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Blah, I'll play along.
Commuter racing is pointless but sometimes entertaining. I used to have a reasonably long commute and there were one or two people who would play ball. Safe and considerate fun was had with these known faces. Didn't bother 'racing' randoms, didn't give it a competitive edge, did not bathe in the blood of defeated foes, just enjoyed the hour blast each way, more often than not by myself.[QUOTE]I totally agree, it just a bit of fun if done right ... I ain't ever a twat about it. It is just a bit of fun .. but I do enjoy beating them if I am on an "inferior machine" ... just a little satisfaction that I ain't totally shit.
[quote=6pt;2011123]This whole glory of trouncing people on bigger/better bikes, lycra whatever. Petty bullshit. It's just as petty when they have a go with you because you're not on carbon or wearing lycra. Dickheads all round, but there's no real problem with that, it's how things work.
In all seriousness I feel like I have to play Devil advocate because they are all lycra/carbon people. It pains me when I have a decent work bike and people slag it off because it ain't "the latest and greatest" ..
Also, not fast; I fear I am one of these "twats who ride sportives and obsess about getting their time to a fraction of a second, but won't man up and enter an actual race." Suits me for now, 'til I get my act together and start doing things properly.
The bikeradar arrows was as much a facetious gesture as it was an informative one, they have a hierarchy and rules and lots of people who take it seriously enough, no harm in giving it a read through if it matches your mindset. Must be some Dorset types you can track down and run in to the ground, or maybe you'll end up as just another notch on the toptube.I have heard you cycled up lychette matravers the wrong way in the big ring ... IMO you must be fast.
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This also makes it harder work for them... you have a slight dragging affect, can sap their energies.
Citation? It is widely held that having somebody in your draft actually reduces your drag, as their bow wave increases the pressure in your wake. If you have new data which pushes this long held belief into the category of 'old wives' tale', we'd like to see it.
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I don't understand why people wear lycra on the commute to be honest.. You're only going to work. I guess commuting is serious business.
it make sense if your commute is long (says 10 miles).
If you like to take it easy, then a 10 miles commute will take you 60 minutes with your normal everyday clothes, even a suit.
Whether for those who enjoy riding their fast road/fixed wheel bicycle, their commute is usually 45 minutes, maybe less if you can try.lycra make the commute more comfortable despite looking silly to just go to work (in comparison to suit taking the tube, buses and cars).
The other reasoning is that other make their commute as their training ride to make up for the lack of time they have to do some training, so when you're racing against a lycra'd up cyclists, you're doing him a favour.
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He is not "The JAN"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l39ahBFGnuk
The reason why there are two podium girls is to so there is one to kiss each of his thighs.
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zing!
girlfriend - why are you so sweaty? I though you were going to pick up takeaway
bloke - I saw someone with a better bike than mine, and I have to beat him!
Stop polluting my thread with "sense"
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lycra make the commute more comfortable despite looking silly to just go to work (in comparison to suit taking the tube, buses and cars).
The other reasoning is that other make their commute as their training ride to make up for the lack of time they have to do some training, so when you're racing against a lycra'd up cyclists, you're doing him a favour.
In summer I will be commuting in lycra, it's too hot otherwise and I'm not exactly going to be doing 20 miles each way in my work clothes. I sweat like a pig...
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Yep, to be fair, Armstrong has never lied in the past, so I'm willing to believe this fact.
Yeah he was probably so spaced out on clen ridden blood cells from dirty donors he didn't know what he was writing....
*hangs head in shame as still has respect for Armstrongs achievements, both in life and cycling
It's all down to the bike isn't it?
an old dutch bike encourage you to take it easy - less sweaty.
a lightweight fixed wheel bicycle encourage you to push it - sweaty ol' malaysian.
I swear, if I have energy I ride top speed everywhere... apart from heavy traffic. IU jsut can't take it easy, it's a good feeling when you're spinning and moving fast.
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Pretty sure I read that in the Armstrong book?
Under tactics, like when climbing, you send a man to sit right on the wheel of a competitor on a break and it slows him/tires him...
That's psychology/race tactics, not physics.
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^ yes
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You say that, but, for example: i passed a Boris bike which had earlier overtaken me.
Uttering 'fuck yeah' seemed entirely appropriate, not at all cuntish and very not lame.KEN BIKE!!! ffs
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I really want to commute, like a proper commute.
used to ride 10 miles both way, now a pathetic 0.5 miles...
Might as well walk that.
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Iused to ride 10 miles both way, now a pathetic 0.5 miles...
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Beating People on the commute who have a better bike
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What really freaks them out if when you overtake them you do a "roar"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJPa8dGBxfM
when you do the final "attack" ...