Wednesday, March 03, 2010

The best thing about a hybrid...

...is that *every* roadie tries to chase you when you pass them. 50 pound overweight dudes, 60 year old ladies, tri-geeks, Cat1 studs, it doesn't matter, it seems. If I pass them, their own pace/training plan gets immediately thrown out the window and I have to spend the next 5 minutes sprinting to get them off my wheel (I really dislike having people draft me who I don't know/am not intentionally riding with).

So long story short, my 2 hour "spin" yesterday turned into a sprint workout, because it was 55 degrees and everyone and their mother was out riding. C'est la vie, I suppose. I will either get in great shape or collapse.

11 comments:

kw said...

Hey! I'm only 45 lbs overweight. Not 50.

Lance said...

"dude nice bike. i used to ride a flat-bar like that and then i stepped it up to this super-cool carbon speed machine. i am on a recovery ride that's why you passed me. i order some new Zipp 303 tubulars that should be in next week. i am putting in some endurance miles today to get ready for the spring races, i think i will race Cat5 so that i can accumulate some first-place points. Mind if i ride with you for the next 10 miles? Can you dial it back just a bit? b/c i am only putting in foundation miles today. ok, well maybe i will see you on the start line."

Anonymous said...

try being in a pack of mountain bikers, on mountain bikes, and pass a roadie as a pack. same result.

On a ride once, roadie would pass the pack on the downhills, the mtbers would pass him on the ups, he would pass again on the downhills...there was much hilarity.

*For the record, I do own a road bike and ride it often, though I don't go into TdF mode if I get passed.

Nowork said...

Wait... does that hybrid have more of an aero position than the track bike?


;-)

Eszter said...

Maybe they thought your ass looked nice.

Nah...there's got to be a better explanation.

Walt said...

I should change the name of this blog to "Waltssocalledfriendsmakefunofhimforyourentertainment.blogspot.com"

And for the record, I have a very nice butt. All of my many girlfriends, wives, and mistresses say so.

Nowork said...

Who said we were your so called friends???..........

Can you ask your wife to pay up. I hung out with you at least twice in the last 7 days.

I am your slipstream. said...

It's an easy fix. Ride with one hell of a tail feather.

Either that or more bean and egg scramble.

Anonymous said...

I have one of your SS 29er frames, in black. Decked it with a a few chosen red components, shod it with sleeks and got the gear in 44/17 (quite hilly where I live). I train in a route with tons of roadies, some riding the most expensive bikes (very affluent part of the country). It's a riot when I pass them. fume and smoke is spewed when they chase me. Their pride is so hurt...I bet a few threw the towel for good after a few miles of shifting their gears up and down with little to show for...

JenyJo said...

i'd pay to see what would happen if you and ed ended up going in the same direction on the same road/path/whatever... and 'crossed paths' like that ;-)

i foresee a phone call to come pick up two totally bonked boiis about 250 miles from boulder...

jj

Walt said...

Yeah, JJ, but I'd kick his *ass* for about 20 miles, then collapse, and you'd find him about 50 miles down the road laughing at me.