Scalped a couple of lycra clad roadies
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twobiker
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When I feel depressed I get my wife to hold my MTB and I ride past her 5/6 times on my tourer, it makes me feel so much better .
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Cracking a solo.
twobiker
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Let "HER RIDE IT" now that is funnyToo scared you wont catch her if you let her ride it?
Indeed. I think many of us have been on the receiving end of that. Make a jovial post in all innocence and end up feeling like you wish you'd never bothered!
I get few chances to scalp or be scalped around here so I have to have my own fun with lamp posts, street signs etc. I'm Marco Pantani (scalping joke there if you want!) until that fence post at the top of the climb.... then I'm a jelly fish, gasping for air and feeling quite sick!
I think we're all allowed a little tongue-in-cheek bravado every now and again.
Emmanuel Obikwelu
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Any mention of scalping inevitably brings out the serious cyclists questioning the validity of scalping and protesting (too much) that they dont give a sh*t.
This of course totally misses the point of the fundamentally silly nature of scalping and also highlights one of the intrinsic delights of scalping which is annoying Mr serious on his £3000 alp duez carbon spesh on the back end of a 100 miler.
Me too. I'm not sure who is annoying who though. I read it is a bit of silly fun that the scalpee is not even aware of. If the scalper is deriving some kind of empty kudos over it, well that's another thing but even then it's only a bit sad, it's not something that involves anyone else.
But yes, to deliberately do something for no other reason than to piss someone else off is pathetic. I don't go for that either.
GrasB
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Being serious about that scalp... heard of hard training rides? Maybe one rider deliberately went out with a stronger rider in an attempt to try & keep up. Unfortunately the weaker rider couldn't deal with the pace & blew up on a climb.
BTW this is a scalp fail as you got passed again
BTW this is a scalp fail as you got passed again
twobiker
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I haven't got a £3000 carbon spesh I have a £135 six year old touring bike and 100miles is piss easy, because the OP got passed again just up the road it was obvious that it was meant as a joke. you post just to annoy.
Emmanuel Obikwelu
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I guess its just that when you get some people getting so hot under the collor about preventing a little harmless fun the annoyance that it so quite clearly causes becomes amusing on its own. Sorry but i cant help finding it amusing that you take it so seriously (even my bike comment).
keyser soze
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Is there a good definition for 'scalping'? For a newbie 
I'm guessing overtaking???
And as far as the bad attitudes go have you visited bikeradar? Some vile old hands on there in the roadie section
I'm guessing overtaking??? And as far as the bad attitudes go have you visited bikeradar? Some vile old hands on there in the roadie section
Emmanuel Obikwelu
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So did the guy that you say scalped you do anything to indicate to you that you were scalped ?
Or is the scalping just in your head ?
twobiker
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Did you read the post , you are a waste of space.
