Passed a roadie on my hybrid! Got it on video!

[Grits]

I know exactly how you feel! It is a rare event that my little riding group overtakes and passes a fellow roadie, so when we do, we wait a respectful distance so he/she doesn't hear us, and then we definitely do a little celebrating! Of course, we usually follow that with some remarks like "well, they were probably finishing up a century ride" or maybe "I'll bet they are recovering from some injury" just to keep us humble

As far as calling out, it depends. If I overtake someone who doesn't obviously know I am there, then I always call out. If we have been passing back and forth or riding fairly close together and are aware of each other, then not necessarily.

I was on a big organized ride last weekend and rode a little while with a lady who drove me crazy! She called out EVERYTHING... I appreciate that up to a point, but she was a just annoying after a while.

[Trek420]

I was on a big organized ride last weekend and rode a little while with a lady who drove me crazy! She called out EVERYTHING... I appreciate that up to a point, but she was a just annoying after a while.

Hey! That was me "car back" when there's nobody near me, pointing out stuff on the road "tracks pop tart wrapper pez dipsenser " calling out "on your right" as people pass me.

I'm so slow I'm having my name legally changed to "on your left". I get called that so often. I apreciate all of you calling out. OTOH it's a hoot on those rare times I get to pass someone. Especially when I'm on an innapropriate bike like commuter loaded with produce and groceries.

It's rare but fun when it happens.

[Grits]

Hey! That was me "car back" when there's nobody near me, pointing out stuff on the road "tracks pop tart wrapper pez dipsenser " calling out "on your right" as people pass me. .

Hey, that WAS you!

[Crankin]

There are some people in the group that I ride with that call out every crack in the road... I try to stay away from them, for fear their constant calling out will distract me and I'll hit them (or someone else)! Use hand signals... at least for stuff in the road.
Pam your comment made me chuckle. Both DH and I were once dropped by an inline skater going up Oak Hill in Harvard, MA. This is a major training hill for roadies. And the guy was as least as old as me. I could see dropping me, even though I was not going 5 (maybe 9-10?), but dropping DH, who was a little ahead of me . When I met him at the top of the hill, DH was like, "What the hell was that?" It was hard to tell at first, since the guy was wearing a bike helmet.

[ACG]

My favorite thing to call out is "Road Kill".

Seriously on some of the bike lanes that take us to the beach from Pasadena there are tons of families, walkers, runners, usually on the way back.

We have to call out because they take up the entire lane and we don't want to spook them, their dogs or grandma.

Normally it's like "passing on your left, thank you."

Everyone passes me by the way....I've got asthma, a cell phone and a credit card I can take care of myself.

[luv2climb]

Here's an example of me warning riders before passing

This is our local Second Saturday art festival Midtown Cruise. The first one was last month, and they plan on having these rides every month. Since I was shooting video and wanted to get good footage of all the cool rat rod, chopper, and tall bikes in the ride, I had to get ahead of a bunch of people. I start passing at 1:20 in the video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-sFlUUXCRI

[Artista]

Pam your comment made me chuckle. Both DH and I were once dropped by an inline skater going up Oak Hill in Harvard, MA. This is a major training hill for roadies. And the guy was as least as old as me. I could see dropping me, even though I was not going 5 (maybe 9-10?), but dropping DH, who was a little ahead of me . When I met him at the top of the hill, DH was like, "What the hell was that?" It was hard to tell at first, since the guy was wearing a bike helmet.

An inline skater smoked my husband & me about a month ago. I was astounded. This guy was really fast but I was still bummed by being passed by a guy on skates. Then, a couple of weeks ago, I passed someone else on skates. Made me feel a little better about the 1st experience...until he PASSED ME about 20 minutes later

[Velocivixen]

Well, I'm very new to this forum, so here's what I thought. The title of the thread made it sound like you were primarily going to talk about passing someone, however reading what you wrote about changing your own gears and taking it out for a test ride, then showing a video about it made me think that you obviously did a great job with installation and that you had a successful test ride. I wasn't even thinking about you passing someone.
It sounds like in different places and in various situations, calling out is appropriate/expected or inappropriate/not expected.
Overall, I think it's great that you've got a bike with gears that let you climb better and that, as you mentioned, your fitness has improved.
Cheers.

[westtexas]

I just want to say congrats to you on passing someone on your bike!!! I did the same thing tonight for the first time and I was going to post about how strong I feel after 6 weeks of riding and what progress I've made, but it's much more fun to share. This was a young guy (probably younger than me, which is scary since I just turned 25) and he was definitely struggling up the hills. But he had all the aero bar gear and a computer on his bike so I suspect he was doing some kind of cadence or heart rate training as I powered past him on a steep hill (and never saw him again).

So congrats to you and here is to many more small accomplishments that may bring on bragging but feel really good