AdelaaR

I pass almost all roadies I encounter while riding my hybrid.
I'm not really trying to ... may be a bit ... but I just like to ride hard
2 days ago I was going to pick up some groceries for my wife.
She couldn't do it by car because it was the "GP Zottegem" bicycle race in town and nobody could pass.
So I rode out with my hybrid and I carried a huge backpack with vegetables sticking out of the top on the way back.
I passed some nicely kitted out roadies on the flats at about 23mph ... those guys didn't know what hit 'em

AdelaaR

"literally" ... or simply not trying hard enough?

PiLigand

I would totally want to go ride around japan just for the hope of running into this guy... except, those roads, Man! Jeepers, and I thought we had some narrow streets here in the states. Maybe he's right about the body armor thing there...

DaveWC

You'd need to know the history. It translates to "waah, my bike sucks. I hate people that can afford nice things so I make fun of them and use words like crabon to make myself feel better".

Another viable interpretation is "the enemy of my enemy is my friend".

elcruxio

This is what always bothers me...
What were your heart rates when you were going 23mph? And in what zone is that? How close to your lactate threshold were you atm?

My sustainable speed (which I can ride for 4 hours+ aka. the fat burning zone) is still a measly 17mph. Hopefully some day it will be 23mph but that's still years ahead. I can sustain a 23mph for some time and I can get to 30mph. But those are at growing levels of excertion.

So basically when you pass a roadie you shouldn't cheer if you don't know the excertion level of the other rider compared to yours. Being all "I can pass roadies with my hybrid!" is just mainly ignorant. Of course you could challenge them to a 100km race and get blasted but of course it's the little victories and passing of random roadies that make you faster.

danmc

What about that dude's method of passing cars in the videos? I've never ridden in Japan, but he says that you're supposed to pass moving cars on the right (which would be on the left here in the U.S.) and then move back in front of them on the left? He does it a couple of times in the videos. Does that make any sense?

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achoo

But he's not doing it on his own.

He's the archetype for the twerps in the commuter forum who brag about the thrills that shoot up their leg when they pass someone on a road bike who's likely doing a recovery ride.

It's a pathetic defining of themselves against those customs. Bragging about going faster than the slowest road cyclist you can find is like claiming elementary school was the best decade of your life.

Randolfo

Just out of curiousity, would this explain the smug looks I get when almost all but the elderly cyclists pass me. I tell you, I am getting tired of that little girl on her Barbie bike.

thehammerdog

So if I follow the thought process of our UBER Cyclist friend and I am not sure that I do. Anyone who appears fit, lean in shape and rides alone with minimal stuff is a poser. However, wearing a backpack, with a days supply of food, tools and what ever while on a 'hybrid" type of bike who records himself passing said poser Is at the highest end of the cycling continuum?
Sweet

jmpsmash

i rode in Asia before and we should really appreciate the roads we have here in the US. imagine riding in those roads with no shoulder and then get wedged between a double decker bus and the curb.

sleepy

Alternatively: "Waahhh, my life sucks, I get mad when people start making fun of me for making fun of people who don't follow my narrow perceptions of what a guy on a bike does. I like to throw around my financial position to make myself feel superior to others."

Another viable interpretation is "I'm not secure in my cycling abilities, so I make fun of folks who are rolling and trolling on youtube."

Randolfo

Is there anyone on this thread that would not love to see this guy pass you looking like a hockey goalie on an overloaded hybrid besides me?

sleepy

Who's to say he's not fast? Or, that he's riding the streets with skill? Doesn't look the part?
And really, why does it bother the roadie class?

danmc

My rides out in the sticks are so boring where I rarely pass or get passed by anyone at all, that it would be the highlight of my day, my week actually, to have some guy dressed like that pass me saying, "Sit down! Don't stand! Stop cheating!"

Randolfo

I whole heartedly agree.

achoo

You're the one with your panties in a wad. So I guess the real question is why does the "roadie class" bother YOU so much?

sleepy

I'm just chilling, watching the heckling take place. And doing a little heckling. Hopefully the Special Forces Commuter won't see this, and y'all get a nice drone up the bibs when doing the 20 mile sprint to the coffeeshop.
Oh, gesundheit.

elcruxio

How does the money come into this exactly?

halfspeed

What makes you think anyone is "bothered"?

DaveWC

It doesn't, at least not for anyone but sleepy. He's bothered by conspicuous spending in others. Those doing the spending simply say it's their money & they'll do as they please. That's his version of others "throwing around their financial position to make themself feel superior to others". In his mind the mere ownership of a more expensive bike is the act of feeling superior.

sleepy

Dunno, I read his "People who can afford nice things" throwing financial position around.
womp womp.
Cabrones on crabon.

sleepy

Nopes.
Watching folks get Roadie Heathers on some Football armored Commuter kook is the impetus here.

danmc

I think a "stop feeding the troll" is apropos here...

PiLigand

To be serious for a moment, it bothers us because he's attacking us. I assume you read the website, or at least the page to which is linked. It's a pretty solid attack on what we consider the road cycling sport and the guy goes out of his way to insult us in not un-childish ways. So if we were perfect, we'd ignore it, but it's also funny, so when you see something both so aggressive and so juvenile, you can't expect anything but a backlash.
This backlash is fueled by the guy's ridiculous views of the sport ad us, but also his insane idea that he is an inherently better cyclist than any of us when he is so clearly not. (Better being an abstract term for knowledgeable and faster.) The guy is a dick and we're having fun saying so.

And really, I wouldn't worry about him seeing this thread. It's not like he could catch any of us if he wanted to.