Originally Posted by Rev.Chuck
BlazingPedals, if those people are walking hills a rec. can climb they are enormous sissies. I don't know how many times I have been caught behind a guy on a recumbent in the first real hill of a group ride. And I ride a Fixed.
These are just normal people doing a 4-day tour. This 20% grade blindsided everyone about 15 miles into the century last day of the ride. Did everybody walk it? No. It'd be fair to say that a lot did, though.
In the past, I've made the mistake of thinking all lycra-clad riders on racing bikes should be racers. Perhaps you're also making an invalid conclusion that you're passing the recumbents, not the riders?