Missed connection

[Drewdane]

@Rando Guy 51561 wrote:

To the newb who hung on my wheel despite me intentionally slowing down/speeding up over several miles – I think I shall nickname you “Barnacle”.

Conversely, to the guy (almost always a guy) who speeds up when he sees I’m going to pass, I think I shall nickname you…

Well, I’m not that clever – I’ll just stick with “Jackass”.

[GuyContinental]

@Drewdane 51659 wrote:

Conversely, to the guy (almost always a guy) who speeds up when he sees I’m going to pass, I think I shall nickname you…

Well, I’m not that clever – I’ll just stick with “Jackass”.

Just make him earn it- inch up the pace from behind until his heart can’t keep up with his ego. It’s a shame multiplier.

[jabberwocky]

@Drewdane 51659 wrote:

Conversely, to the guy (almost always a guy) who speeds up when he sees I’m going to pass, I think I shall nickname you…

Well, I’m not that clever – I’ll just stick with “Jackass”.

I always enjoyed the people who killed themselves trying to keep me from passing. It was a nice game to just hang on their wheel, occasionally coasting, and try and guess when they’d finally explode and pull over in shame.

[Terpfan]

To the one guy who never calls his passes and whom argued with me about this last fall, ironically I almost took you out today as you decided to pass without a call while I was about to pass. Lucky for you, I tend to presume idiots surround me–even on the trail . And to the guy who did not know how to inflate with a presta valve, it’s ok to ask. I felt kind of mean interrupting, but I realized after you were attempting to put air for a good two minutes that you probably didn’t know. What I failed to do was suggest you attend BTWD and join WABA.

[GuyContinental]

@jabberwocky 51661 wrote:

I always enjoyed the people who killed themselves trying to keep me from passing. It was a nice game to just hang on their wheel, occasionally coasting, and try and guess when they’d finally explode and pull over in shame.

A big, loud freehub helps in this game as does the ability to ride very fast while looking nonchalant. Fenders and/or real CX tires and mud are another multiplier. As is random chatting that avoids any sense of vocal or lung strain.

In my experience, “shame” usually comes in the form of a derailleur adjustment, tire pressure check, shoe tightening or urgent phone call. I have more respect for those that simply blow up.

[TwoWheelsDC]

@GuyContinental 51668 wrote:

A big, loud freehub helps in this game as does the ability to ride very fast while looking nonchalant. Fenders and/or real CX tires and mud are another multiplier. As is random chatting that avoids any sense of vocal or lung strain.

In my experience, “shame” usually comes in the form of a derailleur adjustment, tire pressure check, shoe tightening or urgent phone call. I have some respect for those that simply blow up,

I seem to always get passed in the TR island parking lot by impatient folks…unsurprisingly, these people lose steam about half-way up the Rosslyn hill, so I like to get on their wheel and yawn loudly or look really bored, like “oh, this hill is steep? I hadn’t noticed.”

[ebubar]

@TwoWheelsDC 51673 wrote:

I seem to always get passed in the TR island parking lot by impatient folks…unsurprisingly, these people lose steam about half-way up the Rosslyn hill, so I like to get on their wheel and yawn loudly or look really bored, like “oh, this hill is steep? I hadn’t noticed.”

This is my eventual goal. One day…

[GuyContinental]

@ebubar 51674 wrote:

This is my eventual goal. One day…

You still win if after they collapse in a pile of emasculated shame and are left in the distance, you casually pull off and have a heart attack yourself (but only if they, or any witnesses don’t see you do it).

My wife once found me curled up under some bushes in our front yard after I played this game coming up WOD from Hunter Mill at about 22mph in June.

[baiskeli]

Me: Coming into my hotel in NYC Wednesday.
You: Dead guy under a sheet in front of the elevators.

Neither of us were on a bike, but it’s a good story and I started this thread, so you’re going in Missed Connections anyway. Sorry you died. Sorry you had to lie there for like two hours waiting for the police to move you while strangers walked around you. It appears you went fast from a heart attack or stroke, so that’s a silver lining.

[dasgeh]

Me: pedaling happily, if cautiously, up the Custis sidewalk in Rosslyn (after having to wait through 4-5 drivers until one properly yielded the ROW so I and the other cyclists and joggers could cross)
You: turning right into the Marriott parking lot without looking, only avoiding a collision because of the quick wits of me and one other cyclist

You look suspiciously like one formerly local and now state level politician, who revealed herself to not being cyclist friendly in this year’s legislative session, and your license plate (VA 39) makes me think you’re an elected official. But the LP # doesn’t match your district #, and I only saw you at a weird angle, so I don’t want to accuse.

Still, if you are that politician who introduces cyclist-unfriendly legislation, that doesn’t mean that you should drive like a cyclist-unfriendly person.

[jnva]

@ebubar 51674 wrote:

This is my eventual goal. One day…

There is an easy solution for you, but it involves cheating.

[Terpfan]

@dasgeh 51683 wrote:

Me: pedaling happily, if cautiously, up the Custis sidewalk in Rosslyn (after having to wait through 4-5 drivers until one properly yielded the ROW so I and the other cyclists and joggers could cross)
You: turning right into the Marriott parking lot without looking, only avoiding a collision because of the quick wits of me and one other cyclist

You look suspiciously like one formerly local and now state level politician, who revealed herself to not being cyclist friendly in this year’s legislative session, and your license plate (VA 39) makes me think you’re an elected official. But the LP # doesn’t match your district #, and I only saw you at a weird angle, so I don’t want to accuse.

Still, if you are that politician who introduces cyclist-unfriendly legislation, that doesn’t mean that you should drive like a cyclist-unfriendly person.

That plate does match http://www.vivianwatts.com/ this person’s district. I think you’re thinking of BC and she actually voted for one of the bills this year despite opposing in the past. Incremental, but positive change.

[baiskeli]

@Terpfan 51701 wrote:

That plate does match http://www.vivianwatts.com/ this person’s district. I think you’re thinking of BC and she actually voted for one of the bills this year despite opposing in the past. Incremental, but positive change.

Don’t know who BC is, but Dasgeh is referring to Barbara Favola, who brought us the stop signs on the W&OD in Falls Church law. Could have been Vivian Watts in town with Barbara hosting her and the two driving around in Watts’ car.

[dasgeh]

@baiskeli 51707 wrote:

Don’t know who BC is, but Dasgeh is referring to Barbara Favola, who brought us the stop signs on the W&OD in Falls Church law. Could have been Vivian Watts in town with Barbara hosting her and the two driving around in Watts’ car.

Baiskeli is right. The driver was a women with brown hair, who basically looked like this. I don’t think anyone else was in the car. I don’t know how license plates work in VA — there are senate and house districts, so it’s not clear to me which would get the plate. So it’s possible it was just another lady who looks similar.

Still think her treatment of cyclists in legislation sucks.

[KelOnWheels]

You: a gentleman cyclist out for a nice evening ride eastbound on the W&OD in Falls Church

Me: the moron that turned left on the sidewalk in front of you as you were coming through the crosswalk near Bikenetic.

Many apologies! I’m glad you were paying attention, unlike me.

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