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Ah! The thing is you know what he's up to ! :whistle:

I wish I did, some will get half a mile down the road and will be boloxed, some have genuine pace, some will be faster than me on a climb but the same pace on the flat, some will be training so they'll come past slow down then come past again.
 
Being passed by a fast rider just reminds me of how much pace I've lost over the years, especially if that rider happens to be a friend who I used to ride with years ago.

Being passed was normal for years, when you ride a steel long bike it is inevitably a bit slower than a road bike, and the Bakfiets is 35 odd kilos of steel and plywood, so it is like driving a truck.

My first ride on the new tourer this year was quite startling: suddenly I'm not the slowest rider on the road...
 
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Being passed was normal for years, when you ride a steel long bike it is inevitably a bit slower than a road bike, for example, and the Bakfiets of 35 odd kilos of steel and plywood, so it is like driving a truck.

My first ride on the new tourer this year was quite startling: suddenly I'm not the slowest rider on the road...

That must have been a revelation. I'm 68 now, and I've got friends that are now in their 60's and 70's who haven't slowed down at all, they're still riding at the pace they had when we were on the club rides together.
 
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postman

Squire
Location
,Leeds
As much as i love you all,and enjoy exchanging tittle tattle i have work to do.First job going to wash down the garage door,it's not white at the moment.Black grit and green mould.Then i have the shower room to clean .So i will be back later.After my visit to the chemist for me keep good looking pills.
 

Levo-Lon

Guru
Best laid plans... Just about to pick up son in law for biking and he phones to say the heating has stopped working.

Fortunately it was just the pump at the end of life though the whole back boiler system is being replaced this yr.

So looks like a biking afternoon unless another family crisis occurs before lunch :laugh:

Kids bless em
 

deptfordmarmoset

Full time tea drinker
Location
Armonmy Way
Ah ha! A small table, just right for all the biskits and mugs. ^_^
Sit yourself down....
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