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  • asprilla
    asprilla Posts: 8,440
    Il Principe wrote:
    JonGinge wrote:
    I passed an entire peloton approaching the DSC today :D

    You can Tri-and-Run but you can't hide. In fact you got found out...
    :lol:

    Heh heh, nothing like overtaking Tri's. Last time I was at my folks house I went out on one of my standard loops along the coast. Managed to land slap bang in the middle of a Triathlon and took scalps left and right, I was just sitting on the hoods doing 30mph or so (flat road, coastal tailwind). Poor idiots looked quite put out. Obvio I had a huge advantage with my fresh legs, but it was still might satisfying, I like to think they could hear the distinctive "whump whump" of my deep rims as I came up behind them... :wink:

    They should have had fresh legs too, they shouldn't be using their legs in the swim.
    Mud - Genesis Vapour CCX
    Race - Fuji Norcom Straight
    Sun - Cervelo R3
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  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Il Principe wrote:
    I like to think they could hear the distinctive "whump whump" of my deep rims as I came up behind them... :wink:

    This is a sound I'm hoping to acquaint myself this weeked. :D
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • Stelvio_W
    Stelvio_W Posts: 25
    cjcp wrote:
    Il Principe wrote:
    I like to think they could hear the distinctive "whump whump" of my deep rims as I came up behind them... :wink:

    This is a sound I'm hoping to acquaint myself this weeked. :D

    Doing the London Tri ?
  • OldSkoolKona
    OldSkoolKona Posts: 655
    Was eerriely quiet this morning, first time doing my uk commute for some time and, man, was it good to be back :-)
  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    edited August 2010
    <grump>I want deep-section carbon wheels</grump>

    <flounce hairflick="true"/>
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  • MonkeyMonster
    MonkeyMonster Posts: 4,629
    cjcp wrote:
    Il Principe wrote:
    I like to think they could hear the distinctive "whump whump" as I came up behind them... :wink:

    This is a sound I'm hoping to acquaint myself this weeked. :D

    Hmmm... you two need to get a room - perhaps this weekend? 8)
    Le Cannon [98 Cannondale M400] [FCN: 8]
    The Mad Monkey [2013 Hoy 003] [FCN: 4]
  • flamite
    flamite Posts: 269
    cjcp, was that you this monring in the kw shorts? you overtook along millibank and a few other times, drafting that lorry thorugh b/friars tunnel? i was on blue dolan...

    hungover morning, and grumpy, hence the lack of convo...
  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155
    cjcp wrote:
    Il Principe wrote:
    I like to think they could hear the distinctive "whump whump" of my deep rims as I came up behind them... :wink:

    This is a sound I'm hoping to acquaint myself this weeked. :D

    You not ridden your Carbon's yet!?

    Maybe see you in RP, I'm planning a ride sometime on sat - a JG 6 lap special, then a pootle with my Bro on Sun if his new Focus arrives in time.
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    JonGinge wrote:
    <grump>I want deep-section carbon wheels</grump>

    <flounce hairflick="true"/>

    You do indeed. Imagine, you could be riding some before August is out.
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155
    cjcp wrote:
    JonGinge wrote:
    <grump>I want deep-section carbon wheels</grump>

    <flounce hairflick="true"/>

    You do indeed. Imagine, you could be riding some before August is out.

    Doooooooooooo iiiiiiiiiitttttttttttttttt....
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Il Principe wrote:
    cjcp wrote:
    Il Principe wrote:
    I like to think they could hear the distinctive "whump whump" of my deep rims as I came up behind them... :wink:

    This is a sound I'm hoping to acquaint myself this weeked. :D

    You not ridden your Carbon's yet!?

    Maybe see you in RP, I'm planning a ride sometime on sat - a JG 6 lap special, then a pootle with my Bro on Sun if his new Focus arrives in time.

    ONly a ride around the block so far - had to avoid fettling and bike stuff after the Marmotte to get the brownie points back up. :)

    Pierced the front tube fitting the damn thing last weekend. Need to buy some talc.

    Yep, planning on a ride on Sunday evening. Not six laps though. No chance.
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • notsoblue
    notsoblue Posts: 5,756
    MonkeyMonster wrote:
    Bit late I know, but last nights ride home was rather nice - lovely to see they've covered over the grand canyon at black friars with some velvet gloriousness you can lay some sweet lovin down on.

    Yeah, I noticed that, its lovely. They must have resurfaced that section pretty quickly one night because I AFAIK there weren't any daytime roadworks all week! Very efficient, I like.
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  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    flamite wrote:
    cjcp, was that you this monring in the kw shorts? you overtook along millibank and a few other times, drafting that lorry thorugh b/friars tunnel? i was on blue dolan...

    hungover morning, and grumpy, hence the lack of convo...

    Yep, that was me! The chap on the Boardman was on your left through the tunnel - I was about 20 yards back because I'd got caught behind a white van before the tunnel.
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • georgee
    georgee Posts: 537
    In 14 miles I manage to only take one scalp thismorning despite a decent speed, sadly leaving the house at 5:45 meant there were no cyclists on the roads. I almost took some chap on a white spesh hybrid but he jumped the lights and had some utter weapon in Hanover Sq who could not do more to keep sticking himself on any part of the road I was moving into. in total I think I came across 3 heading my way.
  • Clever Pun
    Clever Pun Posts: 6,778
    good fun on the boris bike yesterday, needed to sit quite far back to put the hammer down. Heavy bike but using the gearing nullifies that. I did nearly 6 miles on it and my bum was starting to ache a little after that

    I dropped a lycra'd hybrid rider who was clipped in... I saw him got the measure of him then went past freewheeling just to add to the humilation....

    Sadly he was the only bike I saw.

    Taxi's certainly gave me a load of space and I think people seemed genuinely surprised I was filtering as well

    good fun to ride but only really short distances
    Purveyor of sonic doom

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  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    Yeah, definitely not a long-distance bike.

    Rode the old commuter down to the tube, (my knees still v ouchy and was up late geeking) and it felt a lot more comfortable than the boris bike.
    FCN 7/1
    Viner Maxima, Tifosi CK7, Giant Bowery, Old commuter.
  • OldSkoolKona
    OldSkoolKona Posts: 655
    Clever Pun wrote:
    I dropped a lycra'd hybrid rider who was clipped in... I saw him got the measure of him then went past freewheeling just to add to the humilation....
    This is where we need to link in that thread about how to humiliate best when passing a higher FCN cyclist. Perhaps, smoking a pipe while wearing tweed? Wearing a top hat? That sort of thing.
  • CXXC
    CXXC Posts: 237
    scalped my first scooter this morning :D

    I was sat alongside in the ASL on jamaica road heading towards tower bridge, he pulled away slightly quicker than me but I sized him up as riding a 50cc, so quickly shifted into the big ring and began to reel him in, briefly sat in his slipstream as i contemplated whether i could make this stick and if he was at full throttle.....suppose there's only 1 way to find out......

    so i upped the effort and made the pass and it stuck :lol: and as i pulled clear i could hear the engine screaming behind me, but i like to think it was him crying into his helmet.

    a quick glance down at the comp said 41kph, methinks he needs a 100cc!
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  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    OldSkoolKona wrote:
    Clever Pun wrote:
    I dropped a lycra'd hybrid rider who was clipped in... I saw him got the measure of him then went past freewheeling just to add to the humilation....
    This is where we need to link in that thread about how to humiliate best when passing a higher FCN cyclist. Perhaps, smoking a pipe while wearing tweed? Wearing a top hat? That sort of thing.
    Comme ci?
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    FCN 2-4 "Shut up legs", Jens Voigt
    Planet-x Scott
    Rides
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    CXXC wrote:
    scalped my first scooter this morning :D

    I was sat alongside in the ASL on jamaica road heading towards tower bridge, he pulled away slightly quicker than me but I sized him up as riding a 50cc, so quickly shifted into the big ring and began to reel him in, briefly sat in his slipstream as i contemplated whether i could make this stick and if he was at full throttle.....suppose there's only 1 way to find out......

    so i upped the effort and made the pass and it stuck :lol: and as i pulled clear i could hear the engine screaming behind me, but i like to think it was him crying into his helmet.

    a quick glance down at the comp said 41kph, methinks he needs a 100cc!

    Chapeau!
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • Pufftmw
    Pufftmw Posts: 1,941
    Nothing, nada, rein, diddly squit :( I'm no Lance Armstrong or anything but I'm not getting any challenges or even someone having a sniff. Maybe its my route or the time of day but despite a couple of fast looking bikes nothing came near. Boring.

    Instead I had a run in with a coach - 3 lanes on OKR coming up to the roundabout with New Kent Road & I want to turn right at the roundabout - road splits Bus+1 lane to left, 2 lanes to right. Soo, I was on the left side of the middle lane, had also just overtaken a stationary bus and I'm shortly going to take that fork/filter to the right. Coach comes up behind me and toots, like why not be patient or move into outside lane, accelerate past me and pull again? Hmm...
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    2009 Scott Spark 60

    2010 Ghost 5000

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    2012 Commencal Meta AM1
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Pufftmw wrote:
    Nothing, nada, rein, diddly squit :( I'm no Lance Armstrong or anything but I'm not getting any challenges or even someone having a sniff. Maybe its my route or the time of day but despite a couple of fast looking bikes nothing came near. Boring.

    It's time you freed yourself from this pain and stepped into the light: Go west, young man, along Embankment, left over Battersea Bridge and then back east along the south bank. You should get much more action. :D
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,541
    cjcp wrote:
    Pufftmw wrote:
    Nothing, nada, rein, diddly squit :( I'm no Lance Armstrong or anything but I'm not getting any challenges or even someone having a sniff. Maybe its my route or the time of day but despite a couple of fast looking bikes nothing came near. Boring.

    It's time you freed yourself from this pain and stepped into the light: Go west, young man, along Embankment, left over Battersea Bridge and then back east along the south bank. You should get much more action. :D

    He speaks the truth. There are little pockets of action elsewhere, but the Big E is by far the most reliable source of some decent competition. I held out for Balham Dragstrip and Kennington Road for a while, but the Embankment is where it's at.
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  • MonkeyMonster
    MonkeyMonster Posts: 4,629
    tis true - if you really want a challenge I can pretty much guarantee you one. Unless you're CJ/Ginge/CP quick I'll chase and make you earn the keeping of your scalp or just take it.
    Le Cannon [98 Cannondale M400] [FCN: 8]
    The Mad Monkey [2013 Hoy 003] [FCN: 4]
  • Pufftmw
    Pufftmw Posts: 1,941
    Does that mean I have to dump my girlfriend and go through the effort of finding one that lives West or South West? Or shall I lurk, vulture like on the slip road from Blackfriars Bridge and await prey that comes slowly up out of the underpass, spent and tired?
    1997 Gary Fisher Big Sur

    2009 Scott Spark 60

    2010 Ghost 5000

    2011 Commencal Ramones AL1

    2012 Commencal Meta AM1
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Pufftmw wrote:
    Does that mean I have to dump my girlfriend and go through the effort of finding one that lives West or South West? Or shall I lurk, vulture like on the slip road from Blackfriars Bridge and await prey that comes slowly up out of the underpass, spent and tired?

    You're a fast learner :wink:
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,541
    Which reminds me CJ, you owe me a new pair of legs; mine are proper hurty today. It's either your fault or that cheeky pint of Doom Bar.
    1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
    Pinnacle Monzonite

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  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    Passed a chap on a cervelo soloist on Cheyne walk this morning. He was wearing a cervelo gilet, cervelo jersey and cervelo shorts. Was also wearing a cap, it may have been a CTT one...
    FCN 2-4 "Shut up legs", Jens Voigt
    Planet-x Scott
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  • asprilla
    asprilla Posts: 8,440
    JonGinge wrote:
    Passed a chap on a cervelo soloist on Cheyne walk this morning. He was wearing a cervelo gilet, cervelo jersey and cervelo shorts. Was also wearing a cap, it may have been a CTT one...

    Was it Thor Hushovd?
    Mud - Genesis Vapour CCX
    Race - Fuji Norcom Straight
    Sun - Cervelo R3
    Winter / Commute - Dolan ADX
  • MonkeyMonster
    MonkeyMonster Posts: 4,629
    Pufftmw wrote:
    Or shall I lurk, vulture like on the slip road from Blackfriars Bridge and await prey that comes slowly up out of the underpass, spent and tired?

    :D

    Sounds good - i'll pick you up at that point after coming over the bridge and turning down onto the racetrack.
    Le Cannon [98 Cannondale M400] [FCN: 8]
    The Mad Monkey [2013 Hoy 003] [FCN: 4]

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