Overtaking

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  • bdu98252
    bdu98252 Posts: 171
    My mate likes to cruise to within a close distance but not close enough to be spotted then follows to calm his heart rate. Once calmed he then goes into overdrive and give a bit of gently chat on the way past to show he is not out of breath. He likes the mind games.
  • carl_p
    carl_p Posts: 989
    springtide9 wrote:
    saprkzz wrote:
    I overtook a mountain biker last night at a gentle 18MPH on my recovery ride, and the f**ker actually sped up to slipstream me, he was clung onto my rear wheel so close as he creaking cranks were annoying me, I was going to up the pace but thought sod it, he will tire before me, but he turned off after a couple of minutes.

    I mean, why slipstream a total stranger!!.. I was going to slam on the brakes.

    Funny enough, I overtook a roadie a few weeks ago on my FS MTB and he got very upset. We were both obviously on our return ride, but the anger in his face was a picture!
    And it wasn't - lets pass a roadie... he was just going a bit slow. It's war I tell you.

    I did completely kill myself resisting being dropped, which added to his frustration. Oh I so wished I had my road bike at the time... but I know his face.... ;)

    Apparently some "Roadies" get very upset by being overtaken by the non lycra community and then resort to hurling abuse on Bike Radar when they get home... :wink:
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  • MountainMonster
    MountainMonster Posts: 7,423
    Lol people complaining about people drafting them. Must have a sad life if that's a problem for you.
    I still remember the morning ride out on my 160mm fs mtb I used to have, and at about 30kmh had a roadie drafting me for about half an hour.

    Personally I take it as a compliment.
    My London Road
  • themightyw
    themightyw Posts: 409
    I find it helps if you discreetly make a loud WHOOMPH noise as you pass (out of the right side of your mouth so they can't see it) - makes the person you're destroying think that they've been hit by the blast of the air you're surging through.
  • themightyw
    themightyw Posts: 409
    edited June 2011
    I find it helps if you discreetly make a loud WHOOMPH noise as you pass (out of the right side of your mouth so they can't see it) - makes the person you're destroying think that they've been hit by the blast of the air you're surging through.

    (Feel free to only read my post once)
  • ollyridesfirst
    ollyridesfirst Posts: 486
    MountainMonster wrote:
    Personally I take it as a compliment.

    As do i :lol:

    Although i do feel the same gratification as when i overtake someone when i start to put the hammer down gentle and hear them struggling for my wheel 8)
  • MountainMonster
    MountainMonster Posts: 7,423
    OllyRidesFirst wrote:
    MountainMonster wrote:
    Personally I take it as a compliment.

    As do i :lol:

    Although i do feel the same gratification as when i overtake someone when i start to put the hammer down gentle and hear them struggling for my wheel 8)

    It is a very satisfying feeling when someone is drafting you, and you start giving it the go, and can hear them groaning or mumbling behind you.

    Instant smile :)
    My London Road
  • saprkzz
    saprkzz Posts: 592
    edited June 2011
    I dont take it as a compliment, I found it bloody annoying.. I am there doing my own thing, and then had some guy who was a complete stranger hanging off my wheel, I was trying to Fart, that would have got rid of him!! :)

    And for the record I am not a "roadie" as such, I am a MTB'er who has a road bike!! :lol::lol:

    @Danowat, no +/- rule I am glad to report, Travelling at 18mph on MTB or Road bikes is easy i find.. maybe i am super human :roll: :roll: :wink:
  • DCowling
    DCowling Posts: 769
    I am so pleased this has come up
    I was out on Tuesday this week and caught up with 2 other riders, initially I sat back so I was not drafting but unfortunaltey we were at the same pace so I kept edging forward. they were 2 abreast and tucked in when they saw me. This I read as " sorry, please come through" so I did, which meant I had to now ride at a much faster pace to maintain the pretence of ease.
    This lead me to giving it my all for the next 4ish miles and had me " breathing through my ears" just to keep face but all of this was lost when I had to stop to use my topeak pocket pump to re-inflate my lungs.
    The two cyclists then cruised past a few minutes later :oops: :oops: :oops:

    If you are the 2 bikers out on the run from Pathlow to Norton Lindsey, Thankyou for the push on and next time I will politely tag along / hang back
    or I might feign a puncture and let them get far enough ahead
  • procyclist
    procyclist Posts: 50
    If a chopper can sit on your wheel then you need to train harder
  • ShutUpLegs
    ShutUpLegs Posts: 3,522
    procyclist wrote:
    If a chopper can sit on your wheel then you need to train harder

    Spray them with WD40?
  • procyclist
    procyclist Posts: 50
    ShutUpLegs wrote:
    procyclist wrote:
    If a chopper can sit on your wheel then you need to train harder

    Spray them with WD40?

    Only if they're squealing
  • bearfraser
    bearfraser Posts: 435
    WD40 on tw@ts windscreens really p*** them off (soaks into the wiper rubber) :twisted:
  • Secteur
    Secteur Posts: 1,971
    My two favourite snippets from this thread that sums up the Bike Radar Roadie Forum;

    1) MTBers are fat

    2) Spray them with WD40


    hahaha!!!! :lol:
  • Billy Dunlop
    Billy Dunlop Posts: 60
    Bloody hell if you all like overtaking people why don't you all pin numbers on your backs and do some racing?
  • springtide9
    springtide9 Posts: 1,731
    Billy Dunlop wrote:
    Bloody hell if you all like overtaking people why don't you all pin numbers on your backs and do some racing?
    Who's saying we don't? :lol:
    [but generally numbers are attached to your bike not your back!]
    Simon
  • jgsi
    jgsi Posts: 5,062
    springtide9 wrote:
    Billy Dunlop wrote:
    Bloody hell if you all like overtaking people why don't you all pin numbers on your backs and do some racing?
    Who's saying we don't? :lol: [but generally numbers are attached to your bike not your back!]

    Well yours might be in the races you do, but the rest of us have to make do with manky safety pins
  • springtide9
    springtide9 Posts: 1,731
    Every Sportive I've ever ridden always had the number for your bike....
    Simon
  • cyco2
    cyco2 Posts: 593
    When being overtaken recently I really let them have it. I shouted at them " I've just ridden to Oxford and back (35miles) you've only been to school" :(
    ...................................................................................................

    If you want to be a strong rider you have to do strong things.
    However if you train like a cart horse you'll race like one.
  • ShutUpLegs
    ShutUpLegs Posts: 3,522
    cyco2 wrote:
    When being overtaken recently I really let them have it. I shouted at them " I've just ridden to Oxford and back (35miles) you've only been to school" :(

    Always embarrassing when they are only 8 years old
  • cyco2
    cyco2 Posts: 593
    ShutUpLegs wrote:
    cyco2 wrote:
    When being overtaken recently I really let them have it. I shouted at them " I've just ridden to Oxford and back (35miles) you've only been to school" :(

    Always embarrassing when they are only 8 years old

    You too :(
    ...................................................................................................

    If you want to be a strong rider you have to do strong things.
    However if you train like a cart horse you'll race like one.
  • neeb
    neeb Posts: 4,473
    bdu98252 wrote:
    My mate likes to cruise to within a close distance but not close enough to be spotted then follows to calm his heart rate. Once calmed he then goes into overdrive and give a bit of gently chat on the way past to show he is not out of breath. He likes the mind games.
    I admit to doing something a bit similar to this when I'm approaching someone else from behind on a long climb. Maybe I'm at 85-90% max HR when I spot them and I know I'm going quite a bit faster than they are, but just in case they're not giving it 100% I slow down and hang about 10m behind them until my HR goes down a bit, then I breeze past them with a cheery wave knowing I've got something in reserve if they accelerate...
  • ShutUpLegs
    ShutUpLegs Posts: 3,522
    neeb wrote:
    bdu98252 wrote:
    My mate likes to cruise to within a close distance but not close enough to be spotted then follows to calm his heart rate. Once calmed he then goes into overdrive and give a bit of gently chat on the way past to show he is not out of breath. He likes the mind games.
    I admit to doing something a bit similar to this when I'm approaching someone else from behind on a long climb. Maybe I'm at 85-90% max HR when I spot them and I know I'm going quite a bit faster than they are, but just in case they're not giving it 100% I slow down and hang about 10m behind them until my HR goes down a bit, then I breeze past them with a cheery wave knowing I've got something in reserve if they accelerate...

    You deserve to be wheelsucked for at least the next 5 miles :wink:
  • CRAIGO5000
    CRAIGO5000 Posts: 697
    P_Tucker wrote:
    unless the rider is riding a Trek, has black shorts on or has more than one 5mm spacer underneath his stem.

    Do you commute into Manchester?

    If so that is me on the Trek - no spacers under the stem though.
    Ribble Stealth/SRAM Force
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  • gkerr4
    gkerr4 Posts: 3,408
    coombsfh wrote:
    +1 about the pain

    In fact if you can check your watch or some other nonchalant thing...

    Whistling is great if you can manage it but absolutely none of the painful endeavour should be evident on your face. No wincing, grunting, bellowing or wailing. As for other acts of nonchalance, men may adjust their shorts, unzip their jersey a little to allow the heat generated my mach speed to dissipate, perform cocktail flairs with both water bottles at once and possibly (if stunting prowess is great enough) perform a backflip over the next available car.

    this is good advice - also it's a good time to send a text message, just pause enough in th texting to grunt at cyclist you are overtaking, then complete the text, phone in back pocket and accelerate again!
  • amaferanga
    amaferanga Posts: 6,789
    springtide9 wrote:
    Every Sportive I've ever ridden always had the number for your bike....

    Never raced then? Never even watched a race?
    More problems but still living....
  • Billy Dunlop
    Billy Dunlop Posts: 60
    springtide9 wrote:
    Every Sportive I've ever ridden always had the number for your bike....

    Somebody needs to have a quiet word in your ear.

    Sportive's ARE NOT races
  • Billy Dunlop
    Billy Dunlop Posts: 60
    gkerr4 wrote:
    coombsfh wrote:
    +1 about the pain

    In fact if you can check your watch or some other nonchalant thing...

    Whistling is great if you can manage it but absolutely none of the painful endeavour should be evident on your face. No wincing, grunting, bellowing or wailing. As for other acts of nonchalance, men may adjust their shorts, unzip their jersey a little to allow the heat generated my mach speed to dissipate, perform cocktail flairs with both water bottles at once and possibly (if stunting prowess is great enough) perform a backflip over the next available car.

    this is good advice - also it's a good time to send a text message, just pause enough in th texting to grunt at cyclist you are overtaking, then complete the text, phone in back pocket and accelerate again!

    You deserve to have your phone shoved where the sun don't shine
  • gkerr4
    gkerr4 Posts: 3,408
    Billy Dunlop wrote:
    gkerr4 wrote:
    coombsfh wrote:
    +1 about the pain

    In fact if you can check your watch or some other nonchalant thing...

    Whistling is great if you can manage it but absolutely none of the painful endeavour should be evident on your face. No wincing, grunting, bellowing or wailing. As for other acts of nonchalance, men may adjust their shorts, unzip their jersey a little to allow the heat generated my mach speed to dissipate, perform cocktail flairs with both water bottles at once and possibly (if stunting prowess is great enough) perform a backflip over the next available car.

    this is good advice - also it's a good time to send a text message, just pause enough in th texting to grunt at cyclist you are overtaking, then complete the text, phone in back pocket and accelerate again!

    You deserve to have your phone shoved where the sun don't shine

    thats a bit harsh? whatever for?
  • Billy Dunlop
    Billy Dunlop Posts: 60
    gkerr4 wrote:
    Billy Dunlop wrote:
    gkerr4 wrote:
    coombsfh wrote:
    +1 about the pain

    In fact if you can check your watch or some other nonchalant thing...

    Whistling is great if you can manage it but absolutely none of the painful endeavour should be evident on your face. No wincing, grunting, bellowing or wailing. As for other acts of nonchalance, men may adjust their shorts, unzip their jersey a little to allow the heat generated my mach speed to dissipate, perform cocktail flairs with both water bottles at once and possibly (if stunting prowess is great enough) perform a backflip over the next available car.

    this is good advice - also it's a good time to send a text message, just pause enough in th texting to grunt at cyclist you are overtaking, then complete the text, phone in back pocket and accelerate again!

    You deserve to have your phone shoved where the sun don't shine

    thats a bit harsh? whatever for?

    What for? If you can't think why then you shouldn't be on the road

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