Men, aren't they funny...

[papaver]

This afternoon I went for a 50 km ride. Because it had been raining all day and the roads were muddy I decided to take my hybrid bike. After 10 kms or so I saw a cyclist on his racing bike riding in front of me. It didn't take me long before I cought up with him. And boy wasn't he amused.

He started to increase his speed, and every time he looked behind him he saw me smiling at him. Twenty minutes later his head looked like a purple bowlingbal. I decided to make a left turn, because I didn't wanted him to get a heart attach... Tsssssss...

I've noticed before that especially men in their fifties don't take it too well when women can easily follow their pace. And oh horror especially when she rides a plain hybrid...

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Maybe he thought you were stalking him!

[tribogota]

and where I ride, if they pass on the hill, they say "hey baby good going"
"hey doll, you go", and any other series of expressions that show that THEY think they are admiring, but what they really think is that "women can't do this" that's why we need extra encouragement "go cutie" arrrg, it drives me up the wall, they don't say it to any men as they pass them...not even the one's who are struggling.

[kermit]

and where I ride, if they pass on the hill, they say "hey baby good going"
"hey doll, you go", and any other series of expressions that show that THEY think they are admiring, but what they really think is that "women can't do this" that's why we need extra encouragement "go cutie" arrrg, it drives me up the wall, they don't say it to any men as they pass them...not even the one's who are struggling.

I don't get any of that, usually invited to jump in with the group. What is funny is next time you see that guy, he will be on a more expensive bike!

[Mr. Bloom]

I've noticed before that especially men in their fifties don't take it too well when women can easily follow their pace. And oh horror especially when she rides a plain hybrid...

...and then there are those who ride with Silver...they got over it a long time ago!

[papaver]

I don't get any of that, usually invited to jump in with the group. What is funny is next time you see that guy, he will be on a more expensive bike!

The younger guys always ask me to join them. That's how I met pro rider Gert Steegmans.

[Miranda]

If you passed him, you could have asked if he would like you to pull him a while? But, somehow I don't think that would go over too well...

I think if the guy (or woman for that matter) has some sorta complex, then the whole getting passed thing hurts their ego. I think that's one of the greatest things about being forty is that I don't care. If you can out ride me, out 'whatever' me, then--good for you! I mean that sincerely. Not sarcastically. Everyone has different levels and goals. If it's workin for ya, that's all that matters at the end of the day, or ride. Anyone who would disrespect or judge me otherwise for that is not someone's opinion that's of real value to me anyway. So, still not a big deal.

Glad you rode the hybrid and found a way to get out. My broken bone is still healing in my foot and I'm going looney.

[jodz1984]

i had a guy (left town a few days ago) that was funny about a women being better than him, he told me outright on my 2nd or 3rd ride that he doesn't like females beating him. then a few more rides later the bike shop owner started incouraging me to do some yellow sign sprints, anyway i started beating this guy, apparently the look of his face the first time i passed him and beat him was priceless. Anyway a few weeks later someone hands me a flyer about a grand final sprint between us before he leaves town. unfortuniatly it kept raining, but he however did go one time that i didn't and said that at the sign he was a certain speed, so next time i am at that area i will make sure i'll go faster than he did. I have also beat the bike shop owner in sprints as well, but he thought that was great and now is suggesting that i get into track cycling.

[Mr. Bloom]

...he told me outright on my 2nd or 3rd ride that he doesn't like females beating him.

Men don't like ANYONE beating them...it makes them face their mortality

Sprint/Interval training is truly awesome.

[redrhodie]

The younger guys always ask me to join them. That's how I met pro rider Gert Steegmans.

Did you do it?! Didn't he win a stage in the tdf?

I passed a guy on a mtb recently, and it totally irked him, so much so that he passed me while I was stopped at a red light (he went right into oncoming traffic, nearly getting hit). Of course I caught up to him after I got the green light. He kept looking back as I crept closer, but I stayed just behind him until he turned left. I once had a guy say something vulgar when I passed him. That's not common here, but it does happen.

[Trek420]

What is funny is next time you see that guy, he will be on a more expensive bike!

That's it! Keep riding, keep passing guys. It's good for you, good for the enviornment and it's good for the economy.

'cause dude, if you've been "girl'd" it's got to be your bike.

[OakLeaf]

When I did that to a roadie while riding my hybrid, I don't think it was my fat tires, saddlebags, backpack, or Pilates mat that really got to him. I think it was my bunny-shaped squeeze horn.

[papaver]

Did you do it?! Didn't he win a stage in the tdf?

I passed a guy on a mtb recently, and it totally irked him, so much so that he passed me while I was stopped at a red light (he went right into oncoming traffic, nearly getting hit). Of course I caught up to him after I got the green light. He kept looking back as I crept closer, but I stayed just behind him until he turned left. I once had a guy say something vulgar when I passed him. That's not common here, but it does happen.

Yes, he won the last race of the tour de france last year.

[tandemrider48]

My husband and I ride a tandem. If you think you heard it all, try being the stoker...........and a woman...

Just last week, as we passed a "Lance wannabe" the guy on the bike would have told my husband "you have a good woman there".....

[Juiceflight]

One of my male riding buds refers to it as "getting chicked"