Wanna be Tour De France cyclist on the way to work

[LarryDuff]

I had the holy grail of drafting last night. Enormous chunky bloke going like the clappers. Barely had to pedal

In fact to the OP was the bloke drafting you a hairy bloke in what looks like a german WW1 helmet. If so it was probably me!

Does it have a spike?

 

[J.Primus]

Does it have a spike?

Unfortunately not would love to fit one but the wife would kill me.
Unfortunately I've been blessed with a 64cm dome so it was the only one I could find that does a XXL size!

 

[4F]

They probably didn't want to overtake you in case you were carrying a weapon

 

[Moodyman]

Fair weather cyclists are brill for SCR points.

 

[akb]

[QUOTE 3171408, member: 30090"]Because they cannot ride a bike, no awareness, no handling skill, ignorance of other road users, they think a shared user path is the ideal place for a Strava PB FFS. With these people I tend to half wheel, point out that they have a few more gears if they want, and then spin into the distance doing roughly 140rpm on my single speed with a freewheel.

And I see this everyday, every single day and for some reason it depresses me. Bring on the rain, bring on the bad weather and gale force winds, the snow and icy conditions, the dark nights, anything so these ****tards will find some other way to get to work.[/QUOTE]

A lot of assumptions made in the post.

Ignoranus.

 

[martint235]

A lot of assumptions made in the post.

Ignoranus.

Not sure exactly what you're trying to tell us with Ignoranus? That you can't spell or you want us to ignore your bottom?

 

[confusedcyclist]

who cares what their motivation is, more cyclists = good thing

Exactly, who cares - if they're the type to stick at it its a great thing for the country, if not, they will be back in their cars and knocking you off your bike again in no time so relax!

 

[Mugshot]

[QUOTE 3171408, member: 30090"]Because they cannot ride a bike, no awareness, no handling skill, ignorance of other road users, they think a shared user path is the ideal place for a Strava PB FFS. With these people I tend to half wheel, point out that they have a few more gears if they want, and then spin into the distance doing roughly 140rpm on my single speed with a freewheel.

And I see this everyday, every single day and for some reason it depresses me. Bring on the rain, bring on the bad weather and gale force winds, the snow and icy conditions, the dark nights, anything so these ****tards will find some other way to get to work.[/QUOTE]
I agree, I'm sick of fair weather cyclists using shared use paths for strava PBs, they get in my way when I'm trying to get the KOM! Shift out of the way and take the dog walkers, peds and joggers with you!

 

[martint235]

Exactly, who cares - if they're the type to stick at it its a great thing for the country, if not, they will be back in their cars and knocking you off your bike again in no time so relax!

Yes but you're missing the point that they are currently in danger of knocking us off our bikes now by their lack of bike control/common sense.

 

[confusedcyclist]

Yes but you're missing the point that they are currently in danger of knocking us off our bikes now by their lack of bike control/common sense.

Rather their bike than their car.

 

[confusedcyclist]

My post was only in jest, yes new comers (I being one) have a lot to learn, but it can only be a good thing that they are out of their car and enjoying cycling. In time if they decide to keep up the cycling they will learn better etiquette, either of their own back, or when they make a big mistake and someone puts them in their place... Sadly, all commuters have a responsibility to use the roads in a courteous manner, and it matters not whether they are on bike, lorry, car or driving a bus.

 

[Bike_Me]

After 3 pages of reading, just to clarify, I usually love drafting people, does that make a douche and/or TDF wannabe?

 

[Bike_Me]

[QUOTE 3172454, member: 30090"]Knobber[/QUOTE]

I can live with that.

 

[Soup890]

After 3 pages of reading, just to clarify, I usually love drafting people, does that make a douche and/or TDF wannabe?

yes if you do it to long and swapping over!!

 

[Bike_Me]

yes if you do it to long and swapping over!!

Swapping over or not swapping over?

I wouldn't mind pulling someone along, but I just fear if I did swap over and pull in front of the initial draftee, that it would translated as me being a douche and getting in the way....