tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492685525705691186.post2529813265001597488..comments2024-03-27T11:44:15.723-04:00Comments on The Retrogrouch: I Was Cat 6'ed By A FoolBrookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12110998345857993287noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492685525705691186.post-64835125342187123942016-02-13T14:27:23.067-05:002016-02-13T14:27:23.067-05:00Me 50 yo with a steely front sus. meets kids in th...Me 50 yo with a steely front sus. meets kids in the parking lot on fs carbons. They take off on the local "fitness" trail, used for keeping in shape mostly, weird to see FS bikes on this route but whatever. I soon find myself on their back wheels, they do NOT want to pull over or even let me by in the turn-offs. I finally go through-woods to hit the trail ahead of them. Now they are 50 yds back and "chirping?" cursing and whatnot...it was pretty funny. So after 15 minutes they finally got dropped. 1/2 hour later I meet them again while climbing a large twisty and of course they are going the wrong way (trail is route-specific) downhill and have no knowledge that climbing gets right of way. As I pull off, one of the monkeys screams "get a real bike"! I didn't even waste my breath stating I passed them on a hardtail miles ago. Was a weird day.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05757759612937797131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492685525705691186.post-73098739694031816472016-02-10T07:15:54.732-05:002016-02-10T07:15:54.732-05:00Yeah - I think your experience goes beyond Cat 6. ...Yeah - I think your experience goes beyond Cat 6. Those guys were just @$$holes.Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12110998345857993287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492685525705691186.post-18273027702600945592016-02-10T01:13:24.478-05:002016-02-10T01:13:24.478-05:00Not sure if this is a Cat 6 or just plain bullying...Not sure if this is a Cat 6 or just plain bullying.... But the other day I stopped in a park on the way home- noticed a guy on a Niner RLT or RTL or whatever staring at me. Being the only minority in a fancy small community park, I'm use to this behavior. Then the weird happens. The guy comes over and asks "fan or cyclist?" I guess it's what I get for only have one hat and it says SRAM. He asks what I was riding. I tell him an 83 Super sport. He shrugs. I say a Schwinn. He laughs. Some moments later, I go to leave and get one block to see three guys on modern bikes standing. I hear a comment about my safety vest, and then laughter. I proceed. They follow. Then sprint past like I was sitting on a curb. I gave it a go.... waste of energy. These guys being well over 6 feet and me a miserable 5'4. I anticipated them waiting up ahead, but they were not. One was seriously on a Trek pilot. At the least, it could have been a Crappondale.teamdarbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10730985048207207697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492685525705691186.post-28375531798888955552016-02-07T16:38:07.385-05:002016-02-07T16:38:07.385-05:00Nothing wrong with a little rabbit chasing. But on...Nothing wrong with a little rabbit chasing. But once caught I try to refrain from wheel-sucking. That's in bad taste. As for the guy in your story I guess you could say mental illness does have a funny side.Phillip Cowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553979458131339924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492685525705691186.post-49744497992289337852016-02-04T19:14:24.044-05:002016-02-04T19:14:24.044-05:00Well, he at least was funny, in a weird way. The c...Well, he at least was funny, in a weird way. The celebration make me chuckle.<br /><br />I do love a little bit of "cat 6 racing" tough, if it stay good natured. I have a regular opponent on my commute, who become an ally when the wind is too strong. Lots of good fun, plus you get a workout.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00518909092982637229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492685525705691186.post-464670813805641692016-02-04T11:02:42.283-05:002016-02-04T11:02:42.283-05:00Haha, hilarious image.
Maybe he was doing laps an...Haha, hilarious image.<br /><br />Maybe he was doing laps and you just happened upon him at his turn-around point? I can't figure the lift/squat thing, though. Some kind of cross-fit thing? Or, he was just simply a nut. That scene would have had me giggling all evening.<br /><br /><br />Wolf.N/Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14710395292374599493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492685525705691186.post-45813816073149697282016-02-03T23:18:12.308-05:002016-02-03T23:18:12.308-05:00Sounds like you have encountered a " Hipster ...Sounds like you have encountered a " Hipster ". They are prevalent here in Austin.chuckleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04327220664695368291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492685525705691186.post-66647275540352909232016-02-03T20:58:07.908-05:002016-02-03T20:58:07.908-05:00Brooks, your storytelling is hilarious!Brooks, your storytelling is hilarious!Chris Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07141668434994777170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492685525705691186.post-2071303223967473572016-02-03T17:34:39.948-05:002016-02-03T17:34:39.948-05:00Thanks for the laugh. Good stuff.Thanks for the laugh. Good stuff.50voltphantomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09827209932080133985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492685525705691186.post-71596041950016776792016-02-03T17:25:10.846-05:002016-02-03T17:25:10.846-05:00I guess I wouldn't be surprised if the guy had...I guess I wouldn't be surprised if the guy had some kind of video camera -- seemed the type to want to capture every one of his life moments on camera for all to see on social media. But to what end? An "epic" Cat 6 video?Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12110998345857993287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492685525705691186.post-22792140691345126822016-02-03T16:18:14.518-05:002016-02-03T16:18:14.518-05:00Are you sure this guy didn't have a camera poi...Are you sure this guy didn't have a camera pointed at him? It sounds like a lampoon! And a very social-media-ready lampoon at that.<br /><br />The only experience of mine remotely like this is far more innocuous: due to random circumstances, I have from time to time been riding with a good bit of momentum and passed another rider out of convenience when they did not have the same momentum. Some misinterpret the pass as a challenge and proceed to go all out. This being a college town, the odds are good that the other guy has a considerable advantage, and I have been left in the dust, as if to say *how dare you.* Testosterone is a funny thing; thank god it lets up a bit after 40. I am assuming this is about testosterone and insecurity, because if it's with someone you know, it's just horsing around.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492685525705691186.post-46774627346348739622016-02-03T15:20:21.537-05:002016-02-03T15:20:21.537-05:00Sounds as though you were cast as The Pack in Walt...Sounds as though you were cast as The Pack in Walter Mitty’s little breakaway fantasy. There are less desirable things to act out, I suppose.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13563227016231337663noreply@blogger.com