Yeah, my friend finished 4th in a crit last weekend-

he's pretty mixed up.

Or maybe someone who worries about how others get their enjoyment should rethink that. No harm, no foul.

Bah. Spoken like an alpha male.

Us betas prey on the weak and unsuspecting. I'll not apologize for it either

I get passed all the time by cars...wait, this feel like deja vous again. Wait...what??!!

​​​​​​​That is some funny shyt.

I've noticed in the last week that I've seen a lot more women while commuting. Most have been younger, perhaps Stanford students, and some have been older. I've been thinking how nice it is seeing women out biking. And they've all left me behind and I generally average over 17 mph. The old farts who don't work and ride a lot and are fast.

Most of my coworkers think I bike a lot of miles, but when I view flybys on strava I see plenty of people who bike 10k+ miles a year and my 5-6k is chump change.

The original poster is either a troll or an a$$hat.

There's riding and there's racing. Having gone through college on a football scholarship, I know about competition. Recreational riding is not the place to get all caught up in being upset about being passed by someone....IMO.

" The other day for the first time I was passed pretty easily by a young woman. This was a first for me.I've never considered myself a overly competitive person but it bothered me. Maybe it is turning 50 and not wanting to admit I probably will be in decline from this point on."

This may be the OP's idea of "enjoyment" but it doesn't sound like it.

Well, how nice for you! Meanwhile, (kinda like what Abe was saying above) some of us aren't in a position to be compensated for our athletic ability, and we take our "competition" where we can get it.

Just to clarify...I am as competitive as most. Of course at age 72 "competitive" isn't what it used to be. It just seems to me that the OP was not happy and having a hard time accepting being passed by, in this case, a "girl." I was just trying to encourage him to see it in a different way so that he could just enjoy riding. In my case, I have a 6.3 mi. TT that I ride and try to do better on each year and a 1 mi. Strava segment (flat sprint) that I measure myself against. Up to 18.1 mph on the TT and 24.4 on the sprint. So, even as you get older you can get faster. I just don't let the fact that my 65 yr. old "girl friend" can kick my ass on a climb trouble me. And, lots of other people actually. (Damned Jersey Boys)

Cat 3 racing is recreational riding.

I see all of this belly aching and griping about getting passed and all I am wishing for is someone to ride with. I have not seen another rider in my town for 5 or more years.

That's sad. You're kind of an endangered species.

Wow. Combined a #humblebrag with a #virtuesignal all in one post. 5/5 would read again.