Left standing & completely embarrassed!!
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HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
Its all relative, for instance in any race the breakaway will be going a considerable pace yet they are swept up by the peleton as if they were standing still.
uclown2002
Guru
- Location
- Harrogate
If I ever get overtaken I make sure I tell them I'm on a recovery ride 
There's always someone faster, there's always someone slower - so nothing to worry about.
A few years ago, I was feeling pleased with myself for being able to exceed 30mph on the flat (with help with a slight tail wind) when another cyclist shot past me
but in my defence I had only 46/14 as a high gear.
A few years ago, I was feeling pleased with myself for being able to exceed 30mph on the flat (with help with a slight tail wind) when another cyclist shot past me
but in my defence I had only 46/14 as a high gear.
Boris Bajic
Guest
Everyone who overtakes me is only popping to the shops for a pack of Rothmans... Even if there are twenty of them in identical club kit. If they were going as far as I was, they wouldn't get close.
Everyone I overtook (if I ever actually had) would be doing likewise.
I plan to pass another cyclist some time soon, but middle age is creeping up and doing battle with the fitness and confidence that have taken several decades to emerge. I fear age will win.
But rest assured, in my day I could have... Oh, who am i trying to kid?
Carry on.
Everyone I overtook (if I ever actually had) would be doing likewise.
I plan to pass another cyclist some time soon, but middle age is creeping up and doing battle with the fitness and confidence that have taken several decades to emerge. I fear age will win.
But rest assured, in my day I could have... Oh, who am i trying to kid?
Carry on.
Alan Frame
Gnu
- Location
- Lost In Space
Me too. I sometimes get a bit despondent about how everyone seems to be faster than me.
But I console myself with the thought that absolutely nobody has more determination than me, and I will always get to my destination in the end. Even if it is several days after everyone else.
John Shingler
Guru
- Location
- Great Totham
Yes I get overtaken at a fair old rate sometimes ...I'm on a mountain bike and they're on road bikes so I tell myself it's the weight difference 
hopless500
Trundling along
- Location
- not-as-flat-as-you-think Norfolk
ignore 'em !
I got overtaken many times last Thursday on my long ride, quite a few of them said 'hi' too. I gave up and pushed quite a few times (my excuse is I have been ill 
). Had an embarrassing moment when a man who must have been nearly twice my age asked me if I was having problems as he rode past me pushing the bike, I told him no, just knackered and laughed while he pedalled off on his way seemingly effortlessly. 
). Had an embarrassing moment when a man who must have been nearly twice my age asked me if I was having problems as he rode past me pushing the bike, I told him no, just knackered and laughed while he pedalled off on his way seemingly effortlessly. Going up dinton hill on sunday (out of wyle ) - its a sht of a hill it starts really steep then drags at steep for ages, so the first bit blows you then the rest just kills, - well for the first time in ages I managed the whole hill without stopping, but about halfway , hanging by my chinstrap, singing to the sheep to keep going I,m overtaken by a guy as if I was on the flat.
400bhp
Guru
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400bhp
Guru
A well sorted bike will travel at 20 mph on the flat with no wind at around 180 watts. That is below tempo even for me, and I am a long way away from the high end.
