Bottom gear BSO riders

[Gixxerman]

I have noticed something.
Whenever I see a BSO being ridden by the baseball cap / beany hat brigade, they always seem to be in such a low gear, that even their manic 120rpm peddling results in nothing much quicker than walking pace. Have others noticed this also?
Why do they ride in such a low gear?
I am tempted to shout at them to try shifting up a bit, but I fear, I my advice would not be well received.

 

[Little yellow Brompton]

I have noticed something.
Whenever I see a BSO being ridden by the baseball cap / beany hat brigade, they always seem to be in such a low gear, that even their manic 120rpm peddling results in nothing much quicker than walking pace. Have others noticed this also?
Why do they ride in such a low gear?
I am tempted to shout at them to try shifting up a bit, but I fear, I my advice would not be well received.

They have only just stolen it and aren't used to changing gear yet!

 

[PaulSecteur]

I am tempted to shout at them to try shifting up

Dont do that, they are the only scalps I get!

 

[snorri]

their manic 120rpm peddling results in nothing much quicker than walking pace. Have others noticed this also?
I am tempted to shout at them to try shifting up a bit, but I fear, I my advice would not be well received.

I have not noticed such behaviour, but don't shout, shouting has never been a good way of passing on advice.

 

[Gixxerman]

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Why don't you just mind your own business?
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Why the attitude?
I was just making a point about something curious that I have noticed.

 

[brockers]

BMX. Mind you, makes a change from the people I see around here who plod around at 30-40rpm !

 

[apollo179]

I say try shouting some advice at them if it bothers you that much.
let us know how it goes down.

 

[Andrew_P]

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Attitude...attitude!

This coming from someone who has stereotyped both rider and bike in their OP.
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Here speaketh Cycle King's top customer

If I were to be so rude and generalise I would say that they (they being cyclists of a BSO variety) are more likely noisey dry chain grinders, and I too was part of this club for some while.

 

[Globalti]

It really pains me to see people riding around on badly set up bikes, I once stopped a girl with her forks on backwards (ASDA bike) and set them right for her. I have overtaken cyclists straining along a quiet country lane with the saddle far too low and the gears all wrong then waited at the next junction so as to "fall into conversation" with them and set their bikes up right. It's amazing how ignorant people are. My son's friends ride around on inappropriate bikes with broken gears and brakes and the seats the wrong height because their parents don't know any better.

 

[Moodyman]

I wouldn't bother giving advice. It's seldom welcomed.

 

[tyred]

I thought the advice was to spin and not to grind so the what is the problem if they ride around in a low gear?

 

[apollo179]

I thought the advice was to spin and not to grind so the what is the problem if they ride around in a low gear?

Haha good point.
If the op wants to shout something at them how about "great spinning tecnique lads ."

 

[Wankelschrauben]

All the noobs I see are crawling around in high gear's with a low cadence.

 

[brockers]

Why do they ride in such a low gear?

Because they grew up riding BMXs

 

[YahudaMoon]

On drugs ain't they. Not the type of drugs serious cyclist take though like anphetimines or EPO. It'll be crack n smack them hoodies are doing.

List of drugs in cycling http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_doping_cases_in_cycling