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06-22-19, 07:03 PM
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Before this becomes an how-elite-we-are thread the context is in the OP.
Say you see someone on an upright bike pedaling with their heals.
Then they say they are training for...a whatever next step that you have knowledge about.
Does that change a thing?
So you say, "you might want to try your forefoot".
Or you say "that's nice".
As they pedal by you.
Say you see someone on an upright bike pedaling with their heals.
Then they say they are training for...a whatever next step that you have knowledge about.
Does that change a thing?
So you say, "you might want to try your forefoot".
Or you say "that's nice".
As they pedal by you.
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But no, I'm old and fat. Some do it wrong, and some don't. Most that pass me are doing it right, or they wouldn't pass me.
Huh? Most coaches are fat and slow. In about every sport.
06-22-19, 07:14 PM
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06-22-19, 07:17 PM
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OP: Congratulations. This is among the most muddled and pointless BF threads ever, and that took some doing.
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06-23-19, 12:20 AM
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But my fork is supposed to be that way. The expert assembler at Walmart said so.
Yes, my saddle is supposed to be slammed. I heard slammed was better. Besides all the guys at the shelter ride their BMX bikes that way.
I'm already fast. I'd have the KOM on this segment if you added up all the 30 second sprint efforts I put in before getting gassed out and walking.
Yes, my saddle is supposed to be slammed. I heard slammed was better. Besides all the guys at the shelter ride their BMX bikes that way.
I'm already fast. I'd have the KOM on this segment if you added up all the 30 second sprint efforts I put in before getting gassed out and walking.
06-23-19, 12:45 AM
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Does anyone feel it is appropriate to give unsolicited coaching to a complete stranger that looks like they need it?
When the faster (looking like training for a big event) folks pass you and really are not doing it right, and I think - if they'd listen, they could pick up a lot of speed.
I keep my mouth shut. So much talent and ability wasted on poor setup, position, technique.
PM me if you want my assessment
When the faster (looking like training for a big event) folks pass you and really are not doing it right, and I think - if they'd listen, they could pick up a lot of speed.
I keep my mouth shut. So much talent and ability wasted on poor setup, position, technique.
PM me if you want my assessment
If you don't share knowledge, particularly your wisdom as you get older, then what good are you? If they tell me something I already know, I just say so.
06-23-19, 03:29 AM
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On semi-rural paved trail, I saw an oncoming rider on a flat bar road bike (strobe light flashing) pedaling with his knees splayed extremely wide.
His yelled advice to me was "Get a helmet",
to which I replied "Suck your knees in".
Not sure either of us will benefit the unsolicited advice.
Stuff happens, doesn't mean you have to react. Unless it feels good to do so.
Suck your knees in!!!
His yelled advice to me was "Get a helmet",
to which I replied "Suck your knees in".
Not sure either of us will benefit the unsolicited advice.
Stuff happens, doesn't mean you have to react. Unless it feels good to do so.
Suck your knees in!!!
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Having never been so presumptions as to give unsolicited coaching advice to complete strangers who looks like they need it, but are those folks who pass you, but really are not doing it right, what is the proper etiquette for conveying one's Superior knowledge of cycling-rightness? Is this the proper scenario?
Having already been passed how does one convey unsolicited coaching advice while wheezing up after a desperate all-out chase to the complete stranger while laden with lactic acid and desperately short of O2? "Wheeze/Urp wait a second!" does not really set the stage for a plausible and masterful critique of the unknown passer's "not-rightness".
After a reasonable if lengthy recovery does one then get right to the issue at hand and remark:
"I see that you passed me back there, but without rightness in various forms involving a distinct lack of speed, technique and may I say both 'elan and style.
These can all be rectified by following my extensive and detailed diatribe on your many faults, and my solutions to each and every one of them."
"Hey, where did they Go?"
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Having already been passed how does one convey unsolicited coaching advice while wheezing up after a desperate all-out chase to the complete stranger while laden with lactic acid and desperately short of O2? "Wheeze/Urp wait a second!" does not really set the stage for a plausible and masterful critique of the unknown passer's "not-rightness".
After a reasonable if lengthy recovery does one then get right to the issue at hand and remark:
"I see that you passed me back there, but without rightness in various forms involving a distinct lack of speed, technique and may I say both 'elan and style.
These can all be rectified by following my extensive and detailed diatribe on your many faults, and my solutions to each and every one of them."
"Hey, where did they Go?"
-Bandera
I guess every recent TDF winner asked their coach not to ride in the race so they wouldn’t get shown up?
Tiger Woods swing coaches declined to win majors because they preferred the anonymity of just coaching?
06-23-19, 04:51 AM
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Does anyone feel it is appropriate to give unsolicited coaching to a complete stranger that looks like they need it?
When the faster (looking like training for a big event) folks pass you and really are not doing it right, and I think - if they'd listen, they could pick up a lot of speed.
I keep my mouth shut. So much talent and ability wasted on poor setup, position, technique.
PM me if you want my assessment
When the faster (looking like training for a big event) folks pass you and really are not doing it right, and I think - if they'd listen, they could pick up a lot of speed.
I keep my mouth shut. So much talent and ability wasted on poor setup, position, technique.
PM me if you want my assessment
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Does anyone feel it is appropriate to give unsolicited coaching to a complete stranger that looks like they need it?
When the faster (looking like training for a big event) folks pass you and really are not doing it right, and I think - if they'd listen, they could pick up a lot of speed.
I keep my mouth shut. So much talent and ability wasted on poor setup, position, technique.
PM me if you want my assessment
When the faster (looking like training for a big event) folks pass you and really are not doing it right, and I think - if they'd listen, they could pick up a lot of speed.
I keep my mouth shut. So much talent and ability wasted on poor setup, position, technique.
PM me if you want my assessment
They passed you.
They're better than you or you're doing it wrong.
No ... of course they don't want your advice!
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06-23-19, 07:00 AM
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06-23-19, 07:39 AM
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I dont think its necessarily bad. But you could go a lifetime without having a situation that calls for it come up.
Somebody that is fast likely has a reason for a goofy position. Somebody that is slow/on a rusty bike/squeaky chain/saddle 2 feet too low doesnt care.
Theres really juat 2 situations that i always want to intervene. Goofballs riding on buay streets with no hands while playing on their phone. I just want to slap them. And people riding 25mm tires with what clearly from a distance looks to be like 8 psi.
Somebody that is fast likely has a reason for a goofy position. Somebody that is slow/on a rusty bike/squeaky chain/saddle 2 feet too low doesnt care.
Theres really juat 2 situations that i always want to intervene. Goofballs riding on buay streets with no hands while playing on their phone. I just want to slap them. And people riding 25mm tires with what clearly from a distance looks to be like 8 psi.
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One of the guys in my cycling group (not a friend, but not a random stranger) gave me some unsolicited advice on my 'pedal stroke' a few weeks ago.
I appreciated it.
I appreciated it.
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Only for 2 things.
Also when someone is clearly in the wrong gear when climbing. Many recreational riders don't understand how to use gears and are either in the large chainring and/or a small cog when going up hill. A few times after talking to riders we went back to the bottom and there were amazed how much easier it was when in the right gear.
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Also when someone is clearly in the wrong gear when climbing. Many recreational riders don't understand how to use gears and are either in the large chainring and/or a small cog when going up hill. A few times after talking to riders we went back to the bottom and there were amazed how much easier it was when in the right gear.
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06-23-19, 08:47 AM
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If you have to ask that question it means you've been influenced by some wacky philosophy. I get useful advice from people (people I see but don't personally know) everyday, and I return the favor whenever I can.
If you don't share knowledge, particularly your wisdom as you get older, then what good are you? If they tell me something I already know, I just say so.
If you don't share knowledge, particularly your wisdom as you get older, then what good are you? If they tell me something I already know, I just say so.
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I dont think its necessarily bad. But you could go a lifetime without having a situation that calls for it come up.
Somebody that is fast likely has a reason for a goofy position. Somebody that is slow/on a rusty bike/squeaky chain/saddle 2 feet too low doesnt care.
Theres really juat 2 situations that i always want to intervene. Goofballs riding on buay streets with no hands while playing on their phone. I just want to slap them. And people riding 25mm tires with what clearly from a distance looks to be like 8 psi.
Somebody that is fast likely has a reason for a goofy position. Somebody that is slow/on a rusty bike/squeaky chain/saddle 2 feet too low doesnt care.
Theres really juat 2 situations that i always want to intervene. Goofballs riding on buay streets with no hands while playing on their phone. I just want to slap them. And people riding 25mm tires with what clearly from a distance looks to be like 8 psi.
I'd probably ask the rider if he needed a patch, rather than "hey your tire is flat". They probably know, but the last time I did that he just wanted to "try some air" - and I did give him the advice that there is a hole in his tube and it will go flat again quickly, but even that was disregarded.
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My then 10 year old who was very fast is riding in a group ride Sat. A very well known multi time USA champ says he should lower his seat. Unsolicited. I had already explained who this person was to my son. The seat was lowered.
Next week a Shimano VP, USA hall of famer is going for a ride with him and says first we need to get your bike right - and raises the seat.
Both were clear mentor material, experts talking to a 10 year old who acknowledged their expertise.
My concern was in encouraging my kid to listen to experts he learned a hard lesson early that he might have to decide himself, or choose the right expert. A week or so later we go to a fit guy (https://www.facebook.com/CyberCycleCoach/ ) who was "old" and not one who would be faster than a 10 year old and sorted it all out.
As a 20 year old my son will still be told by older riders how to ride. He purposefully has an unconventional style. Being younger he is used to it.
But in general he doesn't like it and I don't like it, so I don't want to say anything.
06-23-19, 09:11 AM
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I think most people, roadies included, like being helpful, sharing what they think might be useful to someone. But offering unsolicited advice to someone who is already pretty darned capable and has already invested a good bit of effort in the sport is likely a losing proposition.
Suggesting in a friendly way (not yelling as you ride by) to a complete newbie on the MUP that their saddle is 3" too low -- maybe that has a better chance of being received positively? Nah, probably not...
Suggesting in a friendly way (not yelling as you ride by) to a complete newbie on the MUP that their saddle is 3" too low -- maybe that has a better chance of being received positively? Nah, probably not...
06-23-19, 10:30 AM
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Oh yeah- to passing ninjas: Get a light!
I've also given feedback on the relative effectiveness of rear blinkies, especially those that are so dim as to be worthless. (bite my tongue at the blinding ones in front of me on group rides)
And since I once discovered that my not-so-newly acquired bike had the brake shoes in backwards
I scan for that & have pointed out a couple.
I've also given feedback on the relative effectiveness of rear blinkies, especially those that are so dim as to be worthless. (bite my tongue at the blinding ones in front of me on group rides)
And since I once discovered that my not-so-newly acquired bike had the brake shoes in backwards
I scan for that & have pointed out a couple.
