CAAD4 Posted March 14, 2019 Posted March 14, 2019 I love that those guys probably work hard to afford "fancy super light bikes" and probably contribute 42% of their income to tax for the country.Ball peen hammer, nail, kapow!
ChrisF Posted March 14, 2019 Posted March 14, 2019 Why spend the 3k on a compact crank for two overcrowded fun rides a year? I don't mind riding single figures on my bike, even though it seems to bother you. You see I'm not racing, I'm riding and enjoying myself. and so do MOST of the thousands attending this ride ....
porqui Posted March 14, 2019 Posted March 14, 2019 and so do MOST of the thousands attending this ride .... I wish I could do that but my problem is that there is that one rider I have to beat every year. Every year it's the same rider and he is relentless.
Jase619 Posted March 14, 2019 Posted March 14, 2019 That seems to be the issue, we tend to forget that some guys aren’t there to have fun, they are there to race. They may not win anything, but most of them are racing to beat their mates, or their own PB, or whatever reason they feel they need to give everything. Chasing that PB may be the closest that person might ever come to achieving something in his life, it may be something that he has spent his whole life attempting to achieve. Just maybe, for that split second when he crosses that line and he realizes he has done it, he is the happiest he has ever been in many years. And while it seems ridiculous to a lot of us, always remember that your circumstances are completely different to others and how you go through life and experience it is different to anyone else. So just take a step back next time you wonder why someone is going full on from 6C, or someone who is doing 7 hours from 2A.
City Cycling Athletic Club Posted March 14, 2019 Posted March 14, 2019 Its considered group ride etiquette to indicate that you have take your bottle out. This lets other riders behind you know just to keep an extra eye out incase a bottle gets dropped. Many many a clavicle has been broken due to a dropped bottle.Absoloot BS - get the bottle from the cage to your mouth and back.period. flashing it around will cause you to drop it and it makes you look like a DORK.
DieselnDust Posted March 14, 2019 Posted March 14, 2019 Serious attitude check needed !!! Really why?! Nothng he says is incorrect. He's not advocating weaving about like a drunken lout, just drawing attention to the fact that if youe behind him he has not control over your actions and its your duty to keep clear. Which if you have ever raced in Europe or anything proper outside the Fun Ride World Champs support series is ho it is in the real world
DieselnDust Posted March 14, 2019 Posted March 14, 2019 Fun fact - did you know that the Garmin cadence sensor stops working at 21 rpm. So those guys powering along at 40 rpm still have a bit to play with. But you're right. 53/39 is ridiculous. I say ditch the 39, and make sure you've got an 11-23 on the back. That's plenty of gears for the Argus Pansie!I sub3'd many times with a 52/42 12-1921 is for funriders
DieselnDust Posted March 14, 2019 Posted March 14, 2019 Yup. Classic me me me me ME ME MEEEE! approach to life... I bet you always have an oily chainring tatoo on your calf....
Eldron Posted March 14, 2019 Posted March 14, 2019 I bet you always have an oily chainring tatoo on your calf.... If that makes you feel all super pro and cool about yourself then sure.
Kranswurm Posted March 15, 2019 Posted March 15, 2019 Its considered group ride etiquette to indicate that you have take your bottle out. This lets other riders behind you know just to keep an extra eye out incase a bottle gets dropped. Many many a clavicle has been broken due to a dropped bottle.Since when?
MudLark Posted March 15, 2019 Posted March 15, 2019 That seems to be the issue, we tend to forget that some guys aren’t there to have fun, they are there to race. They may not win anything, but most of them are racing to beat their mates, or their own PB, or whatever reason they feel they need to give everything. Chasing that PB may be the closest that person might ever come to achieving something in his life, it may be something that he has spent his whole life attempting to achieve. Just maybe, for that split second when he crosses that line and he realizes he has done it, he is the happiest he has ever been in many years. And while it seems ridiculous to a lot of us, always remember that your circumstances are completely different to others and how you go through life and experience it is different to anyone else. So just take a step back next time you wonder why someone is going full on from 6C, or someone who is doing 7 hours from 2A.Quite. Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk
Mamil Posted March 15, 2019 Posted March 15, 2019 I have a cyclist tatooed on my calf - it hasn't made me any faster but I do feel cool. I bet you always have an oily chainring tatoo on your calf....
Mamil Posted March 15, 2019 Posted March 15, 2019 I always thought we were saying cheers! Absoloot BS - get the bottle from the cage to your mouth and back.period. flashing it around will cause you to drop it and it makes you look like a DORK.
Mamil Posted March 15, 2019 Posted March 15, 2019 I absolutely agree - and I suppose if an Argus time is the defining moment upon which a person's sense of accomplishment hinges, the chances are high that such a person will be the kind of dingbat who sprints for the line to beat 4:20 nearly taking out the exhausted group he's wheelsucked for so many kms. That seems to be the issue, we tend to forget that some guys aren’t there to have fun, they are there to race. They may not win anything, but most of them are racing to beat their mates, or their own PB, or whatever reason they feel they need to give everything.Chasing that PB may be the closest that person might ever come to achieving something in his life, it may be something that he has spent his whole life attempting to achieve. Just maybe, for that split second when he crosses that line and he realizes he has done it, he is the happiest he has ever been in many years. And while it seems ridiculous to a lot of us, always remember that your circumstances are completely different to others and how you go through life and experience it is different to anyone else.So just take a step back next time you wonder why someone is going full on from 6C, or someone who is doing 7 hours from 2A.
Dirkitech Posted March 15, 2019 Posted March 15, 2019 why do so many people struggle to click the multiquote button? how do you even ride a bike if you can't click the bigger button next to reply?People are quick to complain about fun riders and etiquette, wrong and right, but can't even make use of contemporary software and online etiquette.
HeadDown Posted March 15, 2019 Posted March 15, 2019 No thats not what he's saying. He's saying drink your sht and be done with it and get those hands back on the bars!What's up with that silly lifting the bottle first, then drinking. The longer the hand is off the bars the more unstable you are.Its very easy to spot who doesn't belong in the bunch - the Zwifters out for a reality check - they can't even reach for a bottle without trying to cause an accident so they have top tube bag and camelbaks in A bunchWould be so cool to have a Zwift group. Have them start at 2A and watch them diesel their way past all the 'racer' groups. Hehe.
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