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Originally Posted by Terex
Pepperdine area = hills; Central Park = not hills
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Originally Posted by Hipcycler
Does it always have to be about who's in front of who? Who dropped who? Or was it who that dropped whom?
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I do that sometimes. If there's a cyclist I see off in the distance, I make it a speed interval and see if I can pass them. I wouldn't yell and make it known I'm doing it, though. That's kind of mean. :(
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Originally Posted by timmhaan
a story about two sweaty dudes on bikes chasing down another sweaty dude on a bike isn't your idea of a good story? ;)
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I'm guilty of chasing down any faster looking roadie that I see. Its good for doing sprint practice. Challenges are great. Even though its not an actual race, when someone answers your challenge, its a personal thing from there.
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Racing is not chasing down a roadie with a recumbent. Two different platforms. There is no challenge to passing someone out training that is not riding the same bike design and is not officially racing.
If you want a challenge to race against recumbents similar to the one you own come to Morris. http://doctorvision.com/grundy/morris2005schedule.jpg World record holder Sam Whittingham will be there racing recumbents in Stock and Streamliner. If you are a fast recumbent racer that likes a challenge you can race Sam at Morris. Spuds
Originally Posted by lowracer1
I'm guilty of chasing down any faster looking roadie that I see. Its good for doing sprint practice. Challenges are great. Even though its not an actual race, when someone answers your challenge, its a personal thing from there.
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Was I talking to you? I think not. I was responding to another post. If you want to respond to the original post, then do so. If not, then go somewhere else and quit harrassing me.
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Originally Posted by lowracer1
I'm guilty of chasing down any faster looking roadie that I see. Its good for doing sprint practice. Challenges are great. Even though its not an actual race, when someone answers your challenge, its a personal thing from there.
You're like a luge racer bragging about how he chased down a guy on ice skates. Was there any kind of sonic boom when you broke the "speed-of-silliness" barrier? Your post is so humorous that I honestly thought you were joking. Keep it up, you're better than Alan Keyes in a GOP Presidential debate --funny and you don't even know it. |
Does it always have to be about who's in front of who? Who dropped who? Or was it who that dropped whom? I was out riding neighborhood loops yesterday during the lunch break. There was another rider going in the opposite direction doing the same loops. I've seen this guy out riding a few times over a year, and I swear that he has never even come close to waving back, much less speak to me. The way that this guy operates during these encounters is to try and shorten the interval to when we pass again. So if he passes me deeper into my loop the next time around he just grins as he passes, like he gets a point or something. I can see him riding past my house while I am gearing up, going slow and easy. As soon as I hit the road though he hammers like a maniac. After a few laps around he will start cutting across the neighbor, or will pull out and hide to shorten the interval when he gets tired. It is really something to see, and it is actually entertaining too. And yes I should be above all this but I can't help but jack with the guy. So what I do in these situations is to keep at my pace and basically just ride the guy into the ground. And man does he hate it. He will do everything but farmer blow me every time that I come by late in the ride. He really goes from grin to death look by then too. So yesterday was the first time that I have had this guy doing this during my lunch ride. It usually just happens in the evening or every now and then on the weekend. And since I had to get back to work, I really didn't have time to go forever. So I decided just to try looking fresher and fresher every time that I passed him. It's hard to describe, but I could tell from his expression and body language that he was getting more and more pissed. I was down to my last few minutes of ride time, and yes I'll admit that I was all the more determined not to quit before he did. So the next time that we passed each other, as a last resort I made sure that I was whistling. I guess that did it, because that was the last that I saw of him. The situation would be ideal for a movie. Perhaps you should take the day off and follow him home constantly bypassing him then letting him catch up. |
lowracer1,
I am not harassing you as you suggest and I am not posting any foul language directly to you. I have posted a link to the Morris, IL race that will allow you the opportunity to race Sam Whittingham who currently holds the IHPVA Battle Mountain record and is currently the fastest cyclist in the world with the Varna Diablo. If you want a challenge to race someone fast please come to Morris and race Sam and other recumbent racers with the same bike classification. Stock. Spuds
Originally Posted by lowracer1
Was I talking to you? I think not. I was responding to another post. If you want to respond to the original post, then do so. If not, then go somewhere else and quit harrassing me.
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i had a group of three cyclists sort of do this to me. it was one very strong rider on the front with 2 others basically sucking his wheel the whole time i saw them them.
right as i got to a big 2-mile flat through a praire they cruised past me. i was tempted to speed up and jump on the back, but i knew i wouldnt have a chance of pulling on the front at that speed so i just kept chugging along at my same tempo. but then about a mile acrost the praire they pulled off at an over look for no apperent reason, and let me pass. not 20 seconds after i pass they are back on the road again with the big guy hammering at the front. they pass me again right where the flat ends and goes into a short uphill. both times the leader said "on your left" and gave a nod as he passed the second time. i didnt realy mind cus he was a strong and cyclist seemed prety polite about it, but the two wheel suckers didnt so much as glace my direction either time and were obvioulsy gloating about passing me, even though they did none of the work. BS like that makes me leary about going on a group ride. theres no politics when you ride alone. |
I think lowracer1 and spuds are one-and-the-same
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Originally Posted by Hipcycler
Can't we all just ride bikes?
Does it always have to be about who's in front of who? Who dropped who? Or was it who that dropped whom? That is something slow people say! :D Just joking with you. |
Originally Posted by galen_52657
I think lowracer1 and spuds are one-and-the-same
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No I'm not lowracer1.
Unlike lowracer1, I see no validity or value in posting comments on the net about going faster than roadies with a stock recumbent or a recumbent with fairing. I see ZERO value in post like "I made a diamond frame rider puke." IMOP diamond frame roadies who are competitive train harder than recumbent racers, they do group training rides, they have higher power output and they have more opportunities to race with a USCF license. Any recumbent rider who makes claims about how fast they are in comparison to a diamond frame racer is not being honest. The only recumbent speed results that are valid are the ones posted at WISIL in the race results archives. Recumbents vs. recumbents. Not recumbents vs. USCF diamond frames. Currently, only a few Stock recumbent racers in the USA have averaged 27+ mph in a 50 lap velodrome race. Anyone who says they easily pedal a recumbent to 34 mph on the road is not telling the truth. http://www.wisil.recumbents.com/wisil/hpra.htm Spuds
Originally Posted by galen_52657
I think lowracer1 and spuds are one-and-the-same
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There's a guy I see once in a while who seems to enjoy chasing people down too. If he sees me going in the opposite direction on a trail, he will immeidately turn around, put the throttle down and pass me while on his aero bars.
At first, it annoyed me but I'm not training for a race or hanging my hat on the fact that I'm the fastest person on a bike so why care? Now when he passes me, I just smile and say hi. Granted, he really doesn't say anything when he passes but some people are motivated for competition. Those people will only be one step better than other people they encounter.... |
Spuds - PBJ guy with coroplast recumbents and bent-muffler-pipe velomobiles. Spuds not only uses PBJ as carb/fuel, but also employs it as "PBJ protection" to avoid road rash. You will often see Spuds walking his velomobile up a 4º incline, whistling and "smelling the roses".
lowracer - don't know this guy, but I don't think he is Spuds. I've seen them squabble several times before. Quite a ruse to pull off if it's the same guy. |
Originally Posted by Spuds McDoogle
lowracer1,
I am not harassing you as you suggest and I am not posting any foul language directly to you. I have posted a link to the Morris, IL race that will allow you the opportunity to race Sam Whittingham who currently holds the IHPVA Battle Mountain record and is currently the fastest cyclist in the world with the Varna Diablo. If you want a challenge to race someone fast please come to Morris and race Sam and other recumbent racers with the same bike classification. Stock. Spuds |
Originally Posted by slvoid
I thought you were gonna give me a story about being chased by a bunch of women or something.
And I thought the story would go something like..... "...chased down, beaten up, bike stolen and mugged of cash and chapstick (lipgloss)!" Consider yourself lucky. Central park seems like a friendly place compared to Atlantic City. |
Originally Posted by Ziggurat
Spuds - PBJ guy with coroplast recumbents and bent-muffler-pipe velomobiles. Spuds not only uses PBJ as carb/fuel, but also employs it as "PBJ protection" to avoid road rash. You will often see Spuds walking his velomobile up a 4º incline, whistling and "smelling the roses".
lowracer - don't know this guy, but I don't think he is Spuds. I've seen them squabble several times before. Quite a ruse to pull off if it's the same guy. I requote......" I'm guilty of chasing down any faster looking roadie that I see. Its good for doing sprint practice" I said it was good for sprint practice. It takes a lot of work to catch back up to a group when they have a good lead on you. I fail to see how I was bragging in this post. Geez I see many other riders here that do the same darn thing. Why did spuds single me out here? because he is the master troll. that is why. I can't post anything on bikeforums without spuds tossing his pbj's all over the fricken thread. |
Originally Posted by lowracer1
I requote......" I'm guilty of chasing down any faster looking roadie that I see. Its good for doing sprint practice"
Can you chase down fellow HPV racers at a recumbent race riding the same bike? If you can that is rather impressive. If you want to ride with and catch roadies then ride the same USCF regulated bike and play on a level playing field with them. My guess is any of the roadies you constantly post about passing can easily pass you if you were on a diamond frame like them. It requires more watt output to ride a USCF bike at 25+ mph than a recumbent. Passing roadies with a recumbent is nothing to brag about. Spuds |
Was one of them an old man on a yellowish Colgano? I can't stand that guy. He looks like Yassar Arafat.
Originally Posted by timmhaan
i was doing some laps in central park last night - just kind of riding tempo. anyway, as i came up to the main hill i passed a couple of guys. they watched me pass and i heard one of them tell the other to 'slow up' and to 'let him get ahead' (meaning me). about 3/4 up the hill they blow by me, beat me to the top, and then promptly slow down and coast down the other side.
grown men acting like children!! i thought it was kind of funny, but also kind of stupid. every season i always forget what a 'scene' it is in central park. but that's the first time i was targeted as prey and hunted down for sport. at least where i could hear their intentions. hehe. |
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