Quote Originally Posted by Skierchickie View Post
I did think of this thread today after chicking my DH on a big hill today, and pretty much every hill thereafter, on our 83-miler.
My sweet husband told me about the term "getting chicked" the other day, when I managed to dig deep and pass a guy who had just passed us on a good-sized hill probably 20 or so miles into the ride.

For context, I'm a daily commuter who does occasional long rides on the weekends, and sporadic sessions with Coach Troy on Spinervals DVDs. Overtaking a guy on a hill feels pretty good and I can't take it for granted.

So then I was riding home from work a week ago, pedaling up a tiny upslope, and heard a cyclist coming up behind me.

I'm not ego-free so when an old guy (as in, fluffy white hair, polyester pants and a windbreaker like my dad wore golfing, and open grocery bag-style carrier bags on his panniers with handles flapping in the freeze) buzzed by me like I was standing still, I started working on the phrase to describe this experience. Had I been gramped? Geezered?

Then I saw the electric assist motor on his bike. I felt much better.

--barb
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