Originally Posted by
wphamilton
Last few days, people wanting to Cat-6 me. It's weird - long grey hair, cargo shorts t-shirt and tennis shoes on a heavy fixed gear with a big pack strapped on back, handlebars way up high, how would it prove something by "racing" me on a MUP? It's not like I rigged up that way to go fast
I don't pay much attention - I figure Cat 6 on a MUP mainly proves that you don't race, nor ever ride with fast people in general. But yesterday a guy passes me after I'm waiting on a pedestrian, and actually twists back and hollers "come on, Let's go", waving his arm, and then stands on his pedals! 3,100 commutes on the Greenway, and I think that's a first.
I kind of had the opposite happen thing happen today. I was riding from our company's location to a client about 10 miles away. I had a meeting scheduled and while I left early enough to arrive at the meeting on time, I wasn't going to have a lot of extra minutes to change clothes.
As I hit the MUP I noticed a guy coming up about 100 yards behind me. He was tucked down on aero bars and moving at a decent clip. I decided that as long as I was a bit pressed for time, I'd use this guy as an excuse to pick up my pace. I set a goal to not let him pass me.
We weren't really racing. He probably wasn't even paying much attention to me. But I managed to stay ahead of him for over 8 miles before I turned off the MUP to head towards the client's building. We averaged just a couple ticks below 20 mph the whole time. The closest he ever got was about 20 yards behind me.
I made it to the client's office 10 minutes quicker than normal, so I was left with plenty of time to change my clothes. The only problem was I'd ridden so hard that I needed that extra 10 minutes to sit and catch my breath.
