Sub genres of SCR

[pshore]

Also, what do you do on the approach to traffic lights? It's obviously not a scalp if you're just braking later than the other guy, but what if you're not sure whether he's anticipated the lights and started slowing down early or if you have worn him out and can justifiably claim a point?

I am starting to wonder if you have uncovered another genre of SCR. Sprint Racing - something akin to Hot Rod racing between lights.

 

[gaz]

You can't scalp someone that isn't taking part. And someone is clearly taking part if they keep overtaking you.

Personally i cruise at a certain speed, and if i overtake some and straight away they overtake me again, then it's game on. And when the time is right i will go past them again and push it. I'm not going to do it to every person that overtakes me, as when i tried that before, i literally nearly collapsed after every commute.

 

[marvin]

Its just a bit of fun, dont know why some people get upset about it. If someone is just going along at their own pace then its not a scalp and i certainly would never look down my nose at those going slower because i know that to many other cyclists i am the slow guy.

I dont really do the evil commuter racing but always have a laugh to myself when someone bursts a gut to get by but pretty quickly it becomes noticeably that they then can't maintain the pace they used to get in front, so maintaining the same speed as previous will them being reeled in gradually then eventually overtake get a few lengths in front and put the hammer down knowing victory is assured...what is not to like about that

Top post - you are so right

 

[dondare]

Ride a Boris bike.

 

[Jonathing]

Annoyingly there doesn't seem to be many people willing to take part when I'm commuting, although there always seems to be plenty of people going the other way to me (into Portsmouth in the morning and towards Fareham in the evening). Either that or they're all too far ahead of me already and I can't catch them.
When I was heading into Southampton of a morning in the autumn I did indulge in a spot of the evil variant, specifically I'd wait until the dips in Bursledon road and jump on them on the inclines.

 

[cyberknight]

Guy on the way to work wanted to play SCR this morning , problem was he is on a boardman team bike with a tiddly little seatpost bag and i am on a ebay special that weighs about another 8 pounds + another 20 llbs of stuff in panniers , lights etc etc.

No i am not going to race unless you care to carry my pannier bags ....

 

[Dan B]

Guy on the way to work wanted to play SCR this morning , problem was he is on a boardman team bike with a tiddly little seatpost bag and i am on a ebay special that weighs about another 8 pounds + another 20 llbs of stuff in panniers , lights etc etc.

Well, frankly, that's cheating. The rules of SCR are that you only get the point if the rider you're overtaking looks like he should be faster than you.

http://www.itsnotarace.org/scr-rules/

 

[cyberknight]

Well, frankly, that's cheating. The rules of SCR are that you only get the point if the rider you're overtaking looks like he should be faster than you.

http://www.itsnotarace.org/scr-rules/

QFT i worked out he was fcn 1 and i am a 5 .......

 

[pshore]

Guy on the way to work wanted to play SCR this morning , problem was he is on a boardman team bike with a tiddly little seatpost bag and i am on a ebay special that weighs about another 8 pounds + another 20 llbs of stuff in panniers , lights etc etc.

No i am not going to race unless you care to carry my pannier bags ....

Kudos to you, maybe he was worried you were going to take him.

I would have a go at beating them, even if it was to make them sweat a bit. I did this once to a roadie who had spd's but normal clothes. He could not deal with being beat so I made him turn up to wherever with maximum sweaty underpants. I never did pass but got fitter that day.

 

[ACS]

I don't get many chances to take part living in a cycling commuter wilderness (students don't count), The best compliment ever paid to me was by a fully blinged up roadie I managed to hang on to the back of (me: hybrid, panniers etc) for about 2 miles and eventually draw level with was 'f*ckin' tourist'.

Nearly killed me but every agonising pedal turn was worth that single dissmissive sneer.

 

[ManiaMuse]

Boris Bike Racing - BBR

I don't really go along with the whole SCR thing unless someone is clearly goading me into a race (i.e. by overtaking me on a clear road when I'm already going quite fast).

 

[pshore]

What are those Boris bikes like for speed ? They look so heavy.


Another kind of SCR I've thought of. Damn students, ambling along whilst texting and RLJ. They make as good a progress as me sprinting to every red light. It makes a mockery of my touring bike and lycra.

 

[MacB]

Another kind of SCR I've thought of. Damn students, ambling along whilst texting and RLJ. They make as good a progress as me sprinting to every red light. It makes a mockery of my touring bike and lycra.

Yeah, show my age time here, but what is it with having to text while on the move? Walking, cycling, on trains and buses I see people of all ages, though the cyclists tend to be younger, engrossed in their phones while on the move.

Maybe that should be a new commuting game, slap the phone out of the cyclists hand.

 

[mgarl10024]

I tell myself that I'm not getting involved, but somehow it often happens. I'm not the fastest and am usually loaded up with panniers, so overtaking someone is seen as a massive achievement!

The awkward situation is when the person is front is going slightly slower than your ideal pace. You know you want to overtake, you know it will take a little extra push, but you worry that they might up their pace slightly - and nothing is worse than facing the humiliation of being re-overtaken.

 

[som3blok3]

Never knew it had a name but yeah, good fun. Think my first SCR was last summer, when I used to be 'too cool' for Lycra (god how thats changed!). I was doing the Portsmouth road from Cobham to Esher (three fairly big hills in a row), when I came across a guy in all the gear, road bike, lycra, SPDs etc.

Was happy cruising behind him until he emptied his nostrils into my path, downwind obviously. Imagine his surprise when the guy on the 10 year old Dawes, wearing baggy shorts and flip flops (Lycra and SPDs are better, I know that now) overtook and left him for dust.

(Anybody from the Kingston Wheelers here?? That's what it said on his arse)

Still take him out now, just give his nostrils a wide birth and a jolly 'Hi' on the way past.

There's only been one guy, who's only popped up on the commute a couple of times who was any match (not that I'm that good, just need more cyclists), and both times I've done 6-7 miles with him, it's hurt the next day.

Although that doesn't count, because he wasn't a commuter, he was practicing on the Olympic route..........

Does the 'lets race because you've emptied your nasal contents at me' genre count?