Cycling confessions

daxplusplus

Long Time Lurker wrote:

I have a commuting nemesis - full lycra, carbon framed roadie doing a zone 1 recovery ride.

I put my foot down and scalp him on my full suspension mountain bike to make him feel bad.

I then turn up a dirt track (knowing that he can't ride that route), then stop to catch my breath as I've spent all my energy getting past him. :oops:

FTFY

Kieran_Burns

PorlyWorly wrote:

I momentarily stop pedalling to break wind. This morning I thought of this thread and wondered if this was normal behaviour?

Don't stop pedalling, go for the two tone effect and pretend you are an ambulance.

smokey_bacon

I like headwinds. Makes me feel Dutch, cant explain why.

tgotb

PorlyWorly wrote:

I momentarily stop pedalling to break wind. This morning I thought of this thread and wondered if this was normal behaviour?

F*rting on a track bike, apart from being rather antisocial, is surprisingly difficult...

daddy0

Normally I try to be encouraging to other cyclists and nod/wave/say hello etc... But when I turn the corner into Crystal Palace Park Road...
http://www.strava.com/segments/3387003
...every morning I look out for other cyclists, if there aren't any ahead of me I just drop into a low gear and spin up it. If I see someone ahead of me then I apply fullgaspowerawesome and empty the tank, but when I go past them I make it look like its no big deal.

cruff

Until recently, the most expensive cycling jersey I'd ever bought cost me 20 quid on eBay. The most expensive cycling shorts I own are still then 15 quid pair I bought two years ago... from eBay. The cycling socks I wear cost me £1 a pair... from eBay

MrSweary

Daddy0 wrote:

Normally I try to be encouraging to other cyclists and nod/wave/say hello etc... But when I turn the corner into Crystal Palace Park Road...
http://www.strava.com/segments/3387003
...every morning I look out for other cyclists, if there aren't any ahead of me I just drop into a low gear and spin up it. If I see someone ahead of me then I apply fullgaspowerawesome and empty the tank, but when I go past them I make it look like its no big deal.

Ah so there are other SCRers on my route in! What time do you usually hit the hill? I shall look out for the Felt

jonny_trousers

I'm catching myself thinking 2 grand is good value for a do-all bike :shock:

itboffin

Jonny_Trousers wrote:

I'm catching myself thinking 2 grand is good value for a do-all bike :shock:

i wouldnt worry until you think £8.5k for your Sunday best was a deal :?

daddy0

MrSweary wrote:

Daddy0 wrote:

Normally I try to be encouraging to other cyclists and nod/wave/say hello etc... But when I turn the corner into Crystal Palace Park Road...
http://www.strava.com/segments/3387003
...every morning I look out for other cyclists, if there aren't any ahead of me I just drop into a low gear and spin up it. If I see someone ahead of me then I apply fullgaspowerawesome and empty the tank, but when I go past them I make it look like its no big deal.

Ah so there are other SCRers on my route in! What time do you usually hit the hill? I shall look out for the Felt

Typically I get to Crystal Palace around 8am. If I'm on time I should be hitting the bottom of the hill about 7:50 - but this never happens. You don't see many Felts, so if you see one its probably me - say hi. Here is my commute:
http://www.strava.com/activities/201355695

MrSweary

Daddy0 wrote:

MrSweary wrote:

Daddy0 wrote:

Normally I try to be encouraging to other cyclists and nod/wave/say hello etc... But when I turn the corner into Crystal Palace Park Road...
http://www.strava.com/segments/3387003
...every morning I look out for other cyclists, if there aren't any ahead of me I just drop into a low gear and spin up it. If I see someone ahead of me then I apply fullgaspowerawesome and empty the tank, but when I go past them I make it look like its no big deal.

Ah so there are other SCRers on my route in! What time do you usually hit the hill? I shall look out for the Felt

Typically I get to Crystal Palace around 8am. If I'm on time I should be hitting the bottom of the hill about 7:50 - but this never happens. You don't see many Felts, so if you see one its probably me - say hi. Here is my commute:
http://www.strava.com/activities/201355695

Ahhh.. way too late for me. Usually hit the hill about 7.10. Good job too as you're substantially faster than me..

Nice Felt btw. I had a Z85 before a taxi decided to drive over it.

cruff

When I did a sprint this morning I started imagining I was Cav. Bike rocking side to side in perfect rhythm, pulling on the drops like a boss, arse up in the air - It was all going so well. Until I almost went face first into the back of a bus pulling out behind a stalled car in the middle lane...

PerformingMonkey

MisterMuncher wrote:

I mentally value any bike I see on the roads and must go faster if it's substantially dearer than mine. Like a class war version of SCR.

+1

I don't so much have a chip on my shoulder as a whole plank...

rubertoe

Forgive me father...

... I have been lazy and have used PT more than i have been on the bike in the last 6 weeks.

I promise to rectify this throughout the period of GMT...