Copperhed51

I think I'm starting to become that guy. People generally recognize now that if I show up, the pace will be fast (relatively) and the pain will be plentiful. I'm not saying I'm a god of cycling, but in my time attending my local group rides, I've gone from the guy that got dropped repeatedly to the guy who pulls the hardest and who generally drops everybody else. At the group rides with the local race teams, I don't drop many of the racers but take my turns pulling and usually contest the friendly sprint at the end. So, the question is, are you that guy or girl that people see at the group rides, and they can't help but make comments about the pace/pain, etc?

DrPete 

No, because if I want to hammer I go on a ride where everyone else is doing the same.

EventServices

Dale Carnegie is that guy on our ride.

garysol1 

sounds like you may need to find a faster group and let the "B" and "C" riders enjoy there ride....

Copperhed51

Well, to be clear, the rides I go on usually split into 2 or 3 groups and the front group has every intention of hammering.

Innes

Really? A thread about how you're the badass on the ride?

At least we know your rims will never be jobless.

Quel

Yes, but only because they are getting sick of paying the helicopter search and rescue teams to find me.

Copperhed51

Haha, I knew this is where the thread would go

nayr497

I thought this was going to be asking if you are the fat pale guy who looks gross in lycra, hasn't washed his stuff in two weeks, wears a bandana under his helmet, rides a bike that creaks, and has no idea how a paceline works.

I know one of those guys and after a summer of putting up with him, I'm still having nightmares.

Flatballer

Ignore the grammar, I didn't make it.

Copperhed51

Are there people who don't look gross in lyrca? I rode behind a guy whose bibs had to be 4 years old and they were completely transparent. It was one of the more disturbing things I've seen. I didn't draft him long.

Oh, and worry not BFers. I'm gonna try to race next year and I will quickly be put in my place. For now, I feel good about how I'm riding and figured I'd see who else has progressed the same way.

PluperfectArson

I do not know about you, but I am so sexy in lycra.

jdon

My riding group is always happy to see me so I guess I am not "that guy"! Then again, I normally buy the beer..

Copperhed51

Speaking of beer, I'm off to drink a bunch of them. By the time I'm back, I expect somebody to have designed a poster of me climbing a tiny KS hill with a huge Felt logo on the poster as well. Get to work.

crispy010

I was "that guy" for about 3 weeks over the summer on the Tues/Thurs evening hammerfest. For a couple of the rides I was one of the strongest 3 or 4 guys there - I could pretty reliably shell most of the group, and could almost keep up with this dude who does solo mountain centuries on the weekend . Then I burnt out. Today, I averaged 17.6 mph over 25 miles. Damn I'm slow.

JacoKierkegaard

I wish I was that guy. I think I'm more likely "that guy who flies through the pack like a bowling ball and is never heard from again for the duration of the ride."

Bah Humbug

I am a sexy shoeless god of war in lycra.

agarose2000

Yes, I'm pretty sure I'm THAT guy. Unfortunately.

I currently only own a TT bike for tris in Socal. (My roadbike is in Norcal.) I only join the roadie hammerfest weekly rides if it is not a paceline, and rather, a loose hillclimb where I can TT from the back since I've noticed that NOBODY likes to draft behind me - in the warmup to the hill, it's like I have the plague - even though I never touch the aerobars once, everyone, including the weakest riders, sprint like mad to get ahead of me. Invariably, I'm the last guy in the line within a quarter mile in the warmup.

Then the hammerfest hillclimb starts, and I start TT'ing from the back. I pretty much pass 85% of the riders before I'm desperately trying to catch the tail end of the front pack, which is mostly Cat2-3 riders. Of course, once we're hammering, all of a sudden all nobody has any qualms trying to draft like crazy off me, but since I'm starting from the back, it's rare when any of the ones I overtake can keep up.

I'm going to swap my roadie and TT bike locations after my next triathlon so I can no longer be "that guy." Ironically, I'm almost certain that if you're not on the aerobars, climbing on a tribike has your hands much closer to the brakes than a roadie, on which you're often gripping the horizontal flatbar on the climb and not the brake hoods. On my TT bike, if I'm off the aerobars, I'm on the horns, with my fingers in full wrap around the brakes - for sure, it's faster to brake hard from that position compared to moving your hands off the flat bar of a roadie to the hoods.

ch3n207

how fast is a b and c?

walie

probably your speed

Velo Dog

When you read this post over, does it embarrass you? Because if I'd written it, I'd be humiliated.

Tumbleweed

The local graphic artist was recently banned...albeit, most likely a temporary move. Another incarnation should pop up shortly.
What type of beer??!!! IPA, Alt...??? No matter, all is good when drawn from a door tap.

PurpleFender

Welp

SkyeC

I don't know about you, but the group rides I go on, if I feel good that day and jump off the front all by myself, I slow down so I can ride with my buddies. If you're one of those dudes that has to drop a couple gears and wander off every 10 minutes, just go on a solo ride.

banerjek

I am that guy. Probably much more so than you. People dread me...