Racing another cyclist

[Soup890]

Anyone overtaken another cyclist just because you want to pass them and they see it as a signal as a race and they try to over take you, draft behind you, get out of their saddle and sprint after you?

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

No

 

[Adam1965]

No, it's usually me that's being overtaken

 

[Supersuperleeds]

No, when I overtake somebody I do it that fast I am half a mile up the road before they even realise what has just happened to them.

 

[sheffgirl]

I'm usually the one who gets overtaken, but I am on a mountain bike. I'll only overtake if the person in front is going stupidly slow and I'm starting to wobble from trying to ride too slowly.

 

[DCLane]

They try. But fail

 

[MikeW-71]

Anyone overtaken another cyclist just because you want to pass them and they see it as a signal as a race and they try to over take you, draft behind you, get out of their saddle and sprint after you?

Yes. I caught up to a pair of riders, one on a MTB, one on a hybrid. I wasn't far off just riding by when they looked round and sped up. I just carried on. The MTBer cracked first, the hybrid was off up the road. I just carried on and gave the MTB rider a wave as I went past. Hybrid guy wilted on the next incline and I finished him off on the descent afterwards.

It hasn't happened too often thankfully

 

[derrick]

Red rag to a bull

 

[jack smith]

happened a few times, couple of mtb'ers seem to always try to race me on the rougher parts of the c2c on my road bike with 23c tyres...should be on them paths tbh as most are mud and stones around my way, and i get the odd road cyclist who tries to re overtake but they never get far.

 

[Dave 123]

Yes. You win some, you lose some. If I win then I'm great. If I lose then the other bloke is a tosser!

 

[jack smith]

i think thats rule no1 for any overtake race....if the other guy/gal is faster then they are always an arse

 

[Shut Up Legs]

Anyone overtaken another cyclist just because you want to pass them and they see it as a signal as a race and they try to over take you, draft behind you, get out of their saddle and sprint after you?

Yes, I've had that a lot. Some cyclists have very fragile egos, and think you're overtaking them as a dare .

 

[summerdays]

If someone overtakes that is fine, it usually means they are faster than me. However there are two cyclists who cycle together on the Bristol and Bath path, where she is the weaker cyclist, he cycles along side. She seems to like to overtake then doesn't keep the effort up, so I re-overtake keeping the same pace, they speed up and overtake and then slow down again!!!!

Now when I see them, I overtake and speed up, and don't see them again!

 

[DefBref]

Welcome to the world of SCR (silly commuter racing)

http://www.itsnotarace.org/

 

[Cuchilo]

Ive noticed people nipping in front of me in traffic and then not keeping up the pace lately . Normally two roadies that then take up the whole road and can see you on the outside ( not drafting ) wanting to get past but don't budge . When one of them actually makes a break they end up chatting away to me thinking I am the one they where riding with ........ I do wonder if they are ever actually aware of their surroundings