Ever had this happen?
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ComedyPilot
Secret Lemonade Drinker
- Location
- The Kingdom of Yorkshire
Knowing how I ride, I just know it would be a wind up if they said I was winning.
02GF74
Über Member
actually I have. quite a few years back I was in peak dristrict and the tour of britain came through.
I was on mountain bike, panniers loaded up from and back, waited for the tour to go past - didn't know it would be on my route then went up the hill - snake pass - the one out of Castleton.
the crowds went ballistic so no pressure to make it to the top then
, bloody hell, I thought my lungs would explode when I got to the top but I did it, I was much younger and much fitter then....
I was on mountain bike, panniers loaded up from and back, waited for the tour to go past - didn't know it would be on my route then went up the hill - snake pass - the one out of Castleton.
the crowds went ballistic so no pressure to make it to the top then
, bloody hell, I thought my lungs would explode when I got to the top but I did it, I was much younger and much fitter then....
Globalti
Legendary Member
I rode my MTB up Rawson's Raike in Ramsbottom just before that event in the national hillclimb series. Thought I'd quietly ride up a couple of hundred yards to find a good vantage point but suddenly found the route so lined with spectators that there was nowhere to stop and I was worried about the first rider coming up behind me so I carried on. Everybody cheered and yelled at the sight of this prize twat coming up gasping for breath, I felt a complete dickhead. Luckily I managed to find a place to stop at a road junction halfway up, where I collapsed over the bars and had a brief heart attack.
Chrisz
Über Member
- Location
- Sittingbourne
Ha ha! It was getting caught up in a road race that got me into 'proper' cycling.
Many years ago I was out tooling around on my old Puch, looked over my shoulder as I heard a noise and saw a massive herd of cyclists bearing down on me! I tried to outrun them (I was much, much younger then and still serving in the Corps) but naturally enough I got completely swept up! Managed to hold on to the stern-most guys for a couple of seconds - someone shouted "Good effort!" before they dissapeared into the distance.
I later found out that I had, for a very brief moment in time, been a part of the Kelloggs Tour of Britain (or was it the Milk Race???)
Many years ago I was out tooling around on my old Puch, looked over my shoulder as I heard a noise and saw a massive herd of cyclists bearing down on me! I tried to outrun them (I was much, much younger then and still serving in the Corps) but naturally enough I got completely swept up! Managed to hold on to the stern-most guys for a couple of seconds - someone shouted "Good effort!" before they dissapeared into the distance.
I later found out that I had, for a very brief moment in time, been a part of the Kelloggs Tour of Britain (or was it the Milk Race???)
GrasB
Veteran
- Location
- Nr Cambridge
Not got caught up in a race but I once led a TTer astray when I came charging down a hill, overtook the TTer, tbh could have been anyone he just happened to be there at the time, who was coming from a flat section. Anyway kept up my 35mph ish required to get properly hooked up on a ramp positioned carefully to take me over a 5ft gate. As I landed I heard a slightly more colourful version of 'oh gosh, I didn't want to follow you' 
. The chap was not amused.
. The chap was not amused.
Randochap
Senior hunter
- Location
- British Columbia, Canada
Paris-Brest-Paris: Where Fred can be Lance.
gaz
Cycle Camera TV
- Location
- South Croydon
happens everyday when i go into work. except they are all in tin cans with horns.
