2012 Commuter Cup Racing - The Real Game
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2012 Commuter Cup Racing - The Real Game
Postby Comedian » Tue Jan 03, 2012 9:24 pm
Keep scores yourself... I'll try and do a totals page periodically.
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Re: 2012 Commuter Cup Racing - The Real Game
Postby ldrcycles » Tue Jan 03, 2012 9:53 pm
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Re: 2012 Commuter Cup Racing - The Real Game
Postby Mulger bill » Wed Jan 04, 2012 1:31 am
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Re: 2012 Commuter Cup Racing - The Real Game
Postby Warnesy » Wed Jan 04, 2012 9:46 am
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Re: 2012 Commuter Cup Racing - The Real Game
Postby CommuRider » Wed Jan 04, 2012 9:59 am
On my recreational rides, my folder has overtaken nearly every bike but the CF roadie with shaved legs and scooters. But it would be highly unfair to use it for this comp underestimate us folder riders at own risk!The food chain: where do you come in the system?
Scooters
Roadies with shaved legs*
Proper rapid singlespeeds (real men, messengers, tarty shiny fixies)*
Roadies with hairy legs*
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Touring bikes (mudguards)*
Fast hybrids*
MTBs on skinnies*
MTBs on knobblies
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Re: 2012 Commuter Cup Racing - The Real Game
Postby Xplora » Wed Jan 04, 2012 4:54 pm
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Re: 2012 Commuter Cup Racing - The Real Game
Postby Mulger bill » Wed Jan 04, 2012 9:10 pm
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Re: 2012 Commuter Cup Racing - The Real Game
Postby ldrcycles » Wed Jan 04, 2012 9:42 pm
Remember they are minus points, so given i'm a roady with shaved legs i'm aiming for many thousands of negative points .Xplora wrote:I don't understand the rules at all. What does the food chain mean? There is no way I am not claiming points for anyone that resists my awesome pedal power of awesome, even if they are a broken down granny on a girl's bike.
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Re: 2012 Commuter Cup Racing - The Real Game
Postby CommuRider » Wed Jan 04, 2012 10:08 pm
Vespas? They don't go that fast.Mulger bill wrote:What's a scooter?
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2012 Commuter Cup Racing - The Real Game
Postby Max » Wed Jan 04, 2012 10:19 pm
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Re: 2012 Commuter Cup Racing - The Real Game
Postby Xplora » Wed Jan 04, 2012 11:21 pm
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Re: 2012 Commuter Cup Racing - The Real Game
Postby ldrcycles » Thu Jan 05, 2012 2:29 pm
I'm up to minus 4 now, or can i get more than one point for a fully loaded touring mtb with a rear view mirror and hi vis vest? .
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Re: 2012 Commuter Cup Racing - The Real Game
Postby master6 » Sun Jan 08, 2012 6:51 pm
Mulger bill wrote:What's a scooter?
A dog with a bad case of worms
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Re: 2012 Commuter Cup Racing - The Real Game
Postby JBark » Thu Jan 12, 2012 5:49 pm
Note the basic rule is just this: "If you drop anyone who looks faster than you: +1. If you get dropped by anyone that looks slower than you: -1". The food chain is mostly a guideline, not set in stone. Even in the shaved leg roadie group, there's plenty of obvious skill differences to get a point here or there. Means if you're at the top of the chain, you're probably not going to get a lot of CCR points.Max wrote:Wait, what? Didn't the linked rules say it basically boils down to getting a point for each person you pass, and lose a point for every person who passes you? The food chain doesn't make a difference to the points you get, does it?
Not sure why people think you get negative points if you pass someone lower down the chain. You only lose points if someone lower on the food chain passes you.
Honestly, CCR is about the only thing that makes commuting on a skinny tyre hardtail MTB with flat pedals even somewhat enjoyable. Those (very) rare occasions of passing a kitted out roadie while making it look easy are great.
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Re: 2012 Commuter Cup Racing - The Real Game
Postby ldrcycles » Thu Jan 12, 2012 10:01 pm
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Re: 2012 Commuter Cup Racing - The Real Game
Postby Comedian » Fri Jan 13, 2012 8:45 am
Mate you can't get -ve points by passing anyone.ldrcycles wrote:Minus 5, passed another roady this morning who didn't have shaved legs. I thought for a second that my backpack might peg me down but then remembered i shave my arms too . There's plenty of other riders about atm but very few going my way .
I toasted a guy yesterday ... he wasn't trying to the max - but neither was I. I'll have to pass on that. If I'm going to get some points I'm going to have to take out the hybrid and attack roadies.
So who is keeping score?
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Re: 2012 Commuter Cup Racing - The Real Game
Postby jasonc » Fri Jan 13, 2012 12:51 pm
be a good workout tooComedian wrote:I'll have to pass on that. If I'm going to get some points I'm going to have to take out the hybrid and attack roadies.
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Re: 2012 Commuter Cup Racing - The Real Game
Postby Lizzy » Fri Jan 13, 2012 3:17 pm
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Re: 2012 Commuter Cup Racing - The Real Game
Postby jasonc » Fri Jan 13, 2012 3:42 pm
wouldn't a flat bar be a fast hybrid?Lizzy wrote:Question to the floor: how do we define 'fast hybrid'?
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Re: 2012 Commuter Cup Racing - The Real Game
Postby ldrcycles » Fri Jan 13, 2012 5:10 pm
But i'm at the top of the food chain, so if i can't claim negative points i'll finish the year with nothing!Comedian wrote:Mate you can't get -ve points by passing anyone.
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Re: 2012 Commuter Cup Racing - The Real Game
Postby Comedian » Fri Jan 13, 2012 9:12 pm
No.. you can get points against other riders who are also top of the chain.ldrcycles wrote:But i'm at the top of the food chain, so if i can't claim negative points i'll finish the year with nothing!Comedian wrote:Mate you can't get -ve points by passing anyone.
Alternatively break out the old MTB and see if you can cause some carnage.
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Re: 2012 Commuter Cup Racing - The Real Game
Postby Comedian » Fri Jan 13, 2012 9:13 pm
Well I would regard a normal hybrid as being a bit like my commuter. Heavy, covered in racks, lights, child towing couplings etc. A fast hybrid would be a bare or nearly hybrid... possibly running on race tyres.Lizzy wrote:Question to the floor: how do we define 'fast hybrid'? I'm on a hybrid but I dunno about 'fast' Depending on how I'd rank against a knobbly MTB I may have earned a point earlier in the week - given my performance handicap and the fact that almost nobody goes in my direction, might the the only one I get all year!
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Re: 2012 Commuter Cup Racing - The Real Game
Postby jasonc » Fri Jan 13, 2012 10:19 pm
so does mine qualify as a normal hybrid being i'm running 28c tyres?Comedian wrote:Well I would regard a normal hybrid as being a bit like my commuter. Heavy, covered in racks, lights, child towing couplings etc. A fast hybrid would be a bare or nearly hybrid... possibly running on race tyres.Lizzy wrote:Question to the floor: how do we define 'fast hybrid'? I'm on a hybrid but I dunno about 'fast' Depending on how I'd rank against a knobbly MTB I may have earned a point earlier in the week - given my performance handicap and the fact that almost nobody goes in my direction, might the the only one I get all year!
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Re: 2012 Commuter Cup Racing - The Real Game
Postby Comedian » Sat Jan 14, 2012 12:13 am
I reckon.jasonc wrote:so does mine qualify as a normal hybrid being i'm running 28c tyres?Comedian wrote:Well I would regard a normal hybrid as being a bit like my commuter. Heavy, covered in racks, lights, child towing couplings etc. A fast hybrid would be a bare or nearly hybrid... possibly running on race tyres.Lizzy wrote:Question to the floor: how do we define 'fast hybrid'? I'm on a hybrid but I dunno about 'fast' Depending on how I'd rank against a knobbly MTB I may have earned a point earlier in the week - given my performance handicap and the fact that almost nobody goes in my direction, might the the only one I get all year!
I class my hybrid as a "slow" hybrid because it's got mud flaps, 28c tyres, rack, alpine hub, plus all manner of other guff. It weighs 15kg.
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Re: 2012 Commuter Cup Racing - The Real Game
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