Modern Tech
08-01-13 | 10:53 AM
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Saturday is Farmer’s Market day. I rode my town bike down a bit early and found the vendors were still setting up for business. Rather than stand around waiting I set off to get a few miles in and enjoy the morning breeze.
Heading back to the market I was rolling along musing on the relative merits of preparing chives for an Omelet des Herbes using a mezzaluna vs. a chef’s knife when I had the feeling that a cyclist was on my wheel. A glance back showed a rider sprawled praying mantis style on a time trialish bike just beyond my rear mudguard.
“That’s odd” I thought and expected a clean surging pass with a polite “On your left” at any moment. The moment dragged on and on some more as I proceeded to turn a moderate gear at a stately pace toward farm fresh eggs and Amish cheese. Perhaps he’s feeling ill or is just recovering from a desperate TT effort I wondered as a mile and then another gradually passed by with the drafting rider churning a giant gear in my wake.
Arriving at the stop sign at the Farmer’s Market the young fellow pulled up next to me and I just had to ask:
“Why didn’t you just pass grand-dad on the ancient three speed way back there?"
“I couldn’t turn my head far enough to see if there was a car coming up from behind.” he replied.
So much for Modern Technology.
-Bandera
Saturday is Farmer’s Market day. I rode my town bike down a bit early and found the vendors were still setting up for business. Rather than stand around waiting I set off to get a few miles in and enjoy the morning breeze.
Heading back to the market I was rolling along musing on the relative merits of preparing chives for an Omelet des Herbes using a mezzaluna vs. a chef’s knife when I had the feeling that a cyclist was on my wheel. A glance back showed a rider sprawled praying mantis style on a time trialish bike just beyond my rear mudguard.
“That’s odd” I thought and expected a clean surging pass with a polite “On your left” at any moment. The moment dragged on and on some more as I proceeded to turn a moderate gear at a stately pace toward farm fresh eggs and Amish cheese. Perhaps he’s feeling ill or is just recovering from a desperate TT effort I wondered as a mile and then another gradually passed by with the drafting rider churning a giant gear in my wake.
Arriving at the stop sign at the Farmer’s Market the young fellow pulled up next to me and I just had to ask:
“Why didn’t you just pass grand-dad on the ancient three speed way back there?"
“I couldn’t turn my head far enough to see if there was a car coming up from behind.” he replied.
So much for Modern Technology.
-Bandera
08-01-13 | 11:43 AM
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Hah! Hadn't heard that one yet.
08-01-13 | 12:01 PM
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"Grandad" should have told the young whippersnapper to buy one of those old fashion little mirrors one clips on to their helmet......
But I guess he might think that would ruin his whole aero TT theme of his ride.....
But I guess he might think that would ruin his whole aero TT theme of his ride.....
08-01-13 | 05:14 PM
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Yup, although even w/ a mirror he should still do a lookback before changing lanes.
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"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." --Theodore Roosevelt
Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
08-01-13 | 05:46 PM
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First he had to pull his head from it's hiding place.
Riding anyone's wheel on the aero bars, especially a stranger's, is stupid.
There are maybe 1000-1200 riders in the world skilled, experienced, and practiced enough to do that regularly behind a cyclist they do not know or ride with on a very regular basis.
Most of them just got done with their big race....
We have a group here that does that on a regular basis.
They ride aero, wheel to wheel in a pace line.
They wreck all the time.
Riding anyone's wheel on the aero bars, especially a stranger's, is stupid.
There are maybe 1000-1200 riders in the world skilled, experienced, and practiced enough to do that regularly behind a cyclist they do not know or ride with on a very regular basis.
Most of them just got done with their big race....
We have a group here that does that on a regular basis.
They ride aero, wheel to wheel in a pace line.
They wreck all the time.
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08-01-13 | 06:06 PM
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Robbie,
That did cross my mind as I held a manly and purposeful 12.5mph with my aero-shadow in tow.
Since I've had my rear wheel overlapped by a better class of folks in the past with no calamity on my part, keep a relaxed but firm touch on the controls and have a rear mudguard that exceeds the total strength of his nano-tech-aero-hydraulic-shift-electronic-brake wunder machine I was more mystified than threatened.
-Bandera
That did cross my mind as I held a manly and purposeful 12.5mph with my aero-shadow in tow.
Since I've had my rear wheel overlapped by a better class of folks in the past with no calamity on my part, keep a relaxed but firm touch on the controls and have a rear mudguard that exceeds the total strength of his nano-tech-aero-hydraulic-shift-electronic-brake wunder machine I was more mystified than threatened.
-Bandera
08-01-13 | 06:58 PM
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