Commuter Cup Racing
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Re: Commuter Cup Racing
Postby CXCommuter » Fri Feb 21, 2014 3:07 pm
Also noted not much traffic coming from south along the Kwinana PSP- too much head/crosswind for those SOR sooks?
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Re: Commuter Cup Racing
Postby nickobec » Sun Feb 23, 2014 12:51 am
Teenager on BMX spots me and starts hammering down the hill ahead, then onto the footpath. I give it a little stick and chase, he is spinning like a madmen. I catch him at the roundabout, just as he leaves the kerb doing at close to 40kph and gets decent air. I pass him before he lands, now I am spinning at 120rpm and pulling away.
We both only have one gear but mine is 86 gear inches and he is gone before the climb.
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Re: Commuter Cup Racing
Postby jules21 » Tue Feb 25, 2014 8:48 pm
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Re: Commuter Cup Racing
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Re: Commuter Cup Racing
Postby bychosis » Wed Mar 12, 2014 11:05 am
Spotted some riders up in front of me, noticed the last was an upright ie hybrid or MTB and didn't think much more of it as they are usually no competition. As I got closer, there was a group of four roadies pushing along nicely. Couldn't help myself so accelerated and caught them. Even with some minor slowing for sharepath traffic. Passed them after waiting a bit for a clear run and then spotted another rider, again expecting a morning cruiser. Ended up he was another kitted roadie so I 'had to' keep up the pace and soon caught him, but didn't pass as I was waiting to see if he would turn off with me. Still claiming a victory even though I turned off first as I know I would have smoked him
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Re: Commuter Cup Racing
Postby Rxticle » Thu Mar 13, 2014 10:22 pm
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Re: Commuter Cup Racing
Postby Tomca74 » Fri Mar 14, 2014 12:45 am
+1 for me for a total of 1 point! YEAH
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Re: Commuter Cup Racing
Postby bychosis » Fri Mar 14, 2014 8:33 am
CCR+3 and Happy Friday.
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Re: Commuter Cup Racing
Postby CXCommuter » Wed Mar 19, 2014 4:50 pm
In the end was a draw (IMHO)- no one could get away off the front.
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Re: Commuter Cup Racing
Postby Scott_C » Wed Mar 19, 2014 7:47 pm
I caught up to the roadie and overtook them for a +1 to me.
Continued along and had another roadie turn onto the Rutland St bike route at Archer St just past Carlisle railway station where I was stopped at the stop sign. Chased the roadie past Vic Park Station and into Burswood, along Goodwood Parade and down the GFF PSP (allowing plenty of space and keeping to a reasonable speed on the steep descent) finally caught up to them going up the hill at Belmont Races. Stayed behind them across Windan bridge and made an overtake on the climb past the old power station up to the East Parade underpass. Kept a reasonable speed along the PSP into East Perth but the roadie got on my wheel with no trouble and I was tiring. Pulled off at Claisebrook Rd for the hill climb into work just before he gobbled me back up. Technical +1 but should be a 0 as he would have easily had me if I wasn't turning off.
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Re: Commuter Cup Racing
Postby FuzzyDropbear » Mon Mar 24, 2014 4:04 pm
Few weeks before that I tried it with a guy on a nice shiny Trek, he knew what was going on and I had to laugh and wish him a nice ride when I fell off the back
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Re: Commuter Cup Racing
Postby Lizzy » Mon Mar 24, 2014 7:10 pm
So I smartened my act up and caught up to her a bit past Canning Bridge, then had a nice clear chance to overtake, so I took it. She started chasing me immediately. Thought I had enough of a margin at Mt Henry for a quick drinks break with my foot off the gas, but she started breathing down my neck again. Opened up a nice bit of distance again as I got to my turnoff through Bullcreek, so at that point I declared the CCR stage over and myself the winner.
But lo, as I popped out onto the corner near campus, up she rolled again, GAH!! We both had a chuckle at that – turns out she is a colleague. She played a bit faster and looser with the crossing lights than I would with an audience, and ended up getting her front wheel onto campus before me. Is there such a thing as a ‘moral victory’? Or a tie at least??
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Re: Commuter Cup Racing
Postby Summernight » Tue Mar 25, 2014 11:17 am
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Re: Commuter Cup Racing
Postby jasonc » Tue Mar 25, 2014 1:26 pm
+1Summernight wrote:Moral victory. No road rule breaking allowed for a true CCR win, IMO.
[and no turning off after you overtake, otherwise it doesn't count either]
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Re: Commuter Cup Racing
Postby Lizzy » Wed Mar 26, 2014 10:46 pm
Yayy! ::kermit-the-frog-arms::jasonc wrote:+1Summernight wrote:Moral victory. No road rule breaking allowed for a true CCR win, IMO.
Turnoff was a good 5km after I overtook - and I go that way anyway I swear (She came back at me from another route).jasonc wrote:[and no turning off after you overtake, otherwise it doesn't count either]
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Re: Commuter Cup Racing
Postby oxonabike » Thu Apr 03, 2014 8:49 pm
But wait, there's more... Although probably belongs in the dumb cyclists and pedestrians thread.
About 8 kms later, I'd come off a path and was waiting to cross and rejoin a road to negotiate a roundabout and hit the final leg for home. The old bloke comes salmoning up the road I'm trying to cross, and proceeds to navigate the same roundabout, hugging the inside kerb, against the flow of traffic. Only a still for this bit, as a) the camera only just caught a frame or two on the very right hand side of the picture, and b) my language addressing his lack of safety awareness is not in the best interest of younger listeners.
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Re: Commuter Cup Racing
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Re: Commuter Cup Racing
Postby Calvin27 » Fri Apr 04, 2014 10:02 am
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Re: Commuter Cup Racing
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Re: Commuter Cup Racing
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Re: Commuter Cup Racing
Postby Gunlock » Thu Apr 10, 2014 8:13 am
Was riding home last night when both my main front light and then my spare both started to die. Speed came right down to low 20s so I had some chance of seeing where I was going. Got passed by 4 or 5 people of various CCR standing before I crawled home in the mid teens.
My question is, can I nullify these negative ccr points as my speed was due to an outside factor?
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Re: Commuter Cup Racing
Postby jasonc » Thu Apr 10, 2014 8:19 am
so YOU failed to charge your lights or did the ccr points scorers flatten them for you?Gunlock wrote:My question is, can I nullify these negative ccr points as my speed was due to an outside factor?
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Re: Commuter Cup Racing
Postby Gunlock » Thu Apr 10, 2014 8:23 am
While possible that they stole into the work bike cage to flatten my lights in preparation for ccr point gain it's pretty unlikely.jasonc wrote:so YOU failed to charge your lights or did the ccr points scorers flatten them for you?
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Re: Commuter Cup Racing
Postby bychosis » Thu Apr 10, 2014 9:00 am
I thought the essence of CCR is that the other rider doesn't know you are racing.
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