He confessed to me he’d drafted a Dutch motorhome almost all the way..
That needs flagging, no motor pacing 😤😤
I've somehow collected a few KOMs when out on my #gradventourer. It's undoubtedly quicker than a MTB on some tracks. I certainly don't regard it as cheating in any way, just the use of a more appropriate bike.
As Charlie once said, if your trails are boring, get a worse bike. They will then become terrifying. The advantage is that you won’t have to jump off an Alp to get a thrill and face the consequences of getting it wrong. Pleasant bimbling becomes a thrill ride but you’ve normally got somewhere soft to land if it goes wrong.
The most fun I’ve had is normally on the wrong bike.
Oh, OP, stop pretending that you don’t care about your KOM. Just publish where it is so someone can steal it on a unicycle.
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I've got KOMs!
What? I'm supposed to type a bit more whe n getting that statement out there's the main purpose of the thread, shirley? Okay, every single one of them will have been with good ground/road conditions (actually I don't think i've any road KOMs left) and the wind blowing strongly in the right direction. Or moving from back to the front of a group, or with faster riders who weren't stravaing. You get the idea: It is what it is,
@scotroutes I wouldn't regard you as cheating either as your #gradventourer still fits within the broad envelope of appropriate. My dilemma is that my road bike was in no way appropriate and had to be nursed along just to stop it breaking. So, I can see how it might look as though I took a totally inappropriate bike along just to bag a KOM. I didn't: despite this thread I'm really not bothered and would happily have marked the ride as private if anybody thought it was cheating. I didn't know there was a segment there and the only reason the time is respectable is because my gearing is so high that my only choices were bust a gut or try to waddle up the hill in my road shoes.
Anyway, I'll shut up about it now as I'm clearly the only person who thinks I was cheating anyway.
I’ll shut up about it now as I’m clearly the only person who thinks I was cheating anyway.
If it makes you feel better, I'll take your side.
Thanks 🙂
