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31-05.-2007, 01:01 PM
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Riding Solo
Do you think this will help my fitnes/riding?
I ride mostly solo and when i do, i look ahead and see who is way up ahead of me! I make it a goal of mine to catch them up. Some times it might take 5-10 minutes to catchup, once i catch them i give it all ive got for 30 seconds or so and put in a bit of a gap. I think this is a fun way of riding especially when riding by myself as it gives me something to do. Its always fun when someone trys to catch back up! |
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31-05.-2007, 03:24 PM
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Re: Riding Solo
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31-05.-2007, 05:15 PM
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Re: Riding Solo
Catching people on a hill climb is good motivation and even more fun. Less fun when some club cyclist then zooms past everyone!
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31-05.-2007, 07:07 PM
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Re: Riding Solo
mowing down poor old 'weekenders' on Beach Rd on a sunny Sat is like ploughing through dandelions with a 4000hp sti-on mower.
 It's especially fun when it's a group of half a dozen who think they're working fast turns yeah, I a wanker, but who cares?  |
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31-05.-2007, 09:29 PM
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31-05.-2007, 09:37 PM
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Re: Riding Solo
Its so much more fun to just hang back from the guy a couple of metres and pressure him to cycle faster!
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01-06.-2007, 12:09 AM
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01-06.-2007, 12:11 AM
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Re: Riding Solo
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There's a guy who Jono knows who used to chat on his mobile and pretend he wasn't working hard while we were doing 50kph!! I've seen a few guys do that -- I reckon they're just pretending to chat |
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01-06.-2007, 07:16 AM
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Re: Riding Solo
Those commuting races are absolutely vicious.
I had just started my ride to work pulling out of my driveway when a chubby fellow rode past me and had a big smirk on his face. It seemed he was going quite hard as there was a third cyclist that he overtook. I attacked on a hill and wiped that smirk off his face
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01-06.-2007, 08:40 AM
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What was he riding? I bet it was a Trek Madone with the full kit. That's gotta win him the wanker trophy of the year! |
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01-06.-2007, 08:41 AM
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Hi there xxamr_corpxx, in the tradition of Aussies against kiwis I'll race you to 300 posts. |
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01-06.-2007, 08:55 AM
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Your're on! Although I better make up that head start you have. Did I mention the look on the chubby guy's face as well? It was well worth it.
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01-06.-2007, 09:13 AM
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Ok you can have five more posts - after that, we race. The look on a chubby guy's face is always worth it, no matter what he's doing - but when we're wiping the smile of it - that's sweeeeet. Where are you in NZ anyway. It's a lovely place. Oh yeah, sorry about that mully grubber from that lowly Chappel brother back in the eighties. I'm still embarrassed. Aussie cricket hasn't been tha same since. |
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