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MonkeyMonster
Joined: 10 Aug 2009
Posts: 882
Location: Olympia--> SCR Racetrack <-- Angel
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 Posted Thu Nov 5, 2009 1:51 pm |
of course it counts if you stayed in front for long enough for it to?
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will3
Joined: 16 Jun 2008
Posts: 1125
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Posted Thu Nov 5, 2009 1:56 pm |
| xfit wrote: | Scalp committee decision needed.
If you overtake a full shaved legged roadie in pinarello sponsored club gear but it's obvious he's not really trying does it still count? I'd love to say yes as surely his pride should dictate he not be dropped for any reason by a 'slow hybrid' in baggies. Surely a cause for a bit of celebration as I don't see too many commuters on my run but I ended up just feeling a bit childish. |
That depends.
If he immediately goes past you again, as you are zipping up and celebrating, no scalp
If he does't, scalps yours. (he was probably just a poseur)
Search your feelings, you'll know.
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amnezia
Joined: 10 Jun 2009
Posts: 171
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Posted Thu Nov 5, 2009 2:14 pm |
| xfit wrote: | Scalp committee decision needed.
If you overtake a full shaved legged roadie in pinarello sponsored club gear but it's obvious he's not really trying does it still count? I'd love to say yes as surely his pride should dictate he not be dropped for any reason by a 'slow hybrid' in baggies. Surely a cause for a bit of celebration as I don't see too many commuters on my run but I ended up just feeling a bit childish. |
who cares if it counts or not, SCR is not really a points scoring game.
SCR is the sense of achievement you get from beating a worthy competitor.
only you can decide.
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Clever Pun
Joined: 02 Aug 2007
Posts: 3014
Location: London
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Posted Thu Nov 5, 2009 3:04 pm |
| amnezia wrote: | | xfit wrote: | Scalp committee decision needed.
If you overtake a full shaved legged roadie in pinarello sponsored club gear but it's obvious he's not really trying does it still count? I'd love to say yes as surely his pride should dictate he not be dropped for any reason by a 'slow hybrid' in baggies. Surely a cause for a bit of celebration as I don't see too many commuters on my run but I ended up just feeling a bit childish. |
who cares if it counts or not, SCR is not really a points scoring game.
SCR is the sense of achievement you get from beating a worthy competitor.
only you can decide. |
but it's also based on crushing people who look the business, if they don't live up their rating they need to look at themselves in the mirror and wonder why.. why a numpty has crushed you...
Whatever bike I ride if someone has the temerity to try and overtake I'll do my best to fend them off or just overtake immediately and leave them staring at my ars* as it flies off in the distance
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To this mornings ride, again I wake up feeling like I've been throat fu<ked by a cactus and generally feeling knackered.. so I set forth again powered by green throat ejections.
Today again I pass a couple more SS'ers who seem to be increasing in number, I pass a roadie who to his credit he wont give up, he keeps catching me at the lights/traffic and sets off a little faster due to gears and then I proceed to drop him again, keep trying lad.
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Subject to occasional hat wearing
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Gazzaputt
Joined: 29 Nov 2005
Posts: 714
Location: United Kingdom
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Posted Thu Nov 5, 2009 4:36 pm |
| xfit wrote: | Scalp committee decision needed.
If you overtake a full shaved legged roadie in pinarello sponsored club gear but it's obvious he's not really trying does it still count? I'd love to say yes as surely his pride should dictate he not be dropped for any reason by a 'slow hybrid' in baggies. Surely a cause for a bit of celebration as I don't see too many commuters on my run but I ended up just feeling a bit childish. |
Was he in Sigma Sport gear by any chance?
If he was I ridden along with him a few times from Lewisham. Think he's Simon Law or Gary Dodd.
Either way he wouldn't give a flying shite about you passing him. SCR is not on his radar at all.
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itboffin
Joined: 05 Jun 2008
Posts: 4882
Location: Marlborough, Windshire
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Posted Thu Nov 5, 2009 4:40 pm |
Okay MF'ers I'm outta here look out for ninja red SS rider wearing civvies heading KX to Waterloo via The Cut, daddy needs a new pair of something ....
Road: FCN 2
CX: FCN 3
SS: FCN 4
Tourer: FCN 5
The Beast II: FCN 11
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cjcp
Joined: 05 Dec 2006
Posts: 5366
Location: Where kids get up far too early
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Bassjunkieuk
Joined: 27 Sep 2007
Posts: 2529
Location: London
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redvee
Joined: 09 Oct 2007
Posts: 4227
Location: Bristol
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Posted Thu Nov 5, 2009 7:32 pm |
Been a bloody good day for me. New camera mounted on the shoulder strap of my bag to give the view of the speedo  but on the way in culled a scooter as he was held up in traffic and I filtered past him and he didn't attempt the re-pass, alas the camera was at the wrong angle to get it in memory card  . Get into work and the boss calls me into his office and offers me a 6 month contract at the charity I've been volunteering for the last few years  Not the best money but it's a start back into the world of the employed.
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itboffin
Joined: 05 Jun 2008
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Location: Marlborough, Windshire
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steady rider
Joined: 08 Sep 2009
Posts: 244
Location: southport
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gtvlusso
Joined: 22 Jan 2008
Posts: 1907
Location: Brizzle
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DonDaddyD
Joined: 19 Jun 2007
Posts: 4141
Location: The middle distance
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Posted Fri Nov 6, 2009 10:03 am |
Today I gained one, lost one and nearly wasn't here today.
OK from the beginning. Raised my seatpost which seemed to improve my pedal technique ability to ride up an incline (because there are no hills in London) and generally hold my speed for longer.
I was running 10mins late.
Got to my drag strip going the opposite direction (Tooting Bec - Balham tube), a messeger type fixie behind me - he is a higher FCN. Lights go green and he is trying to overtake me, I clip in proper (yes I was going one legged), a twitch from the fast muscles and I'm hitting 22mph from about 15. I've dropped him I thought. <<insert sound FX>> he sails past my bike shudders from his wake as he does so  . He then proceeds to overtake another another two cars before RLJing through the Balham lights.
It was bad guys, this has not been a good week for me all the while I'm giving chase to him I had an internal monologue going - think Wonder Years - saying how bad and dreadful it was to loose on my road. I nearly cried.
Anywho. I did however get to work in record time shaving 2 mins off my commute from yesterday and a total of 5mins when I first started this commute, Wimbledon - Gray's Inn Road. And before any of you jump on me, yes traffic, traffic lights and other such variables are present. I cannot account for those I'm simply calculating how fast (actual cycle time it takes for me to get to work, variables be damned. It's not a damn maths class.
As for the rest:
My near miss
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A true scalp is not only overtaking someone but leaving them stopped at a set of lights as you, who have clearly beaten the lights, pummels nothing but the open air ahead. ~ 'DondaddyD'. Player of the Unspoken Game |
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BentMikey
Joined: 07 Mar 2005
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Posted Fri Nov 6, 2009 10:17 am |
I had a super satisfying one last night. Chap tried to keep up with me on the A202 eastbound, and only caught up because I stopped for numerous red lights. I so enjoyed his panting and wheezing as we talked, whilst I was in normal unflustered conversation. Childish, but oooh so satisfying!!
p.s. how's this for a nice overtake back in summer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riYeT1FlTWo
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R_T_A
Joined: 26 Mar 2009
Posts: 322
Location: Leafy Berkshire
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Posted Fri Nov 6, 2009 11:06 am |
| itboffin wrote: | I'm getting the impression that there's a band of merry Hybrid commuters out there on the cusp of turning full roadie, everyone once in a while I see one giving it beans of course I'm a heartless fecker so I toy with them like a cat with a mouse, I feel no guilt I was you..
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I am one of those aforementioned merry Hybrid commuters, and I like to surprise the odd roadie. 
Most of the time I'm lucky to see another cyclist - let alone going my way. When I heard the tell tale click of gears behind it was a bit of a surprise. A quick glance behind confirmed I had a fully kitted roadie drafting me 
I was feeling a bit rough this morning, so had been pootling at 18mph. Cue a quick gulp of MTFU-laced oxygen, and the legs started to spin up to the mid 20s. I was expecting to be spanked good and proper*, but he just sat behind for a mile or so.
"Cheeky Fecker" I thought. I signalled right for the next junction and moved into primary. He sidled up next to me on the inside, and a smiling guy at least in his early sixties dipped his head and said "Thanks for the tow". He turned left and engaged warp drive..........
"No problem" I replied, feeling chuffed I'd contributed to his morning ride 
*OT, but us country folk are strange.
Giant Escape R1
FCN 8
"Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."
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biondino
Joined: 11 May 2008
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Location: Putney, SW London
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BentMikey
Joined: 07 Mar 2005
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Posted Fri Nov 6, 2009 11:53 am |
Bear in mind that's the height of the camera at my bottom bracket. My head is about the same height as that of a Caterham driver. No need for a flag, I'm already many times more visible than any upright cyclist.
p.s. cheating is where it's at!!! Even slightly more aero than a very good TT bike. Sadly I don't have the power to go with such a nice machine.
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nigglenoo
Joined: 20 Jun 2009
Posts: 25
Location: Cornwall, near England
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Posted Fri Nov 6, 2009 11:57 am |
No impressive scalps yet, but did manage to draft a twenty something slim female roadie (don't think her legs were hairy  ) for a mile after she passed me and that is as a fattish grey beard (mid forties) on a Carrera Subway 8 (= MTB with slicks?) plus stuffed panniers. Guess she was not racing as this was 8.45am and she turned into the local secondary school, not likely to want to appear with sweaty 'pits in front of a class of teenagers.
On the way home once played cat and mouse with a flat bar road bike chap who annoyed me by undertaking me on a 6" strip of hard shoulder then as we went downhill into a village I overtook and passed a long queue of cars on the right easily as he struggled to negotiate them on the nearside (at least I think that is what happened), but then he was on my tail just before I turned off the main road as we climbed out of the village again, so would have had me pretty soon otherwise.
I have not got close to any roadies when riding the Carrera otherwise but have surprised a couple when riding my Pacific Reach 20" wheel folder, which does seem to get their dander up as they invariably respond (invariably with success )
No fixies down my way as far as I can tell, would have thought the hills precluded them?
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biondino
Joined: 11 May 2008
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Location: Putney, SW London
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Posted Fri Nov 6, 2009 12:42 pm |
| BentMikey wrote: | | Bear in mind that's the height of the camera at my bottom bracket. My head is about the same height as that of a Caterham driver. No need for a flag, I'm already many times more visible than any upright cyclist. |
Unless of course there are cars in between you and the viewer...
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BentMikey
Joined: 07 Mar 2005
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Posted Fri Nov 6, 2009 12:52 pm |
| biondino wrote: | | Unless of course there are cars in between you and the viewer... |
Exactly - no different and no worse a problem than you have on an upright bike.
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the red stayed red for ages and ages grrrrr then the funniest thing ever a burd riding fixed or poss SS with two full disc wheels 
