should have known better…

[alecstilleyedye]

…got into a commuter race today

caught up with a chap on a road bike at the lights. baggy shorts (brave chap), but otherwise a roadie (nice specialized bike, better than my 531 commuter, oh and no rucksack). we exchanged pleasantries, and i clipped in quicker so bid him good day as i went off ahead. i thought i had gotten away from him as i went up a short rise and through some traffic lights. ahead was a girl in hi-viz, at which point the other chap breezes past. i should have let it go, but i just had to overtake again, and pass the girl first. thus ensuring that i was coughing my guts up when i got to work, as i've had a cold all week.

i might have won, but was it really worth it?

 

[Terminator]

Yes.Always.

 

[Maz]

commuter races are great fun...you get to exercise parts of the lungs you didnt know even existed!

 

[BentMikey]

Oh yes, as long as you didn't lose your dignity as well.

 

[biking_fox]

Just think how impressed the girl in high vis was ... two brave chaps racing for her attention.....

Always worth it. Particularly if you win.

 

[Wolf04]

(nice specialized bike, better than my 531 commuter, oh and no rucksack).

Love the qualification, I always use a rucksack....so thats why they all pass me and I thought it was being a fat middle aged bloke on a bike

 

[janm399]

Other fast commuters are killers on my recovery days. Just this morning, I was trying my best to keep the speed down, until another chap passes me on the A6 "hill" from Stockport. And there it goes: mind goes into "a dog that's just seen a cat" and commuter race is on. My legs felt like lead at the top of the hill, but hey -- it was worth it

 

[fossyant]

Bit of a drag that bit out of Stockport on the A6... ah but there is no hiding on a hill...

 

[Tynan]

I don't race exactly but I do enjoy catching up and passing other riders

I've lately realised that these days I do what others used to do to me, cruise pass seemingly without effort other bikes puffing and panting along

And I do like trying to keep up with/chase quicker riders, the bastards

once the new ride arrives the only excuse I'll have is a single pannier

 

[Monkey Boy]

I don't race exactly

Yeah right

 

[yenrod]

Last time I 'showed off' in front a lady I lost my front teeth !

Not recommended.

 

[domtyler]

Yesterday I was genuinely beaten for pace for the first time in... I seriously cannot remember the last time. I was on my fixie too!

Going toward Bow flyover I managed to get ahead of this guy but going up the hill he had the better of me and I was totally flat out, nothing left to give, just watching him pull away.

And he had mudguards and a large rucksack.

We hit heavy traffic down the other side and I left him for dead but that was only a very small consolation.

I think it's time to go for some longer training rides.

 

[domtyler]

Last time I 'showed off' in front a lady I lost my front teeth !

Not recommended.

Er, how the feck did you manage that?

 

[4F]

i might have won, but was it really worth it ?

It is always worth it. I got sneaked up on by 2 this morning working in a pair who got the drop on me. 2 miles further on and revenge was sweet

 

[Twenty Inch]

I don't race exactly but I do enjoy catching up and passing other riders

Oh dear, you're in denial.