Oh the shame, the humanity.......

STEFANOS4784

I was cycling back from work today and some guy in non cycing gear and on a single speed overtook me. UP A HILL :shock: :oops:
To make matters worse he rubbed it in by saying "you looked good".
In defense i tried to say "gone a lot further than you" but in reality i probably hadn't. I had had a few drinks though which always makes my legs feel heavy for some reason but still......
He turned off strait away and i almost followed him for the sake of my pride but thought, he's only got one gear there's no pride to be clawed back from that
Anyway needed to vent the shame somewhere and where better :oops:

freehub

Sounds like a retard calling someone crap just cause they're slower.

nick hanson

Doesn't sound like anyone called anyone crap,or any such thing.
What do you mean,Freehub?

guilliano

There's no shame in that....... oh, wait











Yes there is

STEFANOS4784

freehub wrote:

Sounds like a retard.

STEFANOS4784

Willhub, the point is he had 1 gear, if he was on a geared bike he, obviously, would leave me for dead in any situation :?

nick hanson

Oh,is freehub aka willhub? that explains it,then :roll:

simon johnson

SCALPED!!

Surely he was an elite rider or something; just been to see the 'soigneur' perhaps?

You'll see him again surely........................



......then you can explain

freehub

nick hanson wrote:

Oh,is freehub aka willhub? that explains it,then :roll:

explains what?

STEFANOS4784 wrote:

Willhub, the point is he had 1 gear, if he was on a geared bike he, obviously, would leave me for dead in any situation :?[/quote

If he was not just having a joke, then my comment still stands, or do you and everyone else tell someone they're crap when you cycle past them on a climb or even on the flat? Cause I sure dont.

STEFANOS4784

Hmmm, maybe i misunderstood what you were saying Mr. Hub....But maybe not. Anyhoo next purchase is definately going to be a turbo trainer, long way to go yet, but may years left as well....

freehub

STEFANOS4784 wrote:

Hmmm, maybe i misunderstood what you were saying Mr. Hub....But maybe not. Anyhoo next purchase is definately going to be a turbo trainer, long way to go yet, but may years left as well....

Yes you did, I was saying, it's not nice anyone cycling past someone and telling them they are crap.

STEFANOS4784

Thought you were calling me a retard

freehub

nick hanson wrote:

Doesn't sound like anyone called anyone crap,or any such thing.
What do you mean,Freehub?

"You looked good" sounds like it's calling someone crap, in other words, he thought he was good, but on overtaking that opinion changed, so he decided to say, you looked good.

As good as calling someone crap.

STEFANOS4784 wrote:

Thought you were calling me a retard

Eh. no, I've re read my post and don't get how it makes out it sounds like I'm calling you the retard?

The guy who overtook you is one for calling people crap just cause he's faster. I don't cycle past people and say "you're crap", or "I thought you where good" or "you looked good" or anything like that, all it does is either piss them off and get abusive themselves or makes them feel crap and to some people put pressure on the train more or harder.

STEFANOS4784

I see, completely mis-read what you'd written, musta been the shame.........
Feel all paranoid and sensitive now :oops:

STEFANOS4784

But to be fair tyo me if i'd have seen him coming there's no way...........


I hope :roll:

freehub

STEFANOS4784 wrote:

But to be fair tyo me if i'd have seen him coming there's no way...........


I hope :roll:

Yea he might have been pushing hard, just not showing it on his face, by the time he got to the top he might have being taking it really slowly whilst he recovered.

STEFANOS4784

He didn't go to the top, where he turned off was flat/slightly down hill. Wasn't even a quarter way up the hill.
Was guing to do a time trial tomorrow but think i'll give it a couple more months none the less. Train harder that is the moral to this tale :twisted:


Oh yes and regularly check to see whats sneaking up behind, also no drinkies before cycling...

Slow Downcp

The fact that he turned off straight away would probably mean he'd cooked himself. If you see him again, and he says "You looked good", just tell him "Sorry, I'm not gay but thanks for the compliment"

simon johnson

How do you know he's not gay :?

lfcquin

I can top that. A few years back I was finishing a ride round Lanashire and was coming through Bolton. I was proper knackered and just had one little hill to get over on my way to Westhaughton, nothing major just a stinger. I passed some kids on bikes near the bottom and carried on grinding over to the top of it. As I got to the top THREE of the kids came past me :shock: Talk about embarrassed. All I could say was "try riding 70 miles then do that", but it was VERY embarrasing. :oops:

freehub

If some kids came past me I'd have to just put everything into it get past them, even though I'd risk blowing myself up, I'd not need to with an adult as they'd realize after 70 miles it'd be hard, but kids think they're invincible and can go on forever.

lfcquin

Yeah, unfortunately I was at the top of the hill so there was no chance to take them back. They just stopped and celebrated. No respect these kids today, that's what I say!

dennisn

If I had a penny for every time some cyclist came by me I'd be on my way to rich.
Some say hello, some say nothing, one complimented me on having great calf muscles,
some say "on your left" (right if you're English - or is it British). No big deal. People come by you - you go by people. I've even been passed by GIRLS.

Infamous

STEFANOS4784 wrote:

I was cycling back from work today and some guy in non cycing gear and on a single speed overtook me. UP A HILL :shock: :oops:
To make matters worse he rubbed it in by saying "you looked good".

He sounds like a d1ck.

STEFANOS4784

Cheers all, feel better, i love you guys
Plan is, go harder further ,faster ,longer. To be fair he could have swooped in from aside hill with momentum and turned off. He might have been genuine with his comment but my paranoia got the better of me. But that is my problem and definately a good memory to keep as a training aide

dennisn

STEFANOS4784 wrote:

Cheers all, feel better, i love you guys
Plan is, go harder further ,faster ,longer. To be fair he could have swooped in from aside hill with momentum and turned off. He might have been genuine with his comment but my paranoia got the better of me. But that is definately a good memory to keep as a training aide

FWIW you can't keep ahead of them all. I think more than a few riders just can't stand the thought of someone in front of them and spend lots of their rides trying to catch and pass people. I guess they think that means they win.

bobpzero

dont worry STEFANO, ive only met 2 commuters on the end of a ride, passing me on a cycle path and said nothing. one was on a touring bike with panniers and other was on some city bike. anyways its great fun exercise to see how long you can stay with them.

mmitchell88

freehub wrote:

"You looked good" sounds like it's calling someone crap

It's 'fixed gear humour'. Or sarcasm to you and me.

May not have been fixed though - if it really was a single speed, that's much much worse. Embarrassing, actually.

Was it really such a good idea to post this, Stefano?

Anonymous

Define the word RETARD please Freehub ?

I have 2 sons with Autism who have been referred to as Retards, so please explain.

This word is used too casually.

finchy

That's nothing. I was cycling to work in Slovakia one time, when a farm worker in his 50s on what must have been a 30-year old bike came up behind me. He had a cigarette in one hand and a pint of beer in the other (and this was at about 6.30 in the morning). I got up a fair speed, maybe 18 mph (that's good on the bike I had out there), and carried on for a few hundred yards. When I turned around he was still behind me, still smoking and drinking. So I went up through the gears, I was probably doing about 20-22mph, just could not get rid of him. Luckily for me he turned off to the field he worked in after a few miles.

So the moral of the story is that labouring on a farm will do you more good than cycling ever will.

FCE2007

I p155ed myself laughing at that :oops:
Must be bed time ...