Originally Posted by
Azndude51
To help me get back into shape, I recently started commuting on my fixed gear to and from college summer classes. I was riding behind a guy on a Trek 1200 road bike with aerobars, but he wasn't using them. Like me, he was probably commuting from class since he had a backpack on and was wearing khaki shorts. Anyways, I was following him for a while waiting for it to be clear to pass since we were on the road's shoulder and he was going kinda slow. When it was clear, I announced my passing and went ahead of him. A 10 seconds later I see him zoom past me on his aerobars. He then looked back at me and gave me a big nasty smirk and hammered away like it was a huge accomplishment beating someone on a fixed gear and not even racing. Is this common to have commuters like this?
In my experience, fortunately no. Most seasoned commuters are pacing themselves to get themselves to their destination without turning into the "abominable salt monter". They may use another Cyclist for pace, but not pass with malice. Unfortunately, there are a lot of Newbies (and just outright deluded cyclists who have bought into the whole TDF fantasy the Bike industry has projected for years for the sake of continuing sales) around who might fancy themselves road racers who even on a commute delude themselves into thinking they are "Brian Summers" riding the Coors classic. (And are just as Dorky.)
