Scalped a couple of lycra clad roadies

[twobiker]

Did he pass you back before you got to the seesaw tho?

He did but when he dropped his teddy I knew I had him.

 

[Emmanuel Obikwelu]

When you get to my age the only thing I over take is a parked car

Dont do yourself down . So long as your on a £3000 bike and dressed in lycra your a highly valued scalp.

 

[Hip Priest]

I very slowly and gradually caught a bloke this morning who had the proper gear on. It was on a slight hill and it took a lot effort on my part. Sadly, it was only as I got alongside that I realised he was casually chatting on the phone.

 

[brokenflipflop]

I very slowly and gradually caught a bloke this morning who had the proper gear on. It was on a slight hill and it took a lot effort on my part. Sadly, it was only as I got alongside that I realised he was casually chatting on the phone.

 

[Seigi]

Wow,

You got reverse gears on your bike? I want one!

A fixie could go backwards ;3

 

[Moss]

A fixie could go backwards ;3

Loved riding my single in the early 70's, but never really got to grips with the fixed wheel!

 

[Mugshot]

Truth is, its a big hill and you need to get your pacing right, I know the hill well, I took a 5 minute stop before the start, (maybe the roadies had done 20 fast miles at this point) I then keep my speed well down as I know it just gets steeper and steeper, it was at this point they whizzed past. Half way up the hill there is a bit of an optical illusion, on a steep section you approach a bend, it appears that after the bend the hill eases off considerably, it doesn't, you suddenly realise on rounding the bend that the steepness just goes on relentlessly for maybe another quarter mile to yet another bend, your energy just vanishes. The first time I done the hill I failed at this point, and it was here the two roadies had blown up. When you know the hill and know what's coming it just isn't all that bad.

Ignore the naysayers reiver, you don't need to justify your overtake, some people just don't seem to get it.

 

[twobiker]

It all comes down to how far you rode/how far they rode ,I got scalped by a guy at the end of a 100ml ride, I had just been knocked off and tore all the ligaments in left hand , had to ride 15mls one handed to get home, I was thinking "If I had two hands I'd have you"he was probably thinking"If I get home in ten minutes I'll catch the end of Neighbours", scalping is just a make believe race between two people, one of whom doesn't probably know its a race or give a sh*t.

 

[addictfreak]

scalping is just a make believe race between two people, one of whom doesn't probably know its a race or give a sh*t.

Couldnt have put it better myself.

 

[screenman]

Briliant.

 

[Hip Priest]

I think you've just about summed it up twobiker.

 

[Emmanuel Obikwelu]

But you do all give a sh*t enough to say you dont give a sh*t.

 

[twobiker]

But you do all give a sh*t enough to say you dont give a sh*t.

No we "don't" all give a sh*t enough to say we don't give a sh*t.

 

[screenman]

How do you make that out? Twobiker was talking about the unknown rider. The rest of us answered his post and a good one it was.

The only way to claim a scalp is in a proper organised race, with known start and finish points. By some of the silly scalps going about on here I can claim to scalping a Audi R8 yesterday at some red traffic lights.

 

[Mugshot]

Left a young lad standing yesterday,one of his stabilisers caught in a kerbstone.

The only way to claim a scalp is in a proper organised race, with known start and finish points. By some of the silly scalps going about on here I can claim to scalping a Audi R8 yesterday at some red traffic lights.

Maybe, just maybe, when people are claiming "scalps" like twobikers here, or like the ops where somebody wasn't actually riding the bike it's being said with a wry smile on their face and a touch of humor in the tone of the post, they're not all claiming to be Cavendish.
Well done on scalping the Audi BTW