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Peter Clinch
Guest
Sarennah wrote:
> - a helmet adds to my "pose factor" when I serenely overtake the pr*t who could not stand to be
> behind a _female_ cyclist, sprinted to get past, forced me into the gutter (yuk!) and then
> slowed down (grrr).
don't let eejits like this force you anywhere. Maintain your road position, if they try and
physically push you over they're at least as likely to come to grief as you so they won't, when push
comes to shove.
Second point, is someone in front of you makes your life easier if you get close enough to draught
them. So sit just behind and get a free tow. Make a point of thanking them for the free tow to make
them feel silly. If you get bored of being behind, ring a bell to annoy them: if they went by for
delusional reasons of machismo that'll probably annoy them far more than burning straight back past.
Also the case that the *lower* your pose factor, the more fun it is to sail past people. The
Brompton is particularly good for that, because fools think that 16" wheels == slow granny bike and
quite a few people wonder what's going on when I pass them on it (it's not a fast bike, but compared
to MTBs with knobbly tyres run marginally above deflated by someone who understands gearing as well
as the board of Leeds Utd understand financial prudence it's a screamer thanks to 100psi Marathons).
Pete.
--
Peter Clinch University of Dundee Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Medical Physics, Ninewells Hospital
Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK net [email protected]
http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/
> - a helmet adds to my "pose factor" when I serenely overtake the pr*t who could not stand to be
> behind a _female_ cyclist, sprinted to get past, forced me into the gutter (yuk!) and then
> slowed down (grrr).
don't let eejits like this force you anywhere. Maintain your road position, if they try and
physically push you over they're at least as likely to come to grief as you so they won't, when push
comes to shove.
Second point, is someone in front of you makes your life easier if you get close enough to draught
them. So sit just behind and get a free tow. Make a point of thanking them for the free tow to make
them feel silly. If you get bored of being behind, ring a bell to annoy them: if they went by for
delusional reasons of machismo that'll probably annoy them far more than burning straight back past.
Also the case that the *lower* your pose factor, the more fun it is to sail past people. The
Brompton is particularly good for that, because fools think that 16" wheels == slow granny bike and
quite a few people wonder what's going on when I pass them on it (it's not a fast bike, but compared
to MTBs with knobbly tyres run marginally above deflated by someone who understands gearing as well
as the board of Leeds Utd understand financial prudence it's a screamer thanks to 100psi Marathons).
Pete.
--
Peter Clinch University of Dundee Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Medical Physics, Ninewells Hospital
Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK net [email protected]
http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/