SomethingLikeThat
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- Location
- South London
As someone who hasn't quite got the funds for a road bike yet and so rides an MTB on the road, I get overtaken a lot. And I don't mind it one bit.
Scalping....
- Thread starter Peter Armstrong
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Diggs
Veteran
- Location
- Billericay, Essex
As long as it wasn't this guy. With apologies if it's been posted before http://www.3news.co.nz/VIDEO-Cyclis...hurch/tabid/423/articleID/249739/Default.aspx
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Peter Armstrong
Über Member
Feck me what a massive cock
TonyEnjoyD
Guru
- Location
- Newcastle upon Tyne
Yup, been on before but still worth a watch for a laugh
snorri
Legendary Member
- Location
- East coast, up a bit.
Jeez, 
there's a lot more to overtaking and being overtaken than I'd ever imagined.
there's a lot more to overtaking and being overtaken than I'd ever imagined.
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Peter Armstrong
Über Member
Jeez,
No, theres alot to overtaking, being overtaken is easy and requires you to do nothing. Overtaking is really complicated.
Boris Bajic
Guest
Scalping doesn't really exist unless you're both doing the same distance under the same conditions and on similar bicycles.
If it's a race, you'll have a number on your back (or inked on your skin).
Having said that, if I get passed out on the road I am convinced that the dangerous idiot who passed me was waiting for me behind a bush, saw me coming, sprinted to pass and then took the next left to cool down. How else could it be possible?
Similarly, everyone I pass (granny, 3-year-old, cyclist repairing a puncture) is going flat-out, knows it's an official race and has prepared both self and machine for exactly these moments of intense competition and speed.
Qysh tjeter?
If it's a race, you'll have a number on your back (or inked on your skin).
Having said that, if I get passed out on the road I am convinced that the dangerous idiot who passed me was waiting for me behind a bush, saw me coming, sprinted to pass and then took the next left to cool down. How else could it be possible?
Similarly, everyone I pass (granny, 3-year-old, cyclist repairing a puncture) is going flat-out, knows it's an official race and has prepared both self and machine for exactly these moments of intense competition and speed.
Qysh tjeter?
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Peter Armstrong
Über Member
Why a Dangerous Idiot?
PhilMag
Regular
- Location
- Andover, UK
Sounds a bit like me. I guess it must just be a natural competitiveness thing.
I generally do the same - not that I overtake many people. But when other riders do this to me, they always sound so sarcastic and while they say "morning" I hear"Ha ha ha haa I am faster than yoooooo" and get a bit red misty about the whole thing.
TonyEnjoyD
Guru
- Location
- Newcastle upon Tyne
Same here, usually going just a little faster than the scalp so safer to speed up for the overtake then drop in so they have an opportunity to draft I suppose.
TonyEnjoyD
Guru
- Location
- Newcastle upon Tyne
Bah humbug, it's the only way to brighten the commute - that or giving the royal wave as you filter past stationary cars that are stuck in traffic
Boris Bajic
Guest
Seriously?
Boris rides at an optimal speed, at the optimal road position, and he rides as safely as humanely possible. Anyone attempting to outmanouvre Boris is obviously a pillock who is putting lives at risk and thus MUST. BE. STOPPED.