Commuter Cup Racing
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Re: Commuter Cup Racing
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Re: Commuter Cup Racing
Postby KonaCommuter » Thu Feb 16, 2012 9:03 pm
Xplora wrote:Beat a car full of hoon idiots yesterday AND made it stick
Nice work
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Re: Commuter Cup Racing
Postby Milar » Wed Feb 22, 2012 9:59 am
Had another fun one a week ago too. Started closing in on a roadie who saw me and upped his speed. I matched speed but didn't close in or drop off. He was looking behind every 10 secs or so with me about 15m behind at 37-38 kmph, it was really starting to freak him out! We did this for a couple of km and he suddenly pulled off. Maybe he was going to anyway but I like to think he was about to pop and couldn't bear the shame of it all
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Re: Commuter Cup Racing
Postby find_bruce » Wed Feb 22, 2012 2:25 pm
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Re: Commuter Cup Racing
Postby Milar » Wed Feb 22, 2012 5:11 pm
lol. It all sounds good until you see me a few k's along hanging over my bar with my tongue hanging out! I'm riding around SOP and either take Silverwater bridge or Rhodes bridge depending on mood.find_bruce wrote:Tell us your route Milar & I will make sure to avoid it - don't want my hopes & dreams crushed just yet
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Re: Commuter Cup Racing
Postby ft_critical » Fri Feb 24, 2012 8:44 am
Anyone understand the TDC jerseys and numbers?
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Re: Commuter Cup Racing
Postby bosvit » Fri Feb 24, 2012 12:16 pm
Problem is I've only passed one old bloke on possibly the worst BSO you will ever see! I could hear it before I could see it! Still kicking myself for not getting photos
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Re: Commuter Cup Racing
Postby munga » Sun Mar 04, 2012 7:41 pm
yeah, but you're in taswegia. there's only you and two other blokes with bikes, and the other bloke died four years ago..bosvit wrote:Haven't been passed on a commute all year.....
Problem is I've only passed one old bloke on possibly the worst BSO you will ever see! I could hear it before I could see it! Still kicking myself for not getting photos
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Re: Commuter Cup Racing
Postby bosvit » Sun Mar 04, 2012 9:38 pm
Cool I'm on holidays, I always thought I lived in western SA..... LOLmunga wrote:yeah, but you're in taswegia. there's only you and two other blokes with bikes, and the other bloke died four years ago..bosvit wrote:Haven't been passed on a commute all year.....
Problem is I've only passed one old bloke on possibly the worst BSO you will ever see! I could hear it before I could see it! Still kicking myself for not getting photos
But you are right the only other cyclist may as well be dead.... Must be a painter thing...
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Re: Commuter Cup Racing
Postby Lizzy » Tue Mar 06, 2012 4:44 pm
Then slid comfortably past another guy on what should have been a much faster flat-bar than mine (he can't have been trying).
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Re: Commuter Cup Racing
Postby dillonp » Fri Mar 09, 2012 11:06 pm
I won from 7 guys
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Re: Commuter Cup Racing
Postby Fred Nurk » Sun Mar 11, 2012 10:19 am
Unfortunately the traffic prevented me from overtaking him again, something I was most disappointed (well, probably embarrassed) about. He was about 3-4km/h slower on the whole section than I normally am, but there was nothing I could do about it.
The dude even had a piece of rope as a belt, and must have had a hell of a sweat up to ride to work in HiVis gear.
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Re: Commuter Cup Racing
Postby jules21 » Tue Mar 27, 2012 1:18 pm
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Re: Commuter Cup Racing
Postby jasonc » Tue Mar 27, 2012 1:27 pm
so he wonjules21 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 and an '80s aerobics costume. on the next hill, he comes charging past, out of the seat, all over the shop, giving it 110%. i sat behind him as he glided downhill, no pedalling, then on the next incline he got stuck in again. i could see him struggling as his whole body weight shifted over each pedal. then - i kid you not - he gave a banzai shriek at the top of his lungs, as he struggled to maintain momentum. i couldn't overtake him, it would have lost him too much face and i was enjoying myself sitting in behind him. then he turned off
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Re: Commuter Cup Racing
Postby jules21 » Tue Mar 27, 2012 2:03 pm
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Re: Commuter Cup Racing
Postby Xplora » Tue Mar 27, 2012 4:18 pm
...........so he wonjules21 wrote:well no, as i could have overtaken him any time i wanted. ok technically yes, but the point is that i lost with a lot more style, by not getting out of the seat and screaming at the road. so it was a moral victory. yes
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Re: Commuter Cup Racing
Postby Comedian » Tue Mar 27, 2012 8:16 pm
I'm afraid the correct action in these cases is to pull alongside and attempt to open up a conversation.jules21 wrote:well no, as i could have overtaken him any time i wanted. ok technically yes, but the point is that i lost with a lot more style, by not getting out of the seat and screaming at the road. so it was a moral victory. yes
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Re: Commuter Cup Racing
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Re: Commuter Cup Racing
Postby jasonc » Tue Mar 27, 2012 9:17 pm
+1Comedian wrote:I'm afraid the correct action in these cases is to pull alongside and attempt to open up a conversation.jules21 wrote:well no, as i could have overtaken him any time i wanted. ok technically yes, but the point is that i lost with a lot more style, by not getting out of the seat and screaming at the road. so it was a moral victory. yes
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Re: Commuter Cup Racing
Postby Mugglechops » Wed Mar 28, 2012 7:34 pm
Then I turned left for my normal ride home
It got me a KOM on one of segments on the way home.
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Re: Commuter Cup Racing
Postby gretaboy » Sat Mar 31, 2012 8:00 am
so the girl in the yellow/greenish top beat the guy in black I assume????? hahahaAushiker wrote:
Andrew
the guy in black looks like he certainly takes his commute seriously
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Re: Commuter Cup Racing
Postby ft_critical » Sun Apr 01, 2012 11:02 am
I saw a little ahead that he then sat on another commuter on a mountain bike with a backpack. The MTB commuter was working as hard as he could, bouncing as he drove the pedals. At some point, he got sick of the 80s commuter drafting him and wiggled his right arm. I nearly cracked up. A commuter, on St Kilda rd doing a TDF elbow wave. It was hysterical. But the 80’s commuter wouldn’t come through. So the MTB commuter pulls left and starts abusing him for not sharing the work at the ‘front’ of the 3 man (there was some other random with them) peleton. I could make out that he was explaining the ‘rules’ of driving the ‘bunch.’ I couldn’t believe it. It was so funny.
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Re: Commuter Cup Racing
Postby jules21 » Sun Apr 01, 2012 1:36 pm
that's hilarious. the other guy should have done a token turn, then waved him back through, a la gerroft_critical wrote:A commuter, on St Kilda rd doing a TDF elbow wave.
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