[Closed] Overtook a roadie today...

Just to add balance to the 'aren't i fast' stories...on long steep (15-18%) climbs (on my commuter on way to work, a mere 5-6 miles and 120m ish climbing) I have been dropped by runners a couple of times. 😳

I was running round the park with my daughter in the buggy and overtook 3 other runners.

Today I went on a road ride with a mountain biker, complete with backpack, baggies and flatties on a road bike.
I did however learn a new skill - You can actually ride that slow and not fall off! 😉

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I had a bizarre one last Sunday whilst/after overtaking a roadie. Sorry, no heroics!

I went on my first dedicated road ride as i had given my non mtb a bloody good service and just fancied it. My 'road' aka commuter bike is my old mtb- a 26" inbred but with 1.5" tyres/mudguards and rack. It was a nice morning and i went further than i'd planned and it was fun.

On a very long straight road i saw a guy going a bit slower than me so i caught up to him eventually and he seemed aware of me as soon as i was approached. I pulled out straight away and went past. As we were level i said 'alright' (two human beings a few miles from anywhere, i'm not going to ignore him, right?) and he glanced over simultaneously and went 'pfft' in a dismissive kind of grunt which seemed a bit rude! Probably some kind of bike related snobbery, not that i give a shit. Some people have issues, right?

A few miles later i got to a village 5 miles from home and have to swap a punctured tube. I then became aware that this chap had caught up but had stopped about 100m back, by a church and was kind of peeking around the corner up the road towards me. I looked a couple of times and he did'nt seem to be snacking or bike fettling.
Just a bit of a weirdo i think.

You got a nice bum by any chance ?

I was going to post a link to a thread I started about how many losers STW forum attracts, and a post I made recently about how I know a few fast racers who won't post on STW because of the atmosphere and the way you'll get banned for typing shobgite, but it's OK to act like one.
I can't be bothered to search for them both though, so can we assume I did and that I made some witty response to those sad people who have to take such a light hearted post about overtaking another cyclist so seriously ?

Pfft. My mate and I overtook a GROUP of roadies today, on our MTBs. 7 or 8 of them, that's a PELOTON.

I'm loving the fact that one mtber passes a roadie and every roadie in the world is pissed off, brilliant!

😀

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OP you are awesome

who have to take such a light hearted post about overtaking another cyclist so seriously ?

A pro on the OPs bike is not hunting an average cyclist in the distance etc

I'm loving the fact that one mtber passes a roadie and every roadie in the world is pissed off, brilliant!

Not really taking it seriously Graham but personally I am struggling to understand [ if it is true] why anyone would post this on the internet ?Hey world today I have just overtaken the worlds slowest road cyclist so seems fair game for some incredulity and/or mockery

It's a forbidden pleasure to outride a roadie on an inappropriate bike; I confess to doing it. Plopping off the steep Combe side trail to the road and spotting a pair coming up I swore not to be overtaken and plugged away to the top maintaining the gap. After a breathless chat I found out they were doing hill reps so were probably buggered anyway!

expect the worlds most grumpy and holier than thou mountain biking forum to come down on him like a sneering tonne of bricks

New here ?.

i overtook a few today. they were on about mile 50 of 70 of the lakes loop (the chap i was talking to had a computer but it was soaked and stopped working). at first they looked quite suprised to look back and see me draughting them on a full sus in baggies... 😉 they had already done wrynose/hardknot etc and had a few passes left to do to get back to keswick, poor buggers, but good to see so many people out even with the minging weather. so we had a chat then i missed my turning. doh

I like gazc's story much betterer (I'm assuming he got home okay as he's posting)

As it is a MTB forum "every roadie in the world" would be as wide of the mark as everything else you posted.

Ok, every roadie who frequents STW with a massive lack of sense of humour and takes themselves waaaaay to seriously!

Is that better?

Even if the roadie was slow and got overtaken, at least he was out on his bike and hopefully enjoying himself. It was a lovely morning for it (round these parts anyway).

Ok, every roadie who frequents STW with a massive lack of sense of humour and takes themselves waaaaay to seriously!

If they all take themselves so seriously, why are they laughing so hard?

Is that better?

Whoa - you're kind of a big deal!

Is there a collective noun for a series of threads with a common SOH fail?

He was probably just warming up, or cooling down, or in-between intervals, thats the only time punters usually pass me out!

As long as the OP made it look effortless that's all that matters.
I've had the odd try hard overtake when commuting and nothing's worse than ones that are really struggling, as you've often got that awkward bit when they go into oxygen debt and you are faced with overtaking them, which seems slightly embarrassing, or slowing down to walking pace whilst they get their breath back.

Wow, thought I'd log on before going out for a ride and read this thread, FWIW I would be quite impressed if I overtook a roadie on my MTB, although I am slow! I think the OP's post was just lighthearted banter and really think some on here take it all a bit too seriously. Anyway, off to enjoy the sunshine now 🙂

I was commuting to work one morning on my mtb, and gradually caught up with a bloke on a road bike doing a leisurely pace. As soon as I drew level with him, he looked totally infuriated and immediately accelerated, so I accelerated too. He eventually got ahead, but it was hilarious that he obviously couldn't deal with a woman overtaking him!

OP - Can I have your autograph please? 😀

i got overtaken by a roadie woman last year, i was on my rigid singlespeed (32/16). She dropped me on a downhill bit, the cheating ****er. She could have sat up....
Anyway, i had to cheer myself up so i got some rad air. 16foot to flat. Bent my saddle.

Another time i saw a roadie ahead on the hill. I got it in my sights and hunted it down like an inuit does a baby seal on the ice shelf. As i overtook him i said 'hello'. He looked at me and said hello back.

Amazing.

I overtook a couple on road bikes last week. As I passed them they both shouted out almost in unison that they had already cycled 60 miles. Made me chuckle.

I outskillzed a roadie the other day

I was on my road bike going up a short steepish hill; held my super slow near-trackstand until he was forced to pass me. I'd have had the upper hand for the sprint later on if he hadn't turned off.

least I [i]think[/i] he turned off - didn't actually see him after that

😥

What tyres for overtaking roadies?

rear tyre only needed, ...

you should always pop a wheelie, tip the visor of your all mountain lid and do a wink when passing a roadie . . .

hmmmm, I was always led to believe that the same rule applies as for nutmegging in footy - doesn't count if you don't slap 'em on the arse as you go past

I got passed by a guy with one leg once in the Black Forest... As in only one leg, no prosthetic. I was towing a Bob trailer with 10kg, mind....

But I'm with the op.... Well done. 🙂

Do those being overtaken really feel miffed, really shout lame excuses, really, I mean really because I've never ever in forty years on the road experienced that ever.
I feel slightly embarrassed if I overtake anyone, and always give a wry grin and a nod if I get passed (even though it hurts a bit, but you've set out you pace for the day and you have to stick to that)then I'm an old inverted snob, and I want everyone to think they're better than me.

I overtook a roadie once on my FSer. I was hanging out of my arse going balls out riding the 2 miles home from the train station. We got chatting at a crossing (he just stuck to me). He was pacing for 70 miles 😯
Roadying doesn't appeal to me, but fair play to them they are fit.

sounds like your over biked for these tarmac climbs anyway

Believe me, if I had a more suitable bike I'd have been riding it!

was talking to the op 🙂

Saw him in the distance and hunted him down.

I hope when you spotted him a little voice in your head said "target acquired" and as you started to reel him in that same voice kept saying "stay on target, stay on target".

Overtaking people is great if it makes you ride faster and enjoy your bikes.

Ignore the whineycockbags on here

Why do roadies have such a bad attitude especially when it comes to being overtaken?

I had a play with one on my DH bike the other day and he was not impressed at me trying to keep up with him.
The look on his face was like I had just insulted his family and he dropped the hammer and sped off. No need whatsoever. If I was on my hard tail with slicks I would have shown him up.

Why do they think it is their god given right not to be overtaken
Of someone else is fitter than them they need I accept it
Why does it even bother them of they get overtaken.

I guess the mind of of roadie will never be understood
They are a different breed!

I got overtaken by a bloke on a road bike the other day. I was half way up a well known local climb on my mtb when he came past and said "alright mate!". Naturally, I did not reply, not because I am rude or anti road cyclists, but because I was not prepared to waste precious oxygen that I needed to prevent unconsciousness overtaking me.

It turned out out the guy was doing intervals, as when I got back to my car I saw him go down, and up, and down, and up, several more times. R E S P E C T, once was enough for my tired old carcass.

I also have a road bike.

I overtook myself riding a road bike the other day while I was out on my mountain bike. I was simultaneously elated and infuriated, which was a bit of a headmash. Then I gave it some beans and dropped myself on the next hill. Sometimes I don't really understand why my head works like it does.

Oh, and I can see both sides of it. When I exclusively rode mountain bikes, I used to occasionally chase roadies down in Exocet mode for the giggles. Its just wrong and funny, but nothing more. Why do people get so triumphal about it?

And now I ride on the road as well, I'm vaguely bemused by mountain bikers who do that. Which doesn't really make sense, except that I'm more aware of just how much faster road bikes are on the road. If I catch someone on a road bike while I'm on a mountain bike these days, I just assume that they're not trying very hard or that they're very, very tired, or that they're simply not very fit.

And as far as roadies not talking much. It's a taciturn sort of culture, lots of barely perceptible nods and twitched eyebrows rather than effusive hugs and waving. Is it really a big deal? And sometimes people are lost in their own thoughts or just very tired.

If you want a real laugh, go road riding some time with a quick-ish woman and watch the reactions of roadie blokes being overtaken by a cheery girl. Endlessly entertaining and a good session if you like people chasing you down.