General Cycling Discussion - I passed someone...

It was great...this kid BLASTS past me on his NEXT Full suspension dept. store bike...bout 2 minutes later, me still chugging along at my regular pace I passed him listening to him panting. I found it rather amusing since he was showing his ass.

The DMV is in my neighborhood, hence TONS of student drivers. Once or twice a month I get to blow by one on my fully loaded commuter. It's a great feeling!

Except that he's talking about some kid on a NEXT x-mart bicycle blowing by him at full steam and then him catching up to the kid a couple of minutes later after the poor kid had worn himself out trying to show off.

Except that he's talking about some kid on a NEXT x-mart bicycle blowing by him at full steam and then him catching up to the kid a couple of minutes later after the poor kid had worn himself out trying to show off.Which I'm SURE made the kid feel like a real
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probably was kinda sad to see my big butt pass him.

Ya I know we get that all the time... I love when I blow by someone on a training ride to watch them get smaller and smaller as they try and catch up... just makes me want to go faster...

probably was kinda sad to see my big butt pass him.

Sounds like a typical summer ride for me around here. Sometimes there are packs of kids on freestyle BMX, cheap Wal-Mart, and stolen bikes. I ride by them, or through them, then they try to chase me. Most of the time I don't even bother to step up the pace, I just keep my speed and watch them fall.

Oh, what a feeling! Keep on Chuggin'
Tom

Those are always the fun ones. I had someone do that to me in the opening 15-20 miles of a double century. I was keeping a nice steady pace and he kept blasting past me, only to crack a little bit later and watch me pass by him. He did this 5 or 6 times. I still wonder how he felt at the end of 200 miles if that's how he rode the whole way.

As an aside, I know TRD stands for Toyota Racing Dev. but whenever I see your name, I think "Powered by Turd."

As an aside, I know TRD stands for Toyota Racing Dev. but whenever I see your name, I think "Powered by Turd."

:roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao:

I had a similar experience with some idiot BMX'ers who were blocking the whole bike path. The whoe story is in this thread (http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=55823). When I got around them, I taunted them a little, but I got away as quickly as possible. Caloso said I should have stayed in front of them for as long as I could, making fun of their speed and egging them on to try to keep up with me. Then I could have left them both exhausted and humiliated, instead of merely humiliated. :D

This always happens on the centuries I do... the "peloton"... the guys who can't get over their delusions of being in the Tour, pass through the middle of our pack at 24-28mph trying to look cool by shoving old ladies into the weeds, while on their carbon fibre imports. Then they get a bit embarrassed when I step it up and pull to the head of their group and pull the pack for awhile on my lugged steel Tigra/105/Ultegra steed.

Yeah, yeah. I know the feeling, you know the feeling. What, does it make you a better person? Look at me I passed a 13 year old kid on his cheap ass bike, look at me i can take on Lance now... :rolleyes:
Quit bragging, I bet if I go 10 miles an hour and you go 20 after some time I will also catch up to you and leave you behind. Maybe the kid was doing a sprint. Stop thinking everyone out there is showing off.

PS. http://www.thedonkeysanctuary.org.uk/images/241.jpg they not as stupid as some might think ;)

It was great...this kid BLASTS past me on his NEXT Full suspension dept. store bike...bout 2 minutes later, me still chugging along at my regular pace I passed him listening to him panting. I found it rather amusing since he was showing his ass.

When you pass somebody like that it's far classier to act like it has happened before and you expect it to happen again sometime.

Yeah, yeah. I know the feeling, you know the feeling. What, does it make you a better person? Look at me I passed a 13 year old kid on his cheap ass bike, look at me i can take on Lance now... :rolleyes:
Quit bragging, I bet if I go 10 miles an hour and you go 20 after some time I will also catch up to you and leave you behind. Maybe the kid was doing a sprint. Stop thinking everyone out there is showing off.

Umm considering the fact that the kid in question sprinted to pass PWRD (who's around 400 lbs and falling) draw you're own conclusions. Hte kid's a straight up JERK and PWRD has every right to feel good about passing him.

And the fact is, he just kept going at his regular speed like it was no big deal... The kid sprinted and tired himself out. The kid was trying to show up the fat guy or something. PWRD just kept pedalling like normal and didn't make an effort to show the kid up. It just happened that way.

I don't think that's much to be proud of, the kid's 13 years old on a bmx bike. How do you know the kid was doing it on purpose? I sprint and pass people a lot on my Litespeed, dur I must be pompous roadie in tight spandex.

Put the same kid on a 700x23 150psi litespeed and the 400 lb man's gonna be several miles behind. But hey, to each their own to make themselves feel better. My gf and I plow pass kids on BMX bikes all the time, if we ever do end up racing, we leave em in the dust but we all laugh and smile about it, we're all riding on the same street after all.

It all depends on the attitude of the BMXer's. My experience is that many (notice, I did not say "all") kids on BMX bikes grossly overestimate the capabilities of themselves and their bikes. In another thread, a scout leader said he had a hard time convincing his scouts that BMX bikes were not the best bikes for a long ride. Some BMXer's think that since they're 16 and their bikes are cool, they can blow away any 30+ year old.

As PWRDbyTRD learned, it's fun proving them wrong.

If PWRDbyTRD had come up behind the kid and challenged the kid to a race, I'd say PWRDbyTRD was being a jerk. But here, the kid tried to show how cool he was by buzzing past PWRDbyTRD at an unsustainable speed. PWRDbyTRD just gave the kid a well-deserved ego-deflation.

I get that warm fuzzy feeling when I pass rude cagers that feel like they need to honk thier horns at me and tell me to get outta the road. I just wave while I roll past them whilest they're trapped in gridlock.

The kid was trying to show up the fat guy or something. .

and fact showing that kid was showing off is where?

Umm considering the fact that the kid in question sprinted to pass PWRD (who's around 400 lbs and falling) draw you're own conclusions. the kid's a straight up JERK and PWRD has every right to feel good about passing him.

i did. my conclusion is: Don't assume crap about people without reasonable ground.....need i say more?



The kid's a straight up JERK and PWRD has every right to feel good about passing him.

Once again. And a fact showing that kid was showing off is where?

Grats Pwrd!!!! Feels great doesn't it?

Keep pounding them pedals, you'll feel better and better about it. It comes to a point where you KNOW you're imporving and doing something good for yourself. Losing the pounds suddenly isn't your primary motivator (though they still drop).

Good luck on your jouney!

Hey, passing stories are almost always good! Keep up the hard work, pwrd. Pretty soon you'll be regalling us with stories of passing 'more worthy' opponents, small packs... who knows were it'll end?

My first conquest was a kid on a BMX gutting it out against a stiff headwind. He saw me coming and tried to stay ahead. I just smiled and said "Hi" as I rolled on by. It made me appreciate the fact that I enjoyed an aerodynamic advantage from my recumbent over him despite the fact that my legs were far older and still becoming "recumbentized".

'bent Brian

I think you may be looking at this out of context. PWRD is a big guy who is just getting into cycling as a way to gain health and lose weight. While passing anyone is a rather common experience for many on this forum, I think PWRD is pointing out that this is LITERALLY the first time it has happened for him.

That's a big moment for any rider, young or old, and especially one who is striving towards a goal that is very distant. It's important to mark the milestones along the way.

Congratulations, and keep it up!

I understand that, but kids are kids. Mashing and spinning really fast while standing up is the ONLY way to get ANY speed out of the BMX bike. I don't know at which point he decided the kid was actually trying to "show off" or anything.

I don't think that's much to be proud of, the kid's 13 years old on a bmx bike. How do you know the kid was doing it on purpose? How do YOU know the kid was on a BMX bike? Why the heck are you and Chuvak getting all defensive anyway? PWRD has every right to feel good about his Tortise and the Hare tale

First off the kid had to be around 15 or so I'd say..maybe a bit older. As far as the bike, it was a walmart bike...a NEXT FS bike at that...

As far as I am aware, having dredged through this entire thread, PWRDbyTRD didn't mentioned anything about BMX. He did say the kid went past him first. Someone ELSE threw the BMX stuff into the mix.

Chuvak, allow someone who has achieved a significant "first" for them to enjoy the moment.

Maybe it's that you haven't achieved that level of experience yet and you're jealous?

Yeah...I wasn't sure where BMX came from, but I was too lazy to review where it had been said...I knew I hadn't said it...maybe he is lacking that level of experience :D ...he's just jealous :D

Several of us mentioned similar experiences with riders on BMX bikes. The BMX thing just came from the details of our stories. There was no intentional thread jack.

Chuvak, allow someone who has achieved a significant "first" for them to enjoy the moment.
What significant first? The original poster never mentioned that he felt great because he for the first time past someone else. He started with him being proud of passing the kid that HE thought was showing off.




Maybe it's that you haven't achieved that level of experience yet and you're jealous?

Yes I guess so. It’s hard to achieve experience all you guys have. So tell me, where can I learn to come up with conclusions based solely on observation without knowing the actual fact that person did an act for whatever reason which might be different from that of an observant (YOU) assumptions?






Why the heck are you and Chuvak getting all defensive anyway? PWRD has every right to feel good about his Tortise and the Hare tale

Who ever is getting defensive? I see you defending your own comments which were based on no particular facts. Yes the guy feels happy, good for him. What i don’t understand is another 100 people joining the bandwagon and telling their stories of how they passed kids on their bikes. Every day I pass cars, and other cyclists and so what? Perhaps we males are inclined to show off our macho selves on boards like this where no one knows who we are.

Rain, why don’t you discuss passing kids on their tricycles in your local shop with other ADULT cyclists. They will laugh in your face!

i passed this guy once. he was walking around in the middle of a 45 mph road. he kept trying to get infront of me. i was ornery that day and decided that i should either cave in his leg or displace his genitalia with the knobs on my serfas vermin front tire. he eventually move but tried to bite me and made this biting sound as i passed.

this really happened.

it's the only time i have passed somone.

O_o

i passed chuvak once... and he posted 40 thousand pages of semantics arguments in response.

it was pretty sweet.

My evening commute is not long but somewhat uphill. In office clothes, on my heavy and ugly but so convenient commuter with its black panniers I sometimes pass an occasional flashy road cyclist who is breathing harder than me.
I can literally feel my ego inflate, until I realize that this guy maybe has a full century with 8'000 ft climb just behind him.

Can we got a mod to lock this thread?

Passing someone who has previously passed you is FUN. No ifs, ands, or buts about it.

Maybe the guy wasn't showing off, but I found it funny that he BUSTED ASS past me then slowed back down....showin' his ass in my book :D

dont worry about it pwrd. have you been to ridemonkey?

www.ridemonkey.com

i passed chuvak once... and he posted 40 thousand pages of semantics arguments in response.

it was pretty sweet.
No you haven't. If you have you would know that I'm a very nice person. I'll look for you on the trails though... I bet you would like to argue for a while, isn’t what your signature says, “quit crying and post!”? But if such thing happens, you’ll probably lose…..

If you're going in the same direction as me, we're racing whether you know it or not.

i passed this guy once. he was walking around in the middle of a 45 mph road. he kept trying to get infront of me. i was ornery that day and decided that i should either cave in his leg or displace his genitalia with the knobs on my serfas vermin front tire. he eventually move but tried to bite me and made this biting sound as i passed.

this really happened.

it's the only time i have passed somone.

O_o

:roflmao:

What significant first? The original poster never mentioned that he felt great because he for the first time past someone else. He started with him being proud of passing the kid that HE thought was showing off.

Yes I guess so. It’s hard to achieve experience all you guys have. So tell me, where can I learn to come up with conclusions based solely on observation without knowing the actual fact that person did an act for whatever reason which might be different from that of an observant (YOU) assumptions?

Who ever is getting defensive? I see you defending your own comments which were based on no particular facts. Yes the guy feels happy, good for him. What i don’t understand is another 100 people joining the bandwagon and telling their stories of how they passed kids on their bikes. Every day I pass cars, and other cyclists and so what? Perhaps we males are inclined to show off our macho selves on boards like this where no one knows who we are.

Rain, why don’t you discuss passing kids on their tricycles in your local shop with other ADULT cyclists. They will laugh in your face!

Piece of advice Chuvak. Don't take yourself so seriously. Some of your NY colleagues have learned well.

dont worry about it pwrd. have you been to ridemonkey?

www.ridemonkey.com


Yeah don’t worry, Clancy 98 is here to comfort you :lol:


Piece of advice Chuvak. Don't take yourself so seriously. Some of your NY colleagues have learned well.

Ey mate, how's everything at the other end? I see my comment got to you in some anal way, but thanks for sharing :)

Ey mate, how's everything at the other end? I see my comment got to you in some anal way, but thanks for sharing :)
Either too far under me to warrant the dignity of reply, or too far over me to understand your *banal* point. You pick. You seem to be good at picking on people...

How about this: You made a comment without reading the whole thread. Now you’re just trying to save yourself. Once again thanks for sharing and a good night (or is it morning in Australia?).

Thanks for ***************** up the thread.

Haha. Lock it for all i care, I had my laugh.

Chuvak you had better start being nice or your going to end up with coal in your stocking.

Haha. Lock it for all i care, I had my laugh.
And, you see, I was paying you a compliment. You were close to joining the ranks of master picker-onnerer, as ordained by me, the mogul picker-onnerer.

But you folded. Shied at the first hurdle. Took your bat and ball and went home. Spat the dummy.

*Almost* the same thing happened with your NY mates on another thread, but at least they had some graciousness, and we came to an amicable conclusion.

You remind me of the kid on the bike that PWRDbyTRD passed... all glory but no guts when it became tough.

I rarely think of challenging anyone. But I have to admit when an 18 year old kid on mountain bike taunts me, (a guy in his 50's), and challenges me a few times,and I'm on my fastest bike, it's almost impossible to resist. He asked for it.

You have to admit it's a nice feeling to drop or pass someone who really,really, asks for it.