whats wrong with you guys?

baccodaddy

i race mtb all over europe and today after a training run decided to do last 4 miles on road with 20psi fat tyres .a roadie pulls up behind me at the traffic lights and when the lights go green he blast past me on the flat and then struggles on the hill.why?? i train through the winter on a road bike and to be quite frank the guy was poor to say the least ,but why is it when you see a mtb rider you feel there,s something to prove.my granny could be fast on a road bike .abuse commence!!! (elite guys ignore i know your better than that)

redddraggon

Perhaps it was Mark Cavendish? Apparently he can't climb.

st68

i use my mtb for my winter rides with big fat tyres & its bloody hard work but tonight i went passed a roadie so the hard works paying off but i always feel guilty overtaking any cyclist i dont know why i just do but i always acknowledge whoever i pass with a friendly greeting

fuzzynavel

I used to ride a mountain bike on the roads and now I am an unshaven roadie. I get a bit of a buzz if I fly past someone who is obviously pushing hard on their chosen machine...whether it is a MTB or another roadie....I always have FCN numbers in the back of my head!

I am no elite rider but I have never been re-passed by any of my foes to date....It is just bad form if you fly past someone and then blowup at the next hill.

damage36

If I'm on my roadbike and someone else is on knobbly MTB tyres, I do feel obliged to pass them. Thats largely because the default bike in the UK is an MTB, and most of them are ridden by people who get on a bike to go from A to B, and don't take it seriously.
If I saw someone on a properly good MTB, who's kit hinted at some serious cycling, then I would only bother going around them if I was faster anyway.

As for blowing up on hills, inexcusable anyway. MTFU.

bigmat

redddraggon wrote:

Perhaps it was Mark Cavendish? Apparently he can't climb.

I think Cav's inability to climb is a little exaggerated. To put it into context, his time on the Hautacam stage of the tour this year would have comfortably beaten everyone who did this year's etape - he'd have put 2 hours into me! He can't be that bad really, just looks bad next to the likes of Ricco.

redddraggon

MatHammond wrote:

redddraggon wrote:

Perhaps it was Mark Cavendish? Apparently he can't climb.

I think Cav's inability to climb is a little exaggerated. To put it into context, his time on the Hautacam stage of the tour this year would have comfortably beaten everyone who did this year's etape - he'd have put 2 hours into me! He can't be that bad really, just looks bad next to the likes of Ricco.

I know, that's why I said apparantly, he's still a poor climber next to most other pros.

bobtbuilder

looks bad next to the likes of Ricco

Because he's not on CERA rocket fuel? :twisted:

andy_wrx

fuzzynavel wrote:

I am no elite rider but I have never been re-passed by any of my foes to date....It is just bad form if you fly past someone and then blowup at the next hill.

You're not that guy I passed the other night, going considerably slower than me, who then proceded to speed-up dramatically and come back past me again, only to get 50yds in front and then slow again, so I repassed, only for him to come by me again this time puffing and blowing, then slowed again but this time just before I recaught him for the third time he turned-off ?

I was tempted to wait and see if he came back out again once he'd decided the coast was clear and I'd gone away...

Finbar Saunders

baccodaddy wrote:

a roadie pulls up behind me at the traffic lights

How do you know he's not a MTBer doing his winter training on a road bike?

I pass people who are going slower than me. If that means I pass them as we move off from a light then so be it. If they pass me on a hill, no big deal. And that applies no matter what bike I'm on or clothing I'm wearing. What's the alternative, that we stay behind anyone who might possibly be faster than us further up (or down) the road?

Slow Downcp

I don't see what the gripe is? I overtake riders who then pass me again (usually uphill, must work on my climbing). Why do MTB'ers always assume the Roadie has a problem?

Pork Sword

I hate getting passed by guys on MTB's when I'm out on my road bike, but it does happen from time-to-time...The fact that I'm 3 stone overweight would go some way to explain why I'm a bit 'slow' uphill! I don't care how fit you are or what you're riding - you will get passed by someone on a MTB eventually, you just have to let it go and enjoy the sense of revenge you get when flying past them at 50 mph down the other side!

ride_whenever

You might be faster down the hill, but they've got much better brakes... come the hairpin they'll peg you on the inside...

Mettan

baccodaddy wrote:

i race mtb all over europe and today after a training run decided to do last 4 miles on road with 20psi fat tyres .a roadie pulls up behind me at the traffic lights and when the lights go green he blast past me on the flat and then struggles on the hill.why??

Maybe he wasn't a particularly well-trained Roadie ?? - maybe he already had 60 miles in his legs ?? - maybe he was "Commuter" on a rare outing on his road-bike ?? - the list's endless..... - from a single example, it seems a bit of non-issue really.

In general, many riders (on whatever bike) will pass and drop someone else if they feel they've got the legs to do so at that particular point in time - seems fairly normal really.

mrushton

my girlfriend gets this all the time. She'll go past someone, only for them to pick up speed go past her and then slow down so she has to round them AGAIN!! This is particularly amusing to watch on hills as they get out of the saddle and then blow up further along and she goes around them again. After a while it's easy to spot whose going to try to match her.

Kléber

One rider = training ride
Two riders = race

baccodaddy

thanks for replies ,seems you guys are not too bad really .my point was this guy was constantly looking over his shoulder to see where i was which reallly annoyed me .maybe i,m just polite but in one race last year i was actually apologising as i overtook people. think i should have been born when it was all fair cricket and good form!!maybe i,ll carry ham sandwiches next season to pass around for the chaps!lol

nick hanson

redddraggon wrote:

MatHammond wrote:

redddraggon wrote:

Perhaps it was Mark Cavendish? Apparently he can't climb.

I think Cav's inability to climb is a little exaggerated. To put it into context, his time on the Hautacam stage of the tour this year would have comfortably beaten everyone who did this year's etape - he'd have put 2 hours into me! He can't be that bad really, just looks bad next to the likes of Ricco.

I know, that's why I said apparantly, he's still a poor climber next to most other pros.

& he's still a good sprinter next to most other pros