Upset a roadie today
Mr Smooth
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Upset a women on her road bike this am.
Mrs S and I were chugging up the hill past the hospital when she went past. For Mrs S, being overtaken by another woman is simply not acceptable! even if we were on our tourers! So off she goes and I tuck in behind. We soon catch this woman up and I'm content just to sit on her wheel, point made. But Mrs S has to overtake - just before the woman turned off. I said 'sorry, just had to do that' but she replied 'it was very childish' - which may be true, but no need to get so upset about it! Mrs S reckons it was my comments that upset her, not her doing the overtake 10m before she turned off.
Mrs S and I were chugging up the hill past the hospital when she went past. For Mrs S, being overtaken by another woman is simply not acceptable! even if we were on our tourers! So off she goes and I tuck in behind. We soon catch this woman up and I'm content just to sit on her wheel, point made. But Mrs S has to overtake - just before the woman turned off. I said 'sorry, just had to do that' but she replied 'it was very childish' - which may be true, but no need to get so upset about it! Mrs S reckons it was my comments that upset her, not her doing the overtake 10m before she turned off.
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Well it depends who you're talking as to why she was upset
Overtaking then turning off immediately is poor form imo
It only proves you can put the hammer down for a short period of timePurveyor of sonic doom
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CP didn't read it, to me it reads that the target pulled off not Mr and Mrs Smooth....
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when she went past.
Did she say anything when she went past ? If not then she has put a wheel on you, and is fair game !0 -
Mr Smooth wrote:'it was very childish'
I'd take that as a compliment.FCN 3: Raleigh Record Ace fixie-to be resurrected sometime in the future
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Yeah but people tend to slow down when they are turning, so it was a cheap scalp and it sounds like they were trying to provoke her. Feck off would have been a more appropriate response.Smarter than the average bear.0
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Clever Pun wrote:Overtaking then turning off immediately is poor form imo
Absolutely, likewise if the scalpee turns off they haven't really had their right to reply.
My last stretch on the commute is a couple of miles from Finchley to Barnet and I feel bad if I pass in the last mile or so because they don't get a proper chance to come back.
Scalps are only proper scalps if they respond, even though every single orther bike on the road becomes a target from the moment you see it in the distance to the moment you go by.0 -
The Beginner wrote:CP didn't read it, to me it reads that the target pulled off not Mr and Mrs Smooth....
Simon
Yeah I see that but then why would Mr S be talking to said lady is she's turned off.. little confusing imo and why would the turner even notice or bother????
my point about overtaking and turning off is valid though if not in this casePurveyor of sonic doom
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Still not reading it are you, Mrs S (and then Mr S) overtook just before she turned off....so the overtake and conversation took place and THEN the target turned off, its really really really not that hard!
I guess you have a GCSE in English not an O-level (I'll get my coat!)
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Simon - you've got it.
Mrs S overtook, then it was clear the target was turning right, so I pulled alongside on the inside and spoke to her.
She'd obviously seen us ahead and chosen to overtake us, so I think she's fair game, although I don't think overtaking her was really necessary. But then Mrs S is much more competetive than me (perhaps that's why I'm the one with the waxed legs!)0 -
Sounds like your mrs dropped you and you felt the need to speak to the rider to come up with some excuse0
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I can't believe I'm wasting the time to write something in this lame thread but here goes. It was nothing, stop worrying about it.
"She'd obviously seen us ahead and chosen to overtake us"
No! She was going faster than you anyway and it was natural to overtake, she didn't make a special effort - unlike your Mrs.
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I thought this thread was a call to arms, to go out there and upset a roadie today.
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The Beginner wrote:Still not reading it are you, Mrs S (and then Mr S) overtook just before she turned off....so the overtake and conversation took place and THEN the target turned off, its really really really not that hard!
I guess you have a GCSE in English not an O-level (I'll get my coat!)
Simon
but why even say anything? unless Mrs S shoulder barged through I just don't see the issue
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daccordimark wrote:I can't believe I'm wasting the time to write something in this lame thread but here goes. It was nothing, stop worrying about it.
"She'd obviously seen us ahead and chosen to overtake us"
No! She was going faster than you anyway and it was natural to overtake, she didn't make a special effort - unlike your Mrs.
God, I must be bored.
This.
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lost_in_thought wrote:I'm so confused.0
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Ben6899 wrote:If you have to speed up to overtake, then you don't deserve to overtake.
wow you need to deserve to over take on a bike?
If im over takeing i often speed up so that i can over take faster making the move less risky and inconviniant for other road users.
TBH sounds like the OP has managed to upset a few more rodies and confuse even moreNothing in life can not be improved with either monkeys, pirates or ninjas
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I find it generally annoying to breeze past someone then find them like a limpet on my wheel some time later pretending to be Lance Armstrong, but sweatier.
I also find it annoying when someone buries themselves to catch you up, wheel sucks and/or overtakes you and proceeds slower than I was going in the first place (on account of having buried themselves to be "faster than me if they wanted to").
I'm just going to work, or going home. Really, I don't want to race.
Tell me, when a Ferrari overtakes you doing 75 on the motorway, do you tailgate just to demonstrate that a Mondeo can go that fast if it wants to?0 -
Always Tyred wrote:I find it generally annoying to breeze past someone then find them like a limpet on my wheel some time later pretending to be Lance Armstrong, but sweatier.
I also find it annoying when someone buries themselves to catch you up, wheel sucks and/or overtakes you and proceeds slower than I was going in the first place (on account of having buried themselves to be "faster than me if they wanted to").
I'm just going to work, or going home. Really, I don't want to race.
Tell me, when a Ferrari overtakes you doing 75 on the motorway, do you tailgate just to demonstrate that a Mondeo can go that fast if it wants to?
That's too bad. I do :twisted:
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If you really want to upset someone, overtake a time trialist. Extra points if you've panniers at the time :oops:0
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WesternWay wrote:Clever Pun wrote:Overtaking then turning off immediately is poor form imo
Absolutely, likewise if the scalpee turns off they haven't really had their right to reply.
Agreed
Scalps are only proper scalps if they respond,
Well, not quite. If they don't respond on account of they can see by your rippling physique and blinding turn of speed that any response of theirs would be utterly futile...that's a scalp, no?"If I had all the money I've spent on drink, I'd spend it on drink."0