[Closed] Overtook a roadie today...

You're my hero

My hero!

Wow! Swoon

So? I overtook a Ferrari today (whilst I was driving my car obviously) does that mean I'm faster than Alonso?

Probably not a roadie, just an unfit mincer on a road bike. There's loads of them about these days.

Wish I was you!

I had a great commuter race with someone for about 5 miles on Friday.
Until he dropped me 🙂

Did you then turn off and die in big fat sweaty mess, with your camelback on which carrys more tools than most mechanics? Once you had recovered by eating 50 Haribo manage to get the balls to ride the drop off the kerb?

😆

Oooh, it's the 1990s MBUK letters page.

im an unfit mtber, thats just bought a road bike to start getting fitter

i expect you would overtake me aswell

Yep unfit mincer here as well, just bought a more appropriate bike for the road to get fit, kids in the street overtake me, well not quite but I did have to accelerate!

to maintain the point of the thread i overtook my daughter on her bmx today but was gutted when i saw a jogger overtake her kid!

- Some people think Einstein thought of the theory of relativity when riding a bike - no doubt it was when overtaking a flagging roadie and he was on a fixie

I overtook a group of riders on Barden Moor today. 30 seconds later my crankarm fell off. That'll teach me.

I wish I was that awesome, in reality the roadie was probably wondering why you were not actually riding trail and mincing round on roads

Your adoration is touching guys. It's so nice to be a hero to so many.

I have just arrived.

So your the roadie that CB overtook yoss? That sov really is fast! Or you really do mince.

Arrived can also mean something else where I'm from. 😉

yossarian - Member
I have just arrived.

Poor Mrs Yossarian! 😆

He probably was on mile 79, of his zone 2 ride. What a guy you are.

Only counts if you overtook him only on your back wheel, and then did a continuous front wheel endo trackstand at the next set of lights a-la DannyMac........ 😉

Love this. Nothing better than over taking a road rat.

Don't knok this guys achievement by saying the guy on the road bike was an unfit mincer.

I'm going to guess he wasn't a mincer and a proper roadie by the fact he didn't reply back after the OP gave him a cheery "Hello". Had that been a mincer he would have replied back.

Goes to show it was a proper road rat who was being extremely marsh at being overtaken by and MTB.

I always try and beat roadies when I'm out on the bike. Very satisfying and they hate it.
I also witnessed a very old MTB'er overtake a roadie by doing a wheelie past him. The look on the roadies face was priceless as this guy went passed him on the back wheel!

Overtook a roadie today going up a long draggie hill between trails. Saw him in the distance and hunted him down. Me on Evil Sov, 150mm forks, 2.4 minions, 31 lbs. Him on unknown lightweight road bike with rubber band tyres.

No doubt he was on mile 79, and I was on mile 9, but it was satisfying anyway. I gave him a cheery 'hello' to which he did not respond, he was not a happy bunny.

And the award for prick of the day goes to...

And the award for prick of the day goes to...

.... The roadie for being a miserable prick and not acknowledging his fellow cyclist by saying hello. How ignorant.

Oooh, it's the 1990s MBUK letters page.

😆

Was it me? 76 mile club run including seven big Surrey Hills? Passed a lot of roadies myself, many going in the opposite direction. Two Sportives meant it was a bit busy out in the lanes.

And I always say good morning - even to runners.

Z2 training as above, or maybe recovering an injury. Even a fat mincer on a road bike would easily drop a big heavy mountain bike if they made the effort

Good for you!
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Well done you. 8)
You are my freeride roadie slayer hero.

I overtook a roadie today, a sigma sport team rider with tanned shaved calves with muscle definition like Jessica Ennis's 6-pack I was 60 miles into the ride sat on his wheel then dropped him like a stone.
He was probably on a recovery ride after racing yesterday.
Might go and start my own thread instead of trying to steal your hard fought glory. 🙄

Could have been us, we were on best bikes full kit the lot. We had the odd one go past, but we were gassing and celebrating our ONE TWO THREE in the Archer ROAD RACE yesterday 😉

I too dropped a rider today, she looked about 9 and was meandering all over the road.

Another scalp for me to add to the many on my top tube....

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Genuine well done. I love overtaking roadies when on an mtb

I overtook a mountain biker the other day. On my unicycle. Go me.

Some like it even less if you pass em on a road bike 😉

And the award for prick of the day goes to...

Really not necessary bud. 🙂

^ probably true, but your OP was massively lame.

Sometimes it's like Groundhog Day on here.

larrydavid - Member
^ probably true, but your OP was massively lame.

Granted, not my best effort. Personal abuse wasn't warranted though. I'll try harder! 😀

This thread is interesting. I've never overtaken a roadie on my mtg but i must admit it does sound satisfying (but only if on a long climb where you stay in front the whole time). I guess it feels similar to when i'm at traffic lights in my small cheap-ish car and the big expensive car next to me in the wrong lane tries to cut me up only to realise i'm faster.

In all seriousness though on the bike whenever i overtake or get overtaken (overtaken most the time) i just say hello/morning/evening etc.

I got overtaken by someone once. (or was it twice?) anyway I'm on the HT & a roadie came past & said 'Flipping heck, you took some catching' Which was much more satisfying than if I'd passed him!

I got swallowed up by a load out on a group ride until someone noticed I was on a singlespeed. Cue everyone dropping back to mention my cojones. That was nice.

I overtook 6 or 8 of em today in the triathlon.....sadly 2 of them passed me again once i had to get off my bike and make forward motion without it !

I ride my road bike with 23mm tyres mudguards and panniers on it off road sometimes .Do I get a point back for roadies ?

I've never overtaken anyone.. 🙁

I thought I had this little bugger in my sights the other day, and I was getting ready to carve the first notch in my forks

Little blighter dropped me at the next climb though

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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.