Fakenger (lite) v Lancenger

I need to get one of these non-messenger bags.

Have you tried a courier bag?

Have you tried a courier bag?

a courier's bag?

no way, they are for losers, users and subway abusers

i've only come across two commuters this year who've beaten me in a race, one was a very hot girl on a condor pista, and to be fair it was a fucking long race, I was in the lead for most of it, and I got so knackered by the end I couldn't be arsed and let her pass me lol, we raced from like wanstead to victoria park. And the other was some guy going across tower bridge through gridlock traffic, he just outpaced me the bastard, I hammered it to keep up with him, but he was just too fast and I was about 10m behind the whole way.
Other than that I often get commuters who try to give it some, but I like to think of the whole road/pavement/and traffic islands as my playground, so on occasion I do pull off some naughty traffic/pedestrian filtering moves which very few people following me attempt to imitate :p.
My favourite is riding across london bridge towards bishopsgate, bunnyhopping onto the traffic island at the end at speed, and then bombing through the traffic up to the front and getting a nice head start on all the fuckers behind me.

I'm nearly always wearing my messenjah bag as i'm always carrying plenty of shit to and from work. So I haven't had a chance to see the difference between being fakengered up, as opposed to looking like a normal cyclist....

I got so knackered by the end I couldn't be arsed and let her pass me lol

=P

I know I know, technically its still losing! but I held her off for miles......still she was pretty hot so I didn't mind watching her arse disappear down victoria park road in front of me :)

You should've put that as your reason for being behind, some people on here would class that better than a win =P

oh god , im old no energy,...just laughter

I like to think of the whole road/pavement/and traffic islands as my playground, so on occasion I do pull off some naughty traffic/pedestrian filtering moves which very few people following me attempt to imitate :p.

this is called "cheating".

my journeys speed often involves passing every commuter infront of me as fast as i can, i see them as targets to overtake in a certain amount of time, and when one tries to race me im a cunt and wave as i speed away :)

when i pass commuters they are usually blown into the gutter by my sonic boom.

In the morning, I wait for one to speed away and suck to his back wheel, but normally the bugger starts gobbing all over the place - that is plain rude, so I overtake and do the same

If you're looking for a race best thing to do is overtake, sit right infront of them, then they'll overtake, then it's on!

@lookatthisguy i do euston road pretty much everyday( 9-5.30), see you round (or rather the back of you)

If you're looking for a race best thing to do is overtake, sit right infront of them, then they'll overtake, then it's on!

or while overtaking, gently slap their bum and said "speed up sweetie!"

watch their face.

or while overtaking, gently slap their bum and send "speed up sweetie!"

watch their face.

Hahaha, that image is hilarious

edscoble so your the guy i occasionally keep seeing the shit getting kicked out of by some girl in lycra.......

Since when "sweetie" Implied female?

fair point

edscoble so your the guy i occasionally keep seeing the shit getting kicked out of by some girl in lycra.......

no that's max mosley, he pays good money for that dont you know...

or while overtaking, gently slap their bum and said "speed up sweetie!"

watch their face.

In Shoreditch that is more likely to get you a date than a race....

I wonder if boy-racers have a forum where they talk about racing each other round suburban ring roads in souped up hatchbacks..

Try checking out next time whether you're riding past reflective shop windows.

Ooh, you condescending bastard...

I had a commuter race with a guy on a GSXR 1300 in Dublin a couple of weeks ago, the distances between the lights was short enough that he couldn't get up much speed and t takeoff we were neck and neck, that was fun ;)
HTFU with your lycra boys, race a 1300 bike :)

Meh, I've raced a crazy Polish guy on the same bike, up hill.
He was riding like a cock trying to get through gaps that I could hit but he couldn't fit.
Drafting bus to the top of the hill for the win. He only passed when he'd had enough and did a risky pass up the wrong side of the road on a blind corner.

Commuter racing is what it's all about. World Cup? Olympics? Club racing? Meh.. it's all about the commute.. and bikeradar threads.. yeah C+ FTW!

im always going in the opposite direction to all of the other cyclists and see them having their racing fun on the other side of the road, and feel alone:) the only racing i get is from bobbies on police bikes (anyone that they always put the largest policemen on the bikes id be shocked if most of these guys could catch a caterpillar)

Police bikes arent for chasing people. They are purely so the bobbies can cover more ground.