BentMikey
Rider of Seolferwulf
- Location
- South London
I scalped two PCSOs on scooters today. They were well shocked, we were doing a little below 30mph.
Archie's rules:4F said:4F's rules:
If they are on a bike then it is considered a scalp (unless they are school kids)
Q. what's overtaking learner scooter riders under supervision going up hill?User3143 said:Overtaking motor vehicles travelling within 10% of the speed limit is an automatic scalp.
automatic_jon said:Gaz said:
Isn't commuter racing supposed to be a sport, so be sportsmanlike.
dondare said:I get a bit fed up with the ones who pedal fast uphill then coast down it.
Archie said:Archie's rules:
If they are on a bike then it is considered a scalp
View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PLc7WRDRYQ
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drsquirrel said:Why not, it's the hills that slow you down the most, pedalling down a hill fast won't make up for a slow climb
dondare said:Because I pedal downhill myself and I don't like having to overtake someone who has only just overtaken me. I'm not trying to catch them up but that's what it seems like.
Try again! The difference for me between honking up a 5-10% incline at 50rpm & spinning up at 100rpm in terms of pain is erm... nothing. It's all about my speed & HR, the higher those 2 are the more painful it is & those are related to my power output not my cadence.Matthames said:I left her for dust, she probably couldn't pick the pace up like I could as her legs must of been in agony from climbing out of the saddle.
Moral of the story: The best way to climb hills is to remain in your saddle and go down a few gears and spin.
Or you're getting wider so they can't overtake so easilyhackbike 666 said:More people are drafting me now which is a good thing means I am recovering from two years of loss of form.(Illness or something)
Matthames said:First one was a pavement riding RLJer. She came barrelling past me on a red light, which soon changed to green and then mounted the pavement. I made gains on her and we were soon climbing a 14% hill. To climb the hill she got out of her saddle instead of changing down and spinning like what I did. I was almost next to her all the way up the hill. As it levelled out she changed up a gear, sounded like the cable needed adjusting as it was skipping around in the middle gears. I was still on her back and decided to just go for it. I left her for dust, she probably couldn't pick the pace up like I could as her legs must of been in agony from climbing out of the saddle.
Moral of the story: The best way to climb hills is to remain in your saddle and go down a few gears and spin.
Second scalp was on my way home. Electric bike plodding into the wind at 17 mph. I see it in the distance and I see that I am making gains on it. Put in a bit of extra effort and pass it at about 25 mph. Reach the lights at the bottom of the hill (The same one as the first scalp) and never see him again.