dropped a young whipper-snapper
09-11-07, 01:40 PM
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dropped a young whipper-snapper
Out on a 16mi. tandem ride with wife/stoker yesterday, trying to work up to the Hilly Hundred in October, spied a young fellow on a lightwt. road bike ahead of us. Of course, couldn't help it, picked up the pace a little and, sure enough, passed him ("howdy") and then dropped him. You can do that on a tandem on rolling terrain; two 50+'s can pass someone on a single who is younger and likely fitter. On downhills, get outta the way! Worshipping the god of gravity. Don't ask about climbing hills.
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Even better is to ride alongside them and just work the pace up till the Youngster is beginning to breath hard. Get him to answer questions about his bike or if there are any hilly routes around and just as he starts flagging- Just power on for a couple of strokes as you say "Bye"
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Even better is to ride alongside them and just work the pace up till the Youngster is beginning to breath hard. Get him to answer questions about his bike or if there are any hilly routes around and just as he starts flagging- Just power on for a couple of strokes as you say "Bye"
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Well, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but it is just possible that he was out on a recovery ride, ending his ride with a cool down or just doing a base mileage day and could have cared less that you "dropped" him,
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09-11-07, 07:56 PM
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JanMM, I'll be there at Hilly. Look for something low and yellow, and that'll be me. Maybe together we can drop a couple of kids on BMX bikes.
09-11-07, 07:58 PM
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Out on a 16mi. tandem ride with wife/stoker yesterday, trying to work up to the Hilly Hundred in October, spied a young fellow on a lightwt. road bike ahead of us. Of course, couldn't help it, picked up the pace a little and, sure enough, passed him ("howdy") and then dropped him. You can do that on a tandem on rolling terrain; two 50+'s can pass someone on a single who is younger and likely fitter. On downhills, get outta the way! Worshipping the god of gravity. Don't ask about climbing hills.
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Is your wife under 50. If so + style points but you really can't count the ride here.
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Enjoy the Hilly 100 . . . did it TWOgether when we were younger (in our 60s).
Now we're 75/72 and still getting in a 100 miles a week as a duo.
Now we're 75/72 and still getting in a 100 miles a week as a duo.
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We did our first hilly together in '78 but didn't start doing the tandem thing on Sunday until 2000. I go solo Saturdays. No plans to stop.
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I dropped a young kid on one of those Schwinn Chopper things recently. I'm really fast.
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Always fun to do the catch and drop. What I hate though is when you ride with a younger group, your out there on the front pulling at your normal pace and when you rotate off you get a 'Nice pull' comment from the younger riders, you can just feel the 'for an old guy' not being said. Really ticks me off because they never say that to someone their own age.
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Out on a 16mi. tandem ride with wife/stoker yesterday, trying to work up to the Hilly Hundred in October, spied a young fellow on a lightwt. road bike ahead of us. Of course, couldn't help it, picked up the pace a little and, sure enough, passed him ("howdy") and then dropped him. You can do that on a tandem on rolling terrain; two 50+'s can pass someone on a single who is younger and likely fitter. On downhills, get outta the way! Worshipping the god of gravity. Don't ask about climbing hills.
09-12-07, 07:11 PM
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That's really disrespectful, passing you while hauling children.
09-12-07, 08:20 PM
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LOL that would be my normal riding buddy and me. Last year at Hilly he recorded Sunday's ride. Reviewing the video, we counted over 900 passes before we quit counting, all prior to the first rest stop. He got a minute or two ahead of me, (I needed a longer warm-up) so I figure I was about 50 passes behind him.
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Also, might not have been a whipper-snapper, just young. Abilities vary even for the chronologically young, not just the young at heart.
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I don't understand why so many have to "beat" someone all the time. And then exclaim to the world.
Can't you just share those victories amongst friends?
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How about posting thanks to a faster rider that went by and allowed you to hook on, dragging you for X miles, turning a miserable ride into a reasonable one. OR
posting about the rider you passed that was struggling, but they hooked on and both of you had a more enjoyable ride?
I don't understand why so many have to "beat" someone all the time. And then exclaim to the world.
Can't you just share those victories amongst friends?
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How about posting thanks to a faster rider that went by and allowed you to hook on, dragging you for X miles, turning a miserable ride into a reasonable one. OR
posting about the rider you passed that was struggling, but they hooked on and both of you had a more enjoyable ride?
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Howdy!!
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