Competitive commuters

[Origamist]

With "huge and rather strong-looking legs" . Is there a homoerotic element to this ultra-competitive commuting, by any chance?

I'm sure there's a lost Genet masterpiece about cycling and homoeroticism...

I can't talk though, I was wearing a black winter Rapha cap and wiggling my arse in the air whilst trackstanding - it may have looked like a courtship display.

 

[ttcycle]

I'm sure there's a lost Genet masterpiece about cycling and homoeroticism...

I can't talk though, I was wearing a black winter Rapha cap and wiggling my arse in the air whilst trackstanding - it may have looked like a courtship display.

That's too subtle, next time just wink, blow a kiss and wave

 

[theclaud]

I'm sure there's a lost Genet masterpiece about cycling and homoeroticism...

I can't talk though, I was wearing a black winter Rapha cap and wiggling my arse in the air whilst trackstanding - it may have looked like a courtship display.

You minx, Origamist! Although I have to say your trackstanding stills are exceptional. I reckon it's 50-50 as to whether he was admiring those or your lithe outlines...

 

[Origamist]

Ah Matt!!!

Stopit!! That's just too much - having met you, you're far from bulky - this person you raced sounds like a complete idiot.

Indeed, I'm svelte, TT, not like Bollo or MacB.

I wasn't racing this chap - he was racing me - honest!

 

[theclaud]

Oh, and as for masterpieces on cycling and homoeroticism - Dellzeqq wrote one on this very forum. For Linf! I'll go and find it.

 

[arallsopp]

Tricky though, isn't it. These last few nights, I've been sailing along at a reasonable (but not particularly hurried) lick. Invariably, some cycle ninja will push past me, weave around infront, shed speed, and leave me with a 'do I overtake' dilemma. If I do, he'll put on double efforts to take me back (which will see him victorious at the first pinch point / hazard / red light), if I don't I've got to slow down a bit.

The commute is too long to travel at anything under normal pace, but I don't really want to have his death on my conscience when he blats across a red light to regain his lead.

Sounds crazy, but I've been finding detours rather than antagonise them.

 

[ttcycle]

arallsopp, tis true but ultimately you aren't the one racing and also not the one responsible for other cyclists actions.

Don't know about origamist, he seems like the proper example of a risk taking commuter racer to me

 

[thelurker]

That's too subtle, next time just wink, blow a kiss and wave

wink from where?

 

[scouserinlondon]

But scouser people drive like that too. I do a lot of M-way driving - I consistently see people getting right up behind the 60mph-limited truck then swing right into the middle lane with little or no warning or consideration of the speeds involved. Idiots, most of them.

had the same thought today as two motorcyclists were shouting at each other.

 

[theclaud]

What a shame. A bit of light insinuation about the homoerotic appeal of competitive commuting and an otherwise promising thread withers and dies. Are those in Commuting anxiously reflecting on their sexuality?

 

[Dan B]

That's too subtle, next time just wink, blow a kiss and wave

had the same thought today as two motorcyclists were shouting at each other.

Does that help?

 

[BentMikey]

What a shame. A bit of light insinuation about the homoerotic appeal of competitive commuting and an otherwise promising thread withers and dies. Are those in Commuting anxiously reflecting on their sexuality?

Errrrr... no.

 

[theclaud]

Errrrr... no.

Well, I was kinda joking, BM. I just thought it might make a nice change as a Commuting discussion topic .

 

[Origamist]

What a shame. A bit of light insinuation about the homoerotic appeal of competitive commuting and an otherwise promising thread withers and dies. Are those in Commuting anxiously reflecting on their sexuality?

What kind of curb ball is that to throw into commuting, TC. All we know about is lane positioning, RLJing, and powerful bike lights. You'll be asking us if we've read the "Well of Loneliness" next...

However, as no one else will play ball - when spring comes I often feel a shudder of excitement when I pass a roadie with shaved legs...

 

[GrasB]

Tricky though, isn't it. These last few nights, I've been sailing along at a reasonable (but not particularly hurried) lick. Invariably, some cycle ninja will push past me, weave around infront, shed speed, and leave me with a 'do I overtake' dilemma. If I do, he'll put on double efforts to take me back (which will see him victorious at the first pinch point / hazard / red light), if I don't I've got to slow down a bit.

The commute is too long to travel at anything under normal pace, but I don't really want to have his death on my conscience when he blats across a red light to regain his lead.

Sounds crazy, but I've been finding detours rather than antagonise them.

Due to my route I don't have to contend with people like this in town but have had it on the open road. My solution is simple; hold my own a bit back at their pace for a min or so & when there's a small incline or a head wind go for a killer drop making sure you're seated when you pass them. Someone blasting passed them seated usually gives them the idea that you're rather quick & not someone to mess with.