upsidedown
Waiting for the great leap forward
- Location
- The middle bit
.......and leave Commuting for commuting, not racing, sorry, scalping ?
Can we have a scalp section please mods
- Thread starter upsidedown
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ed_o_brain
Guest
Maybe just keep all the 'scalping' posts in one thread.
'scalp' ... it's a horrible word.
'scalp' ... it's a horrible word.
MacB
Lover of things that come in 3's
- Location
- Farnborough, Hampshire
Bollo said:
just see how it falls
thomas
the tank engine
- Location
- Woking/Norwich
Scalping is part of commuting though 
hackbike 666
Guest
Not for me it isn't,i'm too slow.
Stephenite
Membå
- Location
- OslO
No, we shouldn't. It encourages bad cycling.
edit/:- I'd be glad to race you tho', dude, (to Siggerud and back )but cycling on public highways should be taken seriously.
edit/:- I'd be glad to race you tho', dude, (to Siggerud and back
)but cycling on public highways should be taken seriously.
Alien8
Senior Moment
- Location
- (A little bit north of) Cambridge
A scalp section? How?
Twenty Inch
Guru
- Location
- Behind a desk
Stephenite said:No, we shouldn't. It encourages bad cycling.
edit/:- I'd be glad to race you tho', dude, (to Siggerud and back)but cycling on public highways should be taken seriously.
You need the serious cyclists forum, here:
http://www.cyclechat.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=45941
and a sense of humour
jonny jeez
Legendary Member
- Location
- Chislehurst, Kent, UK
upsidedown said:
+1
I don't see how scalping is dangerous. If I ever pass anyone (or scalp them if you will), I'm doing the same speed that I always ride, no more, no less. Yes, sometimes I might try a bit harder but I do that regardless of whether someone's there or not at times. As long as the scalp is done safely, what's the problem? If someone's going slower than you in the car, you don't wait behind them, you overtake. It's just that on the bike it's much more satisfying because you're doing it under your own steam rather than using fossil fuels to demonstrate your physical prowess!
BentMikey
Rider of Seolferwulf
- Location
- South London
Telling people what to post on the internet? Good luck...
Origamist
Legendary Member
eldudino said:
Overtaking is one thing, but quite a few people are very competitive and think "game-on" when they get passed. They jump on your wheel because they've seen Lance do it on TV, overtake with puce faces and rictus grins, take risks when filtering (my shoulders are 40", that gap is 36", I'll shape shift like on Star Trek and get through), look behind feverishly every 4 secs to see if they've dropped you (shoulders rocking, head lolling, tongue wagging etc ) and then, if all else fails, they start jumping red lights to stay ahead...
Origamist said:
Is that not racing, with only one person thinking they're in the race?
I don't get any of this so my scalping experience must be pretty different from yours and it's a safe part of my commute and happens probably once a week due to the lack of cyclists that I see!
Just because some people have bad experiences with it doesn't mean it should be excluded from the commuting section.
Origamist
Legendary Member
eldudino said:
I was pulling your leg a bit, eldudino...
Listen, if people want a thread where they can regale us with mock-heroic tales of overtaking (I hit 30mph up a 1 in 5 in 53/12 and scalped a roadie and a CBR 600 RR) then that's fine with me as there would be a dedicated following - look at the SCR thread on BikeRadar...
