Why all the drafting?
11-09-10, 09:22 AM
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hey vkalia, how about some ride pics from your tropical island for the northern hemisphere miserable cold losers.
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11-09-10, 10:59 AM
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They're tired but still want to go fast. You're like a passing trolley with free energy. Just drop them and move on. GL
11-09-10, 11:10 AM
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You gonna eat that?
I raced like hell to reel in a flashing blinkie on the MUP this morning. I thought it might be a friend of mine and figured we could share the commute. I caught up to him just before I get off the MUP and... it wasn't him. So I passed the guy and kept moving along. I never sucked his wheel as such, but he did pull me along in that I made great time trying to catch up to him.
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11-09-10, 02:32 PM
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Recently as I've gotten faster a few people i've passed (on a MUP no-less) latch onto my rear wheel unannounced and hang there for 2-3 miles before I either have to sprint to pull away or slow way down to force them to pass. Why would anybody want to do this? What is the point of riding if you're just gonna leach off somebody else? Why don't people just carry a hook and some rope to latch onto cars?
The whole peloton concept seems silly to me in anything besides a racing context. The groups of people doing this on weekends around the neighborhoods/MUPs/wherever still baffle me. Hanging off some dudes ass for 2 hours so you can gain 2mph sounds way less fun to me than riding with some room around you, or even, by yourself and just doing the work yourself.
So how nuts am I?
The whole peloton concept seems silly to me in anything besides a racing context. The groups of people doing this on weekends around the neighborhoods/MUPs/wherever still baffle me. Hanging off some dudes ass for 2 hours so you can gain 2mph sounds way less fun to me than riding with some room around you, or even, by yourself and just doing the work yourself.
So how nuts am I?
and riding alone is boring.
11-09-10, 06:16 PM
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11-09-10, 06:20 PM
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11-09-10, 06:20 PM
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"How long can that possibly last?"
Check the Vegas line... I think they're starting an over / under as we post. I'm leaning towards under. LOL
Check the Vegas line... I think they're starting an over / under as we post. I'm leaning towards under. LOL
11-09-10, 06:21 PM
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11-09-10, 06:24 PM
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It's all relative.
Despite your protests to the contrary, I think that this was a decent thread, although from a misguided perspective. The fact that the OP didn't argue with everyone about it and realized (to some extent) the reasons and benefits of drafting helped the thread's standing considerably.
Despite your protests to the contrary, I think that this was a decent thread, although from a misguided perspective. The fact that the OP didn't argue with everyone about it and realized (to some extent) the reasons and benefits of drafting helped the thread's standing considerably.
11-09-10, 06:26 PM
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