Lazyass

Doing another 100K ride this weekend. Selecting the 7 speed dt shifted Paramount mainly because I like finishing miles ahead of riders on $3000 carbon Specializedcannondalegianttrek's with $1000 wheels and Garmin thingies. Not a lot, but there's alway a few. Is that mean?

due ruote 

Geez, isn't it enough your bike is way prettier than theirs?

rootboy 

I don't compete with those on lesser machines.

Velognome 

Only on a fixed gear with fenders and a bell...ding ding.....drives em nutz


Well, that's my story and stickin i'm to it

R3tired

I am as slow on my carbon bike as I am on my C&V bikes.

elboGreaze

Yeah, that's pretty mean, but it's not like you're blowing them away on a 45 pound Varsity !!

jimmuller 

I like dropping anybody! One reason I enjoy it so much is it doesn't happen very often.

iab

I dropped a 3-year-old girl on her pink princess tricycle. Felt great.

Cat 6 for life!

eschlwc

more often they fly past me while i'm in my second highest gear, and i notice their chain is in the middle of their rear cluster. i think, what the hell? but they can't continue the same frantic pace they had when they passed me, and i keep up and draft in their shadow. at the intersection, they come to a complete stop, while i flow in with traffic, stealth-like. before they make their turn and we part, they yell, "you're the reason cars hate us!" or something similar.

hairnet

I purposefully reach down and shift gears as I pass because I'm such a badass.

cb400bill

About every six months or so someone posts this very trite subject.

oddjob2

I gravitate to the front during a Detroit Slow Roll to avoid the objectionable cigarette smoke and loud music, often from blown speakers, but it's not like anybody in full kit and a carbon bike show up. We're at parade speed!

randyjawa 

Nope. Who cares how old a bicycle is, or is not, when winning and loosing is the issue?

rootboy 

Only thing I drop these days is myself.

Chombi

It's all down to the rider on the bike. A similarly conditioned rider on a modern CF bike will be very hard to beat, riding older tackle. In the end, there's a reason why technology marches on with bikes and other things,....and I don't think it's ever to make them slower or less efficient.... Anyway, unless one is racing why worry about ultimate speed. Just enjoy the ride on your fantastic looking C&V bikes!

StephenH

You seem to have the expectation that anyone that has a newer better bike should always ride faster than you. Reality is, people buy bikes they like, not bikes suited to their specific speed. I've known a couple of older guys that road carbon fiber bikes and averaged 13 or 14 miles an hour, and more power to 'em for getting out and riding.

I though the Paramount was supposed to be a pretty decent bike for its day. In which case, you should be ashamed if somebody on a low-end road bike passes you, right? No, not really, you can ride a Paramount at 10 mph and turn the handlebars to the hobo position or you can average 25 and nobody really cares.

ThermionicScott 

I'm not very competitive, so for me, it's enjoyable enough to keep up with the fastest riders on my bikes...

...but I am guilty of gratuitous DT shifting in an attempt to impress bystanders. Deep down, I know they're not.

lostarchitect 

I don't care how fast other riders are. Or how fast I am.

debit

It doesn't matter to me if I'm riding a C&V or CF bike (I have both) because I know nothing about the person I'm passing: how far or how hard they've already ridden, whether or not they're easing back into riding after a long break or illness, or if they're new to biking and had the money to buy the best bike they could afford. I assume that people who drop me don't really care what I'm riding or how fast I'm going as long as I stay to the right.

Chombi

I basically always just race with myself, so when I lose, the other me wins!

OldsCOOL

Yes. Dont mind if I do.

thinktubes 

Yeah, the "I smokd a crabon geard rodie" post.

cale

I can't get dropped, my road bike has disc brakes.

Numbskull

I'm old, my bike is old but when we ride alone we feel young.

GhostSS

+1 on this. Been on many rides where I've chain ganged at 25-30 mph for several hours than break off at the end of the ride to go home and some turd passes me with a look of self satisfaction on his face.