Ok, on the last club ride I went on (which I rarely do) I had alot of fun because on long flat sections we would talk endlessly about a variety of subjects... one of them that got started was a spinoff of a discussion about wearing pro-team jersey's when you weren't on a pro team...
So, three of us went up and down the line of cyclists asking for there favorite ways to "pose" and here is the top ten list... feel free to add others! It was a hilarious ride and there were ALOT of suggestions for this verbal "thread" but the one's that stuck in my mind are:
10) After drinking from your water bottle, give it a serious toss off to the side of the road. No matter how fast you;re going, you'll seem a lot more of a "serious" cyclist...
9) Insert a small whistle in one of the vents of your helmet, that way, when you pass someone going 7mph and you're going 12mph it will sound like you are going 30...
8) Gel your hair back in a highspeed windswept look, so even slow, you'll look fast...
7) Wear a kneebrace as a reasonable excuse for why you're not pounding out a 30mph pace...
6) Always ride against traffic because head-on you'll always appear to be going much faster than you are
5) Always ride downhill
4) Always use a disk wheel, they look fast even standing still
3) Pull off to the side of the road near another group of resting cyclists and fiddle with your HRM as though you rolled over its 99hr max time recording.
2) Use a double chainring all the time and just avoid all the places where you can't cut it without having a triple...
and the number way to Pose?
1) slap some pro cycling stickers on your Audi station wagon family car, and have your wife pace you as you ride up and down the main road.
So, three of us went up and down the line of cyclists asking for there favorite ways to "pose" and here is the top ten list... feel free to add others! It was a hilarious ride and there were ALOT of suggestions for this verbal "thread" but the one's that stuck in my mind are:
10) After drinking from your water bottle, give it a serious toss off to the side of the road. No matter how fast you;re going, you'll seem a lot more of a "serious" cyclist...
9) Insert a small whistle in one of the vents of your helmet, that way, when you pass someone going 7mph and you're going 12mph it will sound like you are going 30...
8) Gel your hair back in a highspeed windswept look, so even slow, you'll look fast...
7) Wear a kneebrace as a reasonable excuse for why you're not pounding out a 30mph pace...
6) Always ride against traffic because head-on you'll always appear to be going much faster than you are
5) Always ride downhill
4) Always use a disk wheel, they look fast even standing still
3) Pull off to the side of the road near another group of resting cyclists and fiddle with your HRM as though you rolled over its 99hr max time recording.
2) Use a double chainring all the time and just avoid all the places where you can't cut it without having a triple...
and the number way to Pose?
1) slap some pro cycling stickers on your Audi station wagon family car, and have your wife pace you as you ride up and down the main road.