Riding Solo

This thread could get funny....in a 'the flies are in my eyes' kind of way 🙂😄

doggatas said:

Do you think....!

absolutely!! Mowing down as many guys as you can is great motivation 🙂

Catching people on a hill climb is good motivation and even more fun. Less fun when some club cyclist then zooms past everyone!

mowing down poor old 'weekenders' on Beach Rd on a sunny Sat is like ploughing through dandelions with a 4000hp sti-on mower. :p It's especially fun when it's a group of half a dozen who think they're working fast turns

yeah, I a [censored], but who cares? 😄

531Aussie said:

mowing down poor old 'weekenders' on Beach Rd on a sunny Sat is like ploughing through dandelions with a 4000hp sti-on mower. :p It's especially fun when it's a group of half a dozen who think they're working fast turns

yeah, I a [censored], but who cares? 😄

GOLD! Please tell me you sit up and suck on a bottle while you plough by soul destroying???:p

531Aussie said:

mowing down poor old 'weekenders' on Beach Rd on a sunny Sat is like ploughing through dandelions with a 4000hp sti-on mower. :p It's especially fun when it's a group of half a dozen who think they're working fast turns

yeah, I a [censored], but who cares? 😄

Hmmm sounds like you need to do some more racing...😄

Its so much more fun to just hang back from the guy a couple of metres and pressure him to cycle faster!

Jono L said:

Hmmm sounds like you need to do some more racing...😄

you're not wrong!! 🙂

existence said:

GOLD! Please tell me you sit up and suck on a bottle while you plough by soul destroying???:p

eh, nah, that's a bit obvious.🙂

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!! :p I've seen a few guys do that -- I reckon they're just pretending to chat

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 🙂

531Aussie said:

eh, nah, that's a bit obvious.🙂

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!! :p I've seen a few guys do that -- I reckon they're just pretending to chat

What was he riding? I bet it was a Trek Madone with the full kit.

That's gotta win him the [censored] trophy of the year!

xxamr_corpxx said:

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 🙂

Hi there xxamr_corpxx, in the tradition of Aussies against kiwis I'll race you to 300 posts.

janiejones said:

Hi there xxamr_corpxx, in the tradition of Aussies against kiwis I'll race you to 300 posts.

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.

xxamr_corpxx said:

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.

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.

janiejones said:

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.

Turn it up!! 🙂 We aint apologising for that. Not yet anyway. Stuff em 😄

existence said:

Turn it up!! 🙂 We aint apologising for that. Not yet anyway. Stuff em 😄

Taking the John Howard line there! 😄

if you mean the one where we keep our mouth shut to avoid a massive law suit, then yes.

meanwhile, back on beach rd...

From Auckland's North Shore mate, the 1.5km hill going up East Coasts Rd is the perfect place to demolish commuters.

Cricket is not New Zealand's strong sport unfortunately 🙁 Too many spinner, although I look forward to the Rugby World Cup...

xxamr_corpxx said:

Cricket is not New Zealand's strong sport unfortunately 🙁 Too many spinner, although I look forward to the Rugby World Cup...

Australia shouldnt be allowed to even attend the next Rugby World Cup. I will be going for NZ (please dont let it be another semi final disaster...) although SA looks untouchable right now.