pinarello Prince atm. Talk about painting a massive target on your back, I spend each ride in a constant state of barely constrained fear. Every time another roadie looks at me at the lights I feel I should explain that I don't normally commute on the Pina...

Need to get the SS up and running pronto!

Man

The

Fcuk

Up.

Revel in carrying a target. Let them come in their waves! They shall merely crash upon the rocks of armageddon!

That's what I tell meself, anyway.