Cyclists really are in their own world

[Deleted member 17920]

Do you actually see other virtual cyclist or are you just posting a time to a table?

The race I was in last night had 197 riders in. You see them all virtually. I was even in the front group for the 1st 2 mins ?

I finished 79th in the end and you can check all your results out on the app.

If you are not racing you can be riding with 1000s of other riders in New York, London Innsbruck etc.

 

[larmen]

Race I get, but time trials? Do you have a minute man to chase?
And do you get drafting benefits? Like the turbo giving you less resistance when behind someone?

 

[Deleted member 17920]

Race I get, but time trials? Do you have a minute man to chase?
And do you get drafting benefits? Like the turbo giving you less resistance when behind someone?

No idea. Haven’t done a time trial yet.
Will let you know tomorrow after I get overtaken 100 times ?

 

[Deleted member 3432]

No idea. Haven’t done a time trial yet.
Will let you know tomorrow after I get overtaken 100 times ?

If you want a dq against your name then drafting is the way to do it....

Fancy that, cyclists not knowing the rules. Imagine us golfers not knowing the rules

 

[Backache]

There had never as far as I'm aware been a 1 hour rule, it was a suggestion in England.
Must admit with the weather being good I'm thinking of cycling to and from work which would be over an hour and reduce pollution and so help stop Covid.

 

[Deleted member 17920]

There had never as far as I'm aware been a 1 hour rule, it was a suggestion in England.
Must admit with the weather being good I'm thinking of cycling to and from work which would be over an hour and reduce pollution and so help stop Covid.

Good on you, I am hoping the people that have taken up cycling carry on, it would certainly help ease congestion in the cities.

And great for the environment and for the obesity crisis that is clearly evident in this country.

 

[clubchamp98]

Good on you, I am hoping the people that have taken up cycling carry on, it would certainly help ease congestion in the cities.

And great for the environment and for the obesity crisis that is clearly evident in this country.

Maybe the government will take cycling more seriously in the future and actually make more provision for people to do it safely away from the busy roads.

 

[Deleted member 17920]

Maybe the government will take cycling more seriously in the future and actually make more provision for people to do it safely away from the busy roads.

I really hope so, I grew up cycling in Germany and its so different over there.

I wouldnt dream of cycling on the A roads around Lincolnshire, there is even a B road near me I wont cycle on as its death row.

 

[Rooter]

nice easy target just up the road in front

Absolutely!!

 

[Rooter]

No idea. Haven’t done a time trial yet.
Will let you know tomorrow after I get overtaken 100 times ?

No drafting, which the system sorts. (in normal rides, you can draft on zwift!)

You will only see about 10 people, you will overtake a few and a few will overtake you, there is a chance we could meet being only 2 minutes apart! they have 450 registered so far,

 

[pendodave]

Good on you, I am hoping the people that have taken up cycling carry on, it would certainly help ease congestion in the cities.

And great for the environment and for the obesity crisis that is clearly evident in this country.

All true, but I was thinking about this as I was sat on a (slightly more crowded) train into work this morning. It's not just the roads (which they have worked on in London tbf), it's the entire infrastructure. For any medium sized office (Of which there are thousands in L), there would need to be 100s of cycle racks. It's just so hard to retrofit an entirely different transport system on a city which has evolved on mass transit infrastructure over 100s of years.

 

[Slime]

Maybe the government will take cycling more seriously in the future and actually make more provision for people to do it safely away from the busy roads.

The first thing they MUST do is make helmets compulsory.
God only knows why this isn't already the case!

 

[clubchamp98]

The first thing they MUST do is make helmets compulsory.
God only knows why this isn't already the case!

Yes and a high viz vest minimum if on the road.
To many young lads dressed in black with no lights in the dark.

 

[AmandaJR]

It's weird how much cycling and running gear is black! Is it the slimming effect??

Had a lovely ride today - perfect cycling weather...perfect golfing weather too.

 

[Bunkermagnet]

Yes and a high viz vest minimum if on the road.
To many young lads dressed in black with no lights in the dark.

Can we just change the age and gender here.......and just use idiots who insist on full black clothing without lights in the dark.

 

[Fish]

Nice weather and just like ants................

 

[clubchamp98]

It's weird how much cycling and running gear is black! Is it the slimming effect?


It’s not cycling gear it’s so the cops can’t identify them selling drugs off the bike.
They all look the same.
Total black ,hoody bit of a beard ,

Bit of a mistype here don’t know what happened.

 

[larmen]

I think you need to differentiate teenagers riding a bmx bike in hoodies and middle aged men riding a racing bike in much too tight Lycra.

My cycling gear is all red or yellow, but my running gear is mostly black. However, I don’t run in the dark so I feel fine. I have white running shirts for hot weather and of course the green parkrun shirt.

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

Yes and a high viz vest minimum if on the road.
To many young lads dressed in black with no lights earphones in and cycling in the middle of the road with hoodies up and no hands on the handlebars in the dark.

Fixed for you. Personally, the more of these idiots that wipe themselves out the better for the gene pool.

 

[AmandaJR]

I would like to be able to ride no hands where appropriate! Long stretch of country road today with no cars in sight and would have been nice to sit up and ease my neck and wrists!