The considered approach

[c2c]

[quote name='swee'pea99']What in the world is a foundational view of the road?[/quote]

it is when you have been knocked of by a micra driving fool on your way to work. you are therefore enforced to view the roads foundations.

 

[Eat MY Dust]

well i work with a lad, a rangers fan from the borders, and he does not call me a fan*y.. oh no he calls me a c**t........

Fan*y is a more friendly term.

As in "what'ya dain' ya fan*y" (if you'd made a bad pass in football) "what'ya dain' ya cu*t" (if you'd spilt a strangers pint in a pub)

 

[c2c]

Fan*y is a more friendly term.

As in "what'ya dain' ya fan*y" (if you'd made a bad pass in football) "what'ya dain' ya cu*t" (if you'd spilt a strangers pint in a pub)

i agree, my ole mum used to say to my dad, "dont go bringing that factory talk home here", i shall observe the same etiquette here....

 

[Pottsy]

lol, I knew it. You must be really fast, when I'm doing almost 40mph the spray still hits me. Come to think of it, I was watching the time trial stage on the Paris to Nice and the pros all had wet arses from the spray. They were averaging over 30 mph. As I said you must be super fast.

I know it's off topic (sorry to go back to it) but bonj's claim to ride so fast as to not get hit by spray on a bike without mudguards is just absolutely hilarious...

 

[fossyant]

Back to topic - cought up a lad RLJ'ing last night - he was 20-30 feet past the ASL, just inches from the traffic flow. I was a few cars back in the traffic queue - he jumped over 4 lanes of traffic as soon as he could - I set off on green, passed him a few hundred yards down the road. I come to next set, wait in line with the traffic. He then sails down the outside, over the ASL and continues to jump the lights - over the junction and off.

Lights eventually change for me, about 2 minutes later...I'll 'ave him (long 1 mile climb coming up)..... couldn't see him as the road straightened up...bugger...must have turned off...... oh no he hasn't - he was pushing the bike up the hill. I just stared at him....... looser.....must have been half my age.....these youngsters...too many chips... (ps he was slim).....

Let the RLJ'ers be, it's something to keep chasing down......

 

[swee'pea99]

I'm pretty sure I don't want to know what a flume of guff is.

 

[c2c]

tell you what annoys me even more than rjlers. because im only reasonably fit and not super fit i often come up behind riders who are just going slightly slower than i would like. i like to stay in my own pedaling zone so i glide past in as humble a way as i can muster. on many an occasion maybe cos i have taken em by surprise, im quite a distance ahead. they then take humbrage and go like f**k to catch up and then stay on my tail. i dont rise to the bait and speed up i just carry on as before. but still they draught me. it makes i mad, i know they could prob pass anytime so wtf dont they. but what i dont do is take the considered approach and comment on their naughtiness..

 

[c2c]

[quote name='swee'pea99']I'm pretty sure I don't want to know what a flume of guff is.[/quote]
its what happens when you drink too much cider...

 

[Arch]

its what happens when you drink too much cider...

I did that once, at the Dorset Steam Fair. TBH, it was so strong, half a pint was too much. To ward off the hangover, we had to keep drinking (and eating hog roast) all afternoon. Eventually sobered up very quickly when we got soaked on the log flume later in the evening and then had to sleep in the back of a Transit van.

Happy days.....

 

[Eat MY Dust]

but still they draught me. it makes i mad, i know they could prob pass anytime so wtf dont they.

If someone can catch me and then stay on my tail I take my hat off to them!

 

[c2c]

I did that once, at the Dorset Steam Fair. TBH, it was so strong, half a pint was too much. To ward off the hangover, we had to keep drinking (and eating hog roast) all afternoon. Eventually sobered up very quickly when we got soaked on the log flume later in the evening and then had to sleep in the back of a Transit van.

Happy days.....

surely in relation to the above posts you mean, flume of log..... doing glasto this year, where cider will be aplenty. wonder if they will let me ride around on my trek mtb....?

 

[Goffins]

If someone can catch me and then stay on my tail I take my hat off to them!

That's the spirit! Cycling is such a solitary pursuit I don't mind the company, even if our only converse comes from heavy breathing, panting and the sight of a sweat streaked arse.

It's kinda like porno without the porn.

 

[Arch]

That's the spirit! Cycling is such a solitary pursuit I don't mind the company, even if our only converse comes from heavy breathing, panting and the sight of a sweat streaked arse.

It's kinda like porno without the porn.

That would be 'o' then....

 

[c2c]

That's the spirit! Cycling is such a solitary pursuit I don't mind the company, even if our only converse comes from heavy breathing, panting and the sight of a sweat streaked arse.

It's kinda like porno without the porn.

ahhhhh i just woke up and im on the wrong forum....!!

 

[fossyant]

If someone can catch me and then stay on my tail I take my hat off to them!

What's this about going uphill .......

TBH hills are a great leveller - you can't sit on wheels as gravity takes it's course..... nowhere to hide......

The TT technique to passing folk is to give a quick blast just before you overtake, so you are well clear and they can't draft you... you then settle into the rhythm again.....