Re: Commuter Cup Racing
Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2012 8:41 pm
ft, you crack me up
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How truly sad is it when you start reading that and think "hmmm, hang on, that young guy could be me" then you suddenly realise you're 51 and you ain't young anymorejules21 wrote:had a funny encounter this morning. i was on an easy day, but gently overtook a young guy on a roadie on the Kew Blvd. he was obviously a newbie, wearing runners
certainly a different view..one that I may not wish to see again lolCrawf wrote:The overtake and slow grind and pull away.
that's the one. not bad considering it was flooded 18 months ago. inbound is the better view as you have the city nearly straight ahead.gretaboy wrote:EDIT: Watching that vid again had me amazed. Not so much for the riding/overtaking but seeing the quality/condition of the shared path and so many bike riders on that shared path. I am assuming it is the Coronation drive path from city centre to St Lucia way..please correct me if I am wrong.
well when I knew it, it was a goat track in comparison...its good to see so many people using it, from that vid at least. Whats it like in the rain..slippery??jasonc wrote:that's the one. not bad considering it was flooded 18 months ago. inbound is the better view as you have the city nearly straight ahead.gretaboy wrote:EDIT: Watching that vid again had me amazed. Not so much for the riding/overtaking but seeing the quality/condition of the shared path and so many bike riders on that shared path. I am assuming it is the Coronation drive path from city centre to St Lucia way..please correct me if I am wrong.
Yeh sorry, testing a new camera anglegretaboy wrote:certainly a different view..one that I may not wish to see again lolCrawf wrote:The overtake and slow grind and pull away.
Fabulous to see someone dedicated to public serviceLizzy wrote:En route to work yesterday I got overtaken by another girl on a flat-bar, appeared to be just out on a fitness jaunt as had no cargo or anything. Up to that point I had just been warming up, but just for shizzles & giggles I decided to sit on her hammer and make her work for it Within half a k I could hear her grunting and gasping up a pretty innocuous incline. My good deed for the day!
lizzy - you get the gold star for the week. any girl getting another to gasp and grunt deserves itfind_bruce wrote:Fabulous to see someone dedicated to public serviceLizzy wrote:En route to work yesterday I got overtaken by another girl on a flat-bar, appeared to be just out on a fitness jaunt as had no cargo or anything. Up to that point I had just been warming up, but just for shizzles & giggles I decided to sit on her hammer and make her work for it Within half a k I could hear her grunting and gasping up a pretty innocuous incline. My good deed for the day!
Gah, walked into that one, didn't I!jasonc wrote:lizzy - you get the gold star for the week. any girl getting another to gasp and grunt deserves it
Why aren't you blocking their move forward, if you're in front?steve-waters wrote:I am all for the commuter cup but....
In the traffic on Beach Road the other day I had a guy who would weave the traffic not just the inside but go up the middle of the two lanes when stopped and pull up in front at the lights pedal hard for about 5 seconds then slow - so about three of us had to try and over take in the traffic all good but then he does it again and again and once more.
Why does this man bother - we all dropped him once we got out of the lights section but bugger me if it was not the most annoying thing I have ever seen.
That's my fav move. Lane split every time - it's just not safe to NOT do it.steve-waters wrote:Not a fan of going down the middle of two lanes or doing the super tight squeeze on the inside - I kind of think if you don't do those moves you got more right to go off at cars that get too close.
So I anit blocking anyone who splits the lanes in skinny areas
Not trying hard enough. The Bogan Bikes have a hard limit on the speed they can generate. I've passed one and they couldn't gain because the engine spins a certain pace and then that's it. They can't just crank the engine past 100%, but you CANbychosis wrote:One morning recently, before sun-up saw a rear flasher hitting a nice pace as I joined the cycleway, thinks to myself 'sweet, some CCR today!'. I pulled in a behind with a bit of a gap and put the hammer down...dissapointed again, but this time it was because I had no chance... dude had a two stroke attached and revving.
+1Xplora wrote:Not trying hard enough. The Bogan Bikes have a hard limit on the speed they can generate. I've passed one and they couldn't gain because the engine spins a certain pace and then that's it. They can't just crank the engine past 100%, but you CANbychosis wrote:One morning recently, before sun-up saw a rear flasher hitting a nice pace as I joined the cycleway, thinks to myself 'sweet, some CCR today!'. I pulled in a behind with a bit of a gap and put the hammer down...dissapointed again, but this time it was because I had no chance... dude had a two stroke attached and revving.
couldn't catch him even before I'd worn myself out...westab wrote:+1Xplora wrote:Not trying hard enough. The Bogan Bikes have a hard limit on the speed they can generate. I've passed one and they couldn't gain because the engine spins a certain pace and then that's it. They can't just crank the engine past 100%, but you CANbychosis wrote:One morning recently, before sun-up saw a rear flasher hitting a nice pace as I joined the cycleway, thinks to myself 'sweet, some CCR today!'. I pulled in a behind with a bit of a gap and put the hammer down...dissapointed again, but this time it was because I had no chance... dude had a two stroke attached and revving.
I have got on as well - but it had been a bad day and he told me get a real motor and there was a long down hill. It realy did get rid of a day of frustration at work - and these from mrs westab when I got home 5min earlier than expected.
Discretion is the better part of valour, well donebychosis wrote: excuse no. two: not enough lighting to see where I was going