dudeman

i'll be there around 8.

shishi

Keep an eye out, we should still be there.

born on a bus

If I get there that early I'll be looking out for you, I'm on a matte black conversion.

shishi

cool, hope to see you then.

Yoshi

I'll be there tonight at 10pm for the race, assuming there is one (I haven't been in over a month).

shishi

Yoshi, we gotta ride, your only one hood over.

born on a bus

That was a good ride tonight, shishi and brooklyn it was really great to meet you both, next time I'll try and have fewer close calls.

shishi

same here, was def not your fault.

dudeman

i watched a roadie plow straight into the back of runner last night, HARD!

evanyc

was the roadie just not paying attention or what? did they go down? was everyone ok?

dudeman

there was a cop car rolling behind us, and i think it distracted him and made him look back. as soon as he looked forward again he slamed right into the back of her and they went down! i stopped for a sec to see if everyone was ok, the cop rolled up right away so i took off.

brooklyn

It turned out to be a great night for doing some laps in the park. Its always good to meet people from BF. That was a close call but like shishi said totally not your fault.

For those doing the rumble tomorrow good luck!

jyossarian

Anyone riding tomorrow? I'm heading over around 12ish from the UES just to putz around.

willus

I'm usuallly doing loops in the park a few times a week between 10 and noon. If you see a fast looking black Allez going as slow as possible around the loop, that's me! Say hi if you are so inclined.... i usually ride solo. would be nice to meet some bfers.

10x

i'll be on my way up there soon.
brown and gold fuji.
the mudguard i ordered from performance arrived in the mail today. i know it's not raining (yet) but i didn't want to put it in the bag so that's why i have it on..don't make fun of me for that.
you can make fun of me for the slightly squeaking old chain which i will be replacing when i get home after the laps.
that is if you can catch up.
suckas!

40x14

Anyone else been tailgated by the angry pseudo-tough-guy on a downhill MTB yet? He's usually wearing headphones and he likes to ride right up to runners and suddently swerve around them as if they're orange people cones.

He's been up my a&& like 3-4 times already this summer, and I've given up on trying to talk to him, as I mentioned he wears headphones. He's pretty strong but IMO rides like a real jerk. I can only sometimes lose him on that grand army hill, next time I will try a lot harder to break free. Yesterday he followed me and a roadie for 3-4 laps.

born on a bus

Yes. That dude is a creep, my new method to get rid of him is to ride really, really slow, he gets frustrated and takes after a few minutes.

10x

i was slowing to a stop by the side of the road when i heard this noise like a swarm of bees coming up on me, fast, and then he passed..big dude, huge bike...not sure how close he was behind me or for how long, but it was definently a WTF situation.
there is another thread in the forums somewhere all about this guy, maybe in road cycling.

40x14

I'm pretty easy going when it comes to riding. If you're on two wheels, I like you more already.

He didn't really bother me too much until yesterday, when

1) He got upset that I was talking in spanish to the roadie and said that we were planning an attack against him
2) as I was passing him on the right hand side of the hill I said 'on your right' twice - yet he still managed to completely cut me off.

So.... 1) is proof that he can hear, and 2) is proof that he's a dweeb.

I'll try riding slow next time.

40x14

The guy I'm talking about is not that big maybe 5'10". He's african american, has a big upper body, wears his hair shaved bald, never seen him with a helmet, he seems to wear all black with a brush guard protector on his right leg.

His bike is a full suspension job looks like a downhill bike to me. The bike is big, like a moped almost. Hmm. I'll try looking for that forum I'd like to know what other people say.

I've seen him scare the daylights out of runners on the road and trails. On trails, he skid stops behind runners so they jump out of the way. On the road, he'll buzz runners and look back to see their reaction.

evanyc

if you find more info on this dude elsewhere link us. i've never seen him, but now i'm tempted to ride in the park more in hopes of a confrontation.

40x14

Personally I don't like confrontation - but please be my guest.

This guy just needs to understand that if he's out to ride he shouldn't endager other people.

If all he did was draft me that would be as annoying as a little gnat, but it's the other stuff that gets to me. Plus he has huge tires and double disc brakes, so I don't really want him in front of me either.

Here's a (the?) road cycling thread on the guy: https://bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=200542

shishi

You guys missed the roller derby women last week. I wouldn't mess with that ****, they looked mean and ready to kick ass.

evanyc

things you'll never hear in the fixed gear forum:

dudeman

i think thats the dude i saw run over the jogger last week!