Finally......

Freshfunkmeister
Freshfunkmeister Posts: 79
edited December 2010 in Commuting general
...managed to scalp a moped today on the way in to work this morning on the CS7. He was at some red traffic lights that changed a few secs before I got there so I got past him whilst he was accelarating. He briefly got past me before I got back up to speed again and managed to keep my nose in front all the way to the next set of traffic lights. I don't care that the moped was about 15 years old, it had an engine and I still beat him !! Ha ha !! :D:D:D
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  • Wooliferkins
    Wooliferkins Posts: 2,060
    Skills :)
    Neil
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  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    SCALP! :)
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  • Valy
    Valy Posts: 1,321
    I once overtook a scooter on a ~1 mile stretch of dual carriageway - must have been going about 45mph.

    I was behind a van/truck. :P
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  • ben110
    ben110 Posts: 54
    lol cars are good fun too on the down hills they dont like it much tho.......
  • cougie
    cougie Posts: 22,512
    I got a great tow off a moped a few years back - for a couple of miles. Fastest draft I saw was the guy from thr LBS drafting a bus on the dual carriage way. He was doing almost 50 - on the flat.
  • Blue Meanie
    Blue Meanie Posts: 495
    I held a Zundapp's wheel for 10k, old man riding it was slowing down on the inclines to keep me there. (along e125 in Portugal)
    Unfortunately, he was carrying fresh sardines in a plastic bread box which were dripping. The mix of two-stroke oil and fish was err, interesting :?
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  • The Rookie
    The Rookie Posts: 27,812
    When I was about 8 I scalped an invalid carriage (for those who remember them - the Paraffin powered pale blue things built by AC cars) uphill (Single Speed) and kept it behind until I got to my mates house!

    Simon
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  • Tonymufc
    Tonymufc Posts: 1,016
    cougie wrote:
    I got a great tow off a moped a few years back - for a couple of miles. Fastest draft I saw was the guy from thr LBS drafting a bus on the dual carriage way. He was doing almost 50 - on the flat.

    Bus drafting is my new favourite past time on my way home. :wink:
  • daveyroids
    daveyroids Posts: 223
    Once was mobbed by a group of chavs. One was revving a clapped out unlicensed scooter. They obviously challenged me to a race. I was on a decent campag equipped road bike and still had my tri bars fitted. We raced on a 1.5 mile loop, he had no chance. I sat in on his back wheel for the first mile topping out at 22mph. For the last half mile I sprinted past him and laughed at his mates as I crossed the finish line first.

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