FCN and moods

salsarider79
salsarider79 Posts: 828
edited May 2009 in Commuting chat
I went out yesterday for a little ride, nice and gentle, and I got to thinking that we need to change The Game slightly. I have an FCN on road of 2 or 3 depending on wether I wear my Spech kit or not. However, what if we just want to pootle around?

Yesterday I could have been overtaken by a grandad on his 20year old rusty MTB wearing his damm slippers, and wouldn't have cared.

Does any other player of The Game have any ideas or replies? I don't want to have to put a rack and panniers on my bike, a Herman's Safety Wing or anything just so I can pootle.

p.s. My Tarmac had an FCN of Zero. Not sure this is right either.....
jedster wrote:
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FCN 3 or 4 on road depending on clothing
FCN 8 off road because I'm too old to go racing around.
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  • prawny
    prawny Posts: 5,440
    No, MTFU! If you want to pootle prepare to lose your scalp* :twisted:

    *or buy a brompton
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  • Bassjunkieuk
    Bassjunkieuk Posts: 4,232
    Most of my cycling takes place on my commute so I'm mostly in "The Game" mode.........but I have found that even when I'm riding around for other reasons I tend to try and push myself. I am having to consciously try and reign it in sometimes so I don't blow my load too early on longer rides :-)

    Also Salsa, it is quite possible with various modifiers to get an FCN of 0, I believe Greg66 also holds that accolade for his bikes........my advice would be ride quickly and chase scooters!
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  • Stuey01
    Stuey01 Posts: 1,273
    prawny wrote:
    No, MTFU! If you want to pootle prepare to lose your scalp* :twisted:

    *or buy a brompton

    Correct, you can't pick and choose when it applies to you.

    either MTFU and race ALL the time, or suck it up and accept that you are losing your scalp. There are no mulligans in SCR.
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  • sarajoy
    sarajoy Posts: 1,675
    I do like to take it easyish on my run in.

    For a lot of it I'm just trying not to get killed by errant cars, so I tend not to gun it - plus a lot of the very busy part is uphill too - so between cars and trying to watch the road like a hawk to not have to stop and lose what little momentum I've got - I find it hard to care whether I'm being scalped..!

    When it's not uphill and busy, there are some nasty great junctions and roundabouts where it's not worth my while to hoof it along either, a lot of the time I stick with the traffic to avoid being pinched into the kerb.

    So, I'm getting into a state of zen and chill and just-keep-spinning to get to the crest of the slope. Almost considering removing the bike computer - I had such an awsome ride in today, everything felt great, legs felt powerful etc - but then I looked at the timer and found I'd not beaten any PBs in terms of anything! Which deflated me somewhat.

    Chill, dudes :D
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  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    I was a mostly race, sometimes chill.

    The chilling usually takes place if I'm cycling with friends or family who don't like to go too fast, or if I'm trying to do a longer distance than I've tried before and don't want to go out too fast, or, finally, when I'm pootling to/from the shops on the Old commuter...
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  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    It's.

    Always.

    A race.

    :D

    Even if I'm going to the butcher's on Saturday, dressed in jeans, and I spot some riders on their way back from Richmond Park, it's Game On.

    (Note: Actually, there are times I chill. It's not often, but there are times. Recovery weeks are good. Also, last Friday's commute home, when I just couldn't be a@rsed - and Christophe nearly scalped me!)
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  • salsarider79
    salsarider79 Posts: 828
    prawny wrote:
    or buy a brompton

    I have limits. :wink:
    jedster wrote:
    Just off to contemplate my own mortality and inevitable descent into decrepedness.
    FCN 3 or 4 on road depending on clothing
    FCN 8 off road because I'm too old to go racing around.
  • prawny
    prawny Posts: 5,440
    There needs to be an option for chill until you see someone else on a bike. I don't exactly pootle everywhere (I have to conserve energy to get me home :oops: ), but if I see someone else going my way it's game on!
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  • salsarider79
    salsarider79 Posts: 828
    Can we add points if we have to wheel another bike, as I've got to ride 10miles wheeling my girlfriends bike?
    jedster wrote:
    Just off to contemplate my own mortality and inevitable descent into decrepedness.
    FCN 3 or 4 on road depending on clothing
    FCN 8 off road because I'm too old to go racing around.
  • Jay dubbleU
    Jay dubbleU Posts: 3,159
    There are days when I just set off to pootle into work but alas the Giant takes over and before I know it I'm chasing down a bike that has appeared on the far horizon - I really should be old enough to know better
  • Clever Pun
    Clever Pun Posts: 6,778
    salsarider79 wrote:
    prawny wrote:
    or buy a brompton

    I have limits. :wink:

    and I'll pi$$ past you on mine if you're remotely off your game.. think about that for a while



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  • Headhuunter
    Headhuunter Posts: 6,494
    cjcp wrote:
    It's.

    Always.

    A race.

    :D

    Even if I'm going to the butcher's on Saturday, dressed in jeans, and I spot some riders on their way back from Richmond Park, it's Game On.

    (Note: Actually, there are times I chill. It's not often, but there are times. Recovery weeks are good. Also, last Friday's commute home, when I just couldn't be a@rsed - and Christophe nearly scalped me!)

    I agree. I don't take part in SCR but I hate it when the bike lets me down and I can't hammer it at full pelt. I simply can't "pootle", I love my daily car and scooter chase up the Old Kent Road. No one ever passes me on a bike....
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  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Clever Pun wrote:
    salsarider79 wrote:
    prawny wrote:
    or buy a brompton

    I have limits. :wink:

    and I'll pi$$ past you on mine if you're remotely off your game.. think about that for a while



    if you're on the road you're in the game

    To those not in The Know, CP eats raw meat for breakfast and sleeps on a bed of nails. When he sleeps that is.
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    "It stays down, Daddy."
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  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    cjcp wrote:
    Clever Pun wrote:
    salsarider79 wrote:
    prawny wrote:
    or buy a brompton

    I have limits. :wink:

    and I'll pi$$ past you on mine if you're remotely off your game.. think about that for a while



    if you're on the road you're in the game

    To those not in The Know, CP eats raw meat for breakfast and sleeps on a bed of nails. When he sleeps that is.

    CP doesn't sleep, he waits.
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  • Headhuunter
    Headhuunter Posts: 6,494
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    cjcp wrote:
    Clever Pun wrote:
    salsarider79 wrote:
    prawny wrote:
    or buy a brompton

    I have limits. :wink:

    and I'll pi$$ past you on mine if you're remotely off your game.. think about that for a while



    if you're on the road you're in the game

    To those not in The Know, CP eats raw meat for breakfast and sleeps on a bed of nails. When he sleeps that is.

    CP doesn't sleep, he waits.

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  • cjcp
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    Who's Jack Bauer?
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  • Headhuunter
    Headhuunter Posts: 6,494
    cjcp wrote:
    Who's Jack Bauer?

    Haven't you ever watched "24"??!
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  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Never. Not once.

    Same applies to The Wire. (Actually, CP nearly flipped a bin-lid when I asked if that was an I.T. related programme.)
    FCN 2-4.

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    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • Headhuunter
    Headhuunter Posts: 6,494
    cjcp wrote:
    Never. Not once.

    Same applies to The Wire. (Actually, CP nearly flipped a bin-lid when I asked if that was an I.T. related programme.)

    Dear me, the 21st century is passing you by....! :wink:
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  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    If Clever Pun goes in water, he doesn't get wet, water gets Clever Pun.
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    Clever Pun removed the “Escape” button from his keyboard. Clever Pun never needs to escape.
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  • prawny
    prawny Posts: 5,440
    Clever pun doesn't need a watch HE decides what time it is.
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    When Clever Pun was a child, he made his mother finish her vegetables.
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  • greg66_tri_v2.0
    greg66_tri_v2.0 Posts: 7,172
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    cjcp wrote:
    Clever Pun wrote:
    salsarider79 wrote:
    prawny wrote:
    or buy a brompton

    I have limits. :wink:

    and I'll pi$$ past you on mine if you're remotely off your game.. think about that for a while



    if you're on the road you're in the game

    To those not in The Know, CP eats raw meat for breakfast and sleeps on a bed of nails. When he sleeps that is.

    CP doesn't sleep, he waits.

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  • Bassjunkieuk
    Bassjunkieuk Posts: 4,232
    Oh boy...........

    Clever Pun doesn't have a Ctrl key on his keyboard, he is always in control

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  • PeteinSQ
    PeteinSQ Posts: 2,292
    Headhuunter wrote:
    cjcp wrote:
    It's.

    I love my daily car and scooter chase up the Old Kent Road. No one ever passes me on a bike....

    I'm going to have to leave Ladywell extra early in the morning to race you then. We can establish our fitness levels on Saturday though I guess.
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  • lost_in_thought
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    Clever Pun can sneeze with his eyes open.

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  • Headhuunter
    Headhuunter Posts: 6,494
    PeteinSQ wrote:
    Headhuunter wrote:
    cjcp wrote:
    It's.

    I love my daily car and scooter chase up the Old Kent Road. No one ever passes me on a bike....

    I'm going to have to leave Ladywell extra early in the morning to race you then. We can establish our fitness levels on Saturday though I guess.

    Hey! Pete.... Fancy seeing you here...! You'll probably pound me on Saturday with all my bravado!

    Time for another Bauerism...
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  • greg66_tri_v2.0
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    In hospitals, death is referred to as CP Syndrome.
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  • Christophe3967
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    cjcp wrote:
    Never. Not once.

    Same applies to The Wire. (Actually, CP nearly flipped a bin-lid when I asked if that was an I.T. related programme.)

    I've started watching The Wire after DDD recommended it. Its jolly good with the sub-titles on. One does find colonial accents a trifle impenetrable occasionally.
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