Commute Racing
10-26-09 | 05:21 PM
#1
Thread Starter
Senior Member
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From: Vancouver
Commute Racing
I hope this isn't old:
https://www.itsnotarace.org/scr-rules/
I have a FCN of 6, due to riding a road bike w/ hairy legs and non-cycling clothing, but with clipless pedals.
https://www.itsnotarace.org/scr-rules/
I have a FCN of 6, due to riding a road bike w/ hairy legs and non-cycling clothing, but with clipless pedals.
10-26-09 | 06:33 PM
#2
Fresh Garbage
Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 13,190
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From: Los Angeles
Bikes: N+1
I dunno if I did this right
-roadie+hairy legs 4 (I commute on a conversion fixie, not a 'proper' bike. I also use my roadie)
-non cycling clothes +2
-messenger bag 0
-sometimes helmet/sometimes bike cap -1
-no power meter, but I have a computer(counts?) -1
-clipless -1
3
I should wear cycling clothes and be Core Elite
-roadie+hairy legs 4 (I commute on a conversion fixie, not a 'proper' bike. I also use my roadie)
-non cycling clothes +2
-messenger bag 0
-sometimes helmet/sometimes bike cap -1
-no power meter, but I have a computer(counts?) -1
-clipless -1
3
I should wear cycling clothes and be Core Elite
Last edited by hairnet; 10-26-09 at 06:38 PM.
10-26-09 | 08:46 PM
#3
Isaias
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 5,182
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From: Essex, MD
Bikes: Ridley X-Fire (carbon, white)
FCN 0
Could have gone -1 if I left the backpack home.
Could have gone -1 if I left the backpack home.
> Roadies with shaved legs – like girls < 
- Clothing - Team Kit (Team BBC): -1
- Baggage - Back Pack/Courier: 0
- Head Gear - Helmets/Nothing/Sunglasses: 0
- Accessories - Power meter: -1
- Pedals - Evidently Clipless/spds (cycling shoes): -1/0
Calculated FCN = 0
- Clothing - Team Kit (Team BBC): -1
- Baggage - Back Pack/Courier: 0
- Head Gear - Helmets/Nothing/Sunglasses: 0
- Accessories - Power meter: -1
- Pedals - Evidently Clipless/spds (cycling shoes): -1/0
Calculated FCN = 0
Last edited by NoRacer; 10-27-09 at 08:06 AM.
10-26-09 | 09:32 PM
#4
You gonna eat that?
Joined: Sep 2008
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From: Fort Worth, Texas Church of Hopeful Uncertainty
Bikes: 1966 Raleigh DL-1 Tourist, 1973 Schwinn Varsity, 1983 Raleigh Marathon, 1994 Nishiki Sport XRS
I'm so non-competitive I don't even care a little bit.
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I stop for people / whose right of way I honor / but not for no one.
Originally Posted by bragi "However, it's never a good idea to overgeneralize."
10-26-09 | 09:51 PM
#5
P7 Fanboy
Joined: Jul 2008
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From: Crippled Burrick Inn
Can anyone translate this into English:
"Dropping / Pulling anyone higher in the Food Chain makes you stronger and more attractive to burds. Getting dropped / trying to keep up with anyone lower means your soul hires a kudos remover to lower your self worth."
I scored an 18.
"Dropping / Pulling anyone higher in the Food Chain makes you stronger and more attractive to burds. Getting dropped / trying to keep up with anyone lower means your soul hires a kudos remover to lower your self worth."
I scored an 18.
10-26-09 | 09:57 PM
#6
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From: Reston, VA
Bikes: 2003 Giant OCR2
Fair enough. Game on!
I will say, they need some frame materials questions. I should get extra points for riding a bike that's half hi-ten. Also air pressure. When I come by running 30 psi on a 50lb bike, you should really feel bad about being passed.
Question is, what would be the "Fred" line? I'm a 12 on that scale. MTB with slicks, panniers, beard, non-cycling clothes. Clipless pedals though. Is that enough, or do I need the milk create and wrong-way stem?
EDIT: You got an 18?!? On what, a bike rickshaw?
I will say, they need some frame materials questions. I should get extra points for riding a bike that's half hi-ten. Also air pressure. When I come by running 30 psi on a 50lb bike, you should really feel bad about being passed.
Question is, what would be the "Fred" line? I'm a 12 on that scale. MTB with slicks, panniers, beard, non-cycling clothes. Clipless pedals though. Is that enough, or do I need the milk create and wrong-way stem?
EDIT: You got an 18?!? On what, a bike rickshaw?
10-26-09 | 10:38 PM
#7
B-b-b-b-b-b-bicicle Rider
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 749
Likes: 5
From: Racine WI
Bikes: 1997, stumpjumper S-works hardtail, Medici, Giant Perigee(track dropouts and fixed gear), Columbia twosome, schwinn twinn, '67 raleigh 5 speed internal hub, Old triumph 3 speed, old BSA 3-speed, schwinn Racer 2spd kickback, Broken raysport criteriu
I scored a 4 this week, but next week may be higher. come winter i'm putting on the face mask. And sometimes I tow the kids in the trailer...so eventually i might get up to a 7 or so.
10-27-09 | 03:55 AM
#8
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From: Southcoast Massachusetts
Bikes: 1984 Bianchi sport
9
No one around here to race during my commute (usually). Occasional pleasure bikers out on my way home, but they tend to be going the other way. Passed an older gentleman (late retired age) with a Surly Steam roller once. He apparently had just gotten it and was shouting with a bit of panic in his voice "I can't stop peddling ...."
No one around here to race during my commute (usually). Occasional pleasure bikers out on my way home, but they tend to be going the other way. Passed an older gentleman (late retired age) with a Surly Steam roller once. He apparently had just gotten it and was shouting with a bit of panic in his voice "I can't stop peddling ...."
10-27-09 | 07:53 AM
#14
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From: Washington, DC
-Shoppers +12
-non cycling clothes +2
-Panniers: (no panniers, but rain gear rolled on rear rack - counts?) +1
-Helmets/Nothing/Sunglasses: 0
-no accessories: 0
-Flats: +1
16 ( In the summer, I trailer my child to day camp, so 18)
Paul
-non cycling clothes +2
-Panniers: (no panniers, but rain gear rolled on rear rack - counts?) +1
-Helmets/Nothing/Sunglasses: 0
-no accessories: 0
-Flats: +1
16 ( In the summer, I trailer my child to day camp, so 18)
Paul
Last edited by PaulH; 10-27-09 at 08:38 AM.
10-27-09 | 08:40 AM
#17
down in the drops
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 216
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From: Wilmington, NC
Bikes: Miele Doral, Bianchi Boardwalk, Cannondale R300
I'm conflicted on some of the questions. I wear baggy shorts over my UnderArmor, my trunk folds down into panniers when needed, and I also do all my grocery shopping on the same road bike. And what, no mentions of lights or fenders?
But that gives me (arguably) a base of 6. If only I encountered other commuters more than twice a month...
But that gives me (arguably) a base of 6. If only I encountered other commuters more than twice a month...
10-27-09 | 09:32 AM
#20
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Joined: Jun 2009
Posts: 1,079
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From: Potashville
Bikes: Reynolds 531P road bike, Rocky Mountain Metropolis, Rocky Mountain Sherpa 10, Look 566
This only works for men. I shave my legs because I'd look gross in pantyhose otherwise, and obviously I can't grow a beard.
And why no category for hub gear bikes? Do they get lumped in with hybrids or with fixies? I call my Metropolis my "stealth" bike. While cruising down 10th ave. on the way to work one morning, I could hear a derailleur gear shifting behind me. So I shifted up. One block later, I could hear it again. Shifted up again. This went on until I got to a street where I needed to turn right, then I looked back and saw a bewildered young woman staring at me from the saddle of a touring/cross type bike about 30 feet back. Without the visual cues of a derailleur or the sound of a shift to go by, she had no idea I was also shifting up.
And why no category for hub gear bikes? Do they get lumped in with hybrids or with fixies? I call my Metropolis my "stealth" bike. While cruising down 10th ave. on the way to work one morning, I could hear a derailleur gear shifting behind me. So I shifted up. One block later, I could hear it again. Shifted up again. This went on until I got to a street where I needed to turn right, then I looked back and saw a bewildered young woman staring at me from the saddle of a touring/cross type bike about 30 feet back. Without the visual cues of a derailleur or the sound of a shift to go by, she had no idea I was also shifting up.
10-27-09 | 10:01 AM
#21
On a Mission from God
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 2,009
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From: Thibodaux, LA
Bikes: '10 Surly LHT, Rat-rod Klunker, '82 Peugeot PH12 Centennial
How many points would I get for commuting on this? (has an 8-speed hub with drum brakes!)
Last edited by FunkyStickman; 10-27-09 at 10:08 AM. Reason: Cause I can't spell
10-27-09 | 10:06 AM
#23
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Bikes: Soma cyclocross with Bionx PL500HS
Got a 15 mainly cause of my electric bike. I don't get why an electric bike is a 14. I'd expect someone to feel pretty good passing an electric bicyclist. And then, if I do get passed, I should drop about 10 points! No excuse for being passed!
Last edited by adamtki; 10-27-09 at 11:46 AM.
10-27-09 | 10:16 AM
#24
Arizona Dessert
Joined: Jun 2004
Posts: 15,029
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From: AZ
Bikes: Cannondale SuperSix, Lemond Poprad. Retired: Jamis Sputnik, Centurion LeMans Fixed, Diamond Back ascent ex
FCN = 3
Never been passed on my commute in at least four years, even by folks trying to by breaking the SCR rules.
Never been passed on my commute in at least four years, even by folks trying to by breaking the SCR rules.
