Big Ray Posted March 30, 2016 Share So a threatened young buck, I think you came off lightly in that case, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay_B Posted April 4, 2016 Share I love the reserve. My favorite place to ride In Gauteng. Now I'm not exactly the hardest bloke on a bike and I am getting on a bit at 55 but I like to try. That lead me to do lots of riding at the reserve over the last two weekends with all the holidays. Long queues to get in but I'm OK with that. The staff were friendly and we all waited patiently. I did double loops on Friday Saturday and Sunday. Did double loops on the Saturday and Sunday the week before as well. I saw hundreds of cyclists Loads of People on mountain bikes. I would say 90% of the cyclists are on mountain bikes. Friday as I'm setting out on the first climb from the parking lot I come up behind what looks like two couples. Well two men and two woman. All about 20 years younger than me. I don't say anything but come up behind thinking they will spot me or hear me. No need to shout or anything, and the one bloke does see me after a moment. He he immediately shouts out the way everyone, a roadie is trying to come past. I just look at him thinking he must be joking. He then stands and does a big accelaeration and gets over to the left. Looks back at me and says. Oh look, I think it's a girl. And come on lady. Come past then. Everyone laughs and I go past. He continues to make comments about roadies. The week before also on a double loop I crest one of the big hills to see the road is totally blocked by about 20 people on mountain bikes. I say good morning and the one guy says oh look a roadie. There is no space to get past. I come to a complete standstill and say excuse me please. No one moves. They are all stopped in the road having a chat and I rest I suppose. I unclip and push my bike around them on the gravel. They all just watch me. Men and woman. Now I don't hold with the roadie vs mtb thing. I started cycling in 1992 when I bought a mtb and switched to road in about 2005. All just cyclists and cycling to me. I ride with a friend who did the Epic when it was still a new thing and he has now also switched to road. So it goes. Perhaps we will switch back one day. Perhaps not. But what the hell is this rubbish. If I ride off road I have some plonker who just moved out of a shopping mall telling me I'm a dirt roadie and when I'm on the road I have to suffer insults from some git doing 4km an hour on a 6% gradient in a such an easy gear that he looks like my granny trying to shake doggy pooh off her bed socks. Fortunately most people on bikes are real friendly and encouraging. To the rest. Please go back to golf. ...what looks like two couples. Well two men and two woman.... Seems i may have had a run in with the same people on saturday, coming up behind them there was room to pass on the right, as i went passed said a friendly good morning only to be called a "show-off" and something else about "number 1" Had a good mind to slow up and ask exactly what the problem is... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rouxtjie Posted April 4, 2016 Share should have asked him what he was doing on tar...being a mtb'er and all that Roadies are the real hard men of the cycling world....they can suffer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patchelicious Posted April 4, 2016 Share ...what looks like two couples. Well two men and two woman.... Seems i may have had a run in with the same people on saturday, coming up behind them there was room to pass on the right, as i went passed said a friendly good morning only to be called a "show-off" and something else about "number 1" Had a good mind to slow up and ask exactly what the problem is...Clearly these guys feel inferior in front of the girls when being passed and have bigger mouths than legs. Problem is, if you slow down and chirp them, you will end up being the knobhead, the ladies might not like the fact that you are chirping their dudes and they will call you a name, now if you call them a name back, said inferior feeling man will immediately feel the need to aggressively stand up for "his cherrie" and start using words like "nooit", "watchit", "boet" and "bliksem"..... Rather reply with something that's a little more passive aggressive, like "oh no, not showing off, just on a little recovery ride on this beautiful morning, see you later" ..... ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Bike Posted April 4, 2016 Share should have asked him what he was doing on tar...being a mtb'er and all that Roadies are the real hard men of the cycling world....they can sufferPing skillzzz....the oracle has spoken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clint S Posted April 4, 2016 Share Just let your legs do the talking :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mojoman Posted April 4, 2016 Share Spray them with water and ride like the wind..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patchelicious Posted April 4, 2016 Share Spray them with water and ride like the wind.....Sticky energy drink has a better effect hehe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyMartin Posted April 4, 2016 Share Would have been funny actually. He was a dead useless cyclist. He would have popped a blood vessel trying to catch me. And I must be 20 years older than him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veez999 Posted April 4, 2016 Share Rode the Spruit this weekend and was surprised on the amount of arrogant cyclists.they firstly don't budge on the single track and secondly if you allow them to pass they don't convey their thanks. Very disappointing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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