overtakers who sit there

inaperfectworld

when somebody overtakes me at speed and disappears off up the road i think "crikey well done mate you're a hundred times fitter than i am ". what i don't understand are those who overtake and then go along no faster ahead than you are going. they don't drop in front as if suggesting drafting, but just ride 10 yards ahead. then sometimes a hill comes and they slow down, slower than you want to go, so do you overtake ? it seems like issuing a challenge. maybe though it's me subconsciously speeding up?

1892

It's because they're f*****d from catching you

blu3cat

Has happened to me as well.

Sometmes they pull out of one's draft and realise just how F*cking hard you are working to cut through the headwind, and their legs die after a few seconds.

bobtbuilder

Sometimes it's not deliberate - On a recent ride I turned on to a road as another cyclist went past and we spent 6 miles yo-yoing. He dropped me on the hills, but I overtook him on the flat bits. He didn't want to speak, so we kept up this ridiculous scenario until I turned off. I wasn' t trying to catch him on the flat bits, it's just where I was stronger.

Bhima

Overtake them and just sit there, going even slower than them. Make a conscious effort to be annoying. Do exactly what they do but 10 times slower. Wobble about and do a few quick emergency braking techniques.

Kind of like what you see in track racing when they're messing about before the sprint.

softlad

Bhima wrote:

Overtake them and just sit there, going even slower than them. Make a conscious effort to be annoying. Do exactly what they do but 10 times slower. Wobble about and do a few quick emergency braking techniques.

great idea - try to cause an accident..... :roll:

prawny

I overtook a girl on a hybrid last night struggling up a hill, I slowed down after I passed her because she was puffing really hard and red faced and I didn't want her to feel bad :oops:

mgcycleguy

prawny wrote:

I overtook a girl on a hybrid last night struggling up a hill, I slowed down after I passed her because she was puffing really hard and red faced and I didn't want her to feel bad :oops:

.... yeah cause you did.... how noble... lol

prawny

mgcycleguy wrote:

prawny wrote:

I overtook a girl on a hybrid last night struggling up a hill, I slowed down after I passed her because she was puffing really hard and red faced and I didn't want her to feel bad :oops:

.... yeah cause you did.... how noble... lol

She was a dog, I didn't want to follow her 8)

whyamihere

:?:

prawny

whyamihere wrote:

:?:

Nah her arse was much bigger

Edit: Oh come on even my nan says arse, does that really need censoring? :roll:

sampras38

Yeah, as already suggested I'd doubt if they mean't anything by it tbh. Probably just tired from overtaking you, not realising the effort it needed to get past.

I was on a lone ride last week and was about 50 miles in to a 70 miler. I came to a hill of about 12% (no more than half a mile climb, if that) and noticed a guy clad in Assos from head to foot on a trek about half way up. I had no real intentions of overtaking him to prove any points but just used him as a motivator to get up the hill quicker. I ended up passing him quite easily. Said morning, coming through etc, and just carried on at my normal speed. I look round about a few minutes and he was out the saddle really going for it. He never got close but was probably using me as the same sort of motivation as I did him. All good fun..

sampras38

prawny wrote:

I overtook a girl on a hybrid last night struggling up a hill, I slowed down after I passed her because she was puffing really hard and red faced and I didn't want her to feel bad :oops:

You see I don't get that at all.

You don't know her from Adam and so what if she's struggling. It's not your fault and you really shouldn't feel bad at all. I certainly don't. The same way I'd expect fitter riders than me to behave when they go wizzing past me on Box Hill climbs.

No biggie, and I'm sure I'll catch up with them soon..;-)

prawny

Maybe I;m just too nice?

I do like to destroy people on better bikes than mine who jump red lights though :twisted:

guilliano

You just wanted to show her your butt in all its lycra nappy looking glory

bianchi777

I usually just chase 'em and stay on their wheel. I overtake when they're knackered.

prawny

guilliano wrote:

You just wanted to show her your butt in all its lycra nappy looking glory

You may be onto something there, it's rock hard now my ass, but no one wants a squeeze :?