Lousy Riders at Chat 70.3

May 22, 18 18:11

Post #1 of 63 (6227 views)

Ten miles in I’m powering up a roller around 27 mph. I come up on a pack of about 6-8 riders from the white to yellow line wide all out of the saddle. None of them moved. At the last second I brake and move right. The guy in front of me finally moves over right and spits up in the air in my face. Before I passed I told him he spit in my face. He told me I was drafting...lol.

Later another group refused to move right. The guy forces me onto the center rumble strip.

What a cluster! Should have been ahead but suffered a swimming injury that sidelined me out of the pool the 3 months previous.

I refuse to have a half assed swim again. Way too dangerous on the bike.

Re: Lousy Riders at Chat 70.3 [mwanner13] [ In reply to ]

May 22, 18 18:17

Post #2 of 63 (6206 views)

Cool story, bro.

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Re: Lousy Riders at Chat 70.3 [mwanner13] [ In reply to ]

May 22, 18 19:13

Post #3 of 63 (6060 views)

Going “up” at 27??

Mm hm...

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Re: Lousy Riders at Chat 70.3 [JasoninHalifax] [ In reply to ]

May 22, 18 19:18

Post #4 of 63 (6044 views)

JasoninHalifax wrote:

Going “up” at 27??

Mm hm...

Well somebody had to put some bike pressure on Starky. Can’t let him get complacent up there.

Re: Lousy Riders at Chat 70.3 [JasoninHalifax] [ In reply to ]

May 23, 18 3:02

Post #5 of 63 (5706 views)

There are a lot of rollers where you hold downhill acceleration through the following climb.

JasoninHalifax wrote:

Going “up” at 27??

Mm hm...

Last edited by: mwanner13: May 23, 18 3:06

Re: Lousy Riders at Chat 70.3 [JasoninHalifax] [ In reply to ]

May 23, 18 3:41

Post #6 of 63 (5645 views)

JasoninHalifax wrote:

Going “up” at 27??

Mm hm...

He meant KPH. (not MPH) :)

Re: Lousy Riders at Chat 70.3 [B.McMaster] [ In reply to ]

May 23, 18 4:11

Post #7 of 63 (5595 views)

Lol. You guys kill me. Wish I hadn’t even posted a speed. OP has been derailed...

B.McMaster wrote:

JasoninHalifax wrote:

Going “up” at 27??

Mm hm...

He meant KPH. (not MPH) :)

Re: Lousy Riders at Chat 70.3 [mwanner13] [ In reply to ]

May 23, 18 4:26

Post #8 of 63 (5543 views)

So you illegally drafted twice, got spat on and run off the road? Am I missing something?

Re: Lousy Riders at Chat 70.3 [TIT] [ In reply to ]

May 23, 18 4:34

Post #9 of 63 (5513 views)

The other guys should have been hit for blocking. It's a big problem on that course. Especially when you put a fast girl out there and a group of guys decide that they don't want to have a girl bike past them. A pack forms and you have to go Luda on them when you catch them. It's happened to me twice at the same exact point on that course in 2016&2017

Re: Lousy Riders at Chat 70.3 [JasoninHalifax] [ In reply to ]

May 23, 18 4:42

Post #10 of 63 (5494 views)

JasoninHalifax wrote:

Going “up” at 27??

Mm hm...

He got the race confused with the USAC road race that was in town. You know, the ones where you try to drop people over the rollers.

Burn those matches, that's what they're for!

Re: Lousy Riders at Chat 70.3 [mwanner13] [ In reply to ]

May 23, 18 6:10

Post #11 of 63 (5296 views)

I am not sure why people come on here at cry about all the issues on the bike course. If you have raced more than 1 race you will know that; 1. people will draft and not get caught, 2. people will block you (either on accident or on purpose, 3. there will be packs out on the bike course, 4. all kinds of other crazy stuff will happen.

I do get the fact that people go on here to bitch but it will change nothing. If you really want to do something... talk to the race directors, talk to the race officials, talk to Ironman, talk to USAT (or the governing body where the race took place).

Or...

You can know that this stuff is going to happen and just deal with it. I know that it is frustrating when you try to 'race clean' but now it is part of racing in crowded races. RD's need to have a lot of people race to make the race worth while. So that means that a lot of people are going to be on the course. They have tried going to wave starts to help but people complain about this ('it's not a true ironman if there is not mass start'). So if you are a RD there is no winning.

Just my two cents.

Flame On

Re: Lousy Riders at Chat 70.3 [gshtrisport] [ In reply to ]

May 23, 18 6:23

Post #12 of 63 (5261 views)

gshtrisport wrote:

..........'it's not a true ironman if there is not mass start'.......

This particular race wasn't a true Ironman because it was a 70.3..............

Pink? Maybe. Maybe not. You decide.

Re: Lousy Riders at Chat 70.3 [mwanner13] [ In reply to ]

May 23, 18 7:06

Post #13 of 63 (5142 views)

I get what you're saying and crowded courses create challenges... you can't ride it as if you're the only one out there.

It's one of many 'things' you have to deal with racing bikes on crowded courses, open to traffic, etc.

Re: Lousy Riders at Chat 70.3 [mwanner13] [ In reply to ]

May 23, 18 7:15

Post #14 of 63 (5109 views)

I'm surprised you didn't get a draft penalty, I know at least one pro was penalized.

Washed up footy player turned Triathlete.

Re: Lousy Riders at Chat 70.3 [japarker24] [ In reply to ]

May 23, 18 7:20

Post #15 of 63 (5088 views)

japarker24 wrote:

gshtrisport wrote:

..........'it's not a true ironman if there is not mass start'.......

This particular race wasn't a true Ironman because it was a 70.3..............

I'll bet the Wanda Group would disagree with you both.

Re: Lousy Riders at Chat 70.3 [gshtrisport] [ In reply to ]

May 23, 18 7:24

Post #16 of 63 (5076 views)

gshtrisport wrote:

I am not sure why people come on here at cry about all the issues on the bike course. If you have raced more than 1 race you will know that; 1. people will draft and not get caught, 2. people will block you (either on accident or on purpose, 3. there will be packs out on the bike course, 4. all kinds of other crazy stuff will happen.

I do get the fact that people go on here to bitch but it will change nothing. If you really want to do something... talk to the race directors, talk to the race officials, talk to Ironman, talk to USAT (or the governing body where the race took place).

Or...

You can know that this stuff is going to happen and just deal with it. I know that it is frustrating when you try to 'race clean' but now it is part of racing in crowded races. RD's need to have a lot of people race to make the race worth while. So that means that a lot of people are going to be on the course. They have tried going to wave starts to help but people complain about this ('it's not a true ironman if there is not mass start'). So if you are a RD there is no winning.

Just my two cents.

Flame On

QFT.

Even the local sprints here with 300 people you end up with some idiots on the course. Especially on courses that have multiple laps, there’s inevitably some dude on a Huffy Mountain bike going 14mph swerving all over the lane.

I’ve just accepted it as part of racing.

I got stuck around some idiots at Chattanooga 70.3 for a couple of miles, but I never thought about starting a thread on ST to complain about a single incident, which doesn’t even sound like a big deal.

Re: Lousy Riders at Chat 70.3 [mwanner13] [ In reply to ]

May 23, 18 7:34

Post #17 of 63 (5046 views)

Wait.....this isn't satire?

Re: Lousy Riders at Chat 70.3 [B.McMaster] [ In reply to ]

May 23, 18 7:35

Post #18 of 63 (5041 views)

B.McMaster wrote:

japarker24 wrote:

gshtrisport wrote:

..........'it's not a true ironman if there is not mass start'.......

This particular race wasn't a true Ironman because it was a 70.3..............

I'll bet the Wanda Group would disagree with you both.

Who's Wanda?

Pink? Maybe. Maybe not. You decide.

Re: Lousy Riders at Chat 70.3 [japarker24] [ In reply to ]

May 23, 18 7:47

Post #19 of 63 (4993 views)

japarker24 wrote:

B.McMaster wrote:

japarker24 wrote:

gshtrisport wrote:

..........'it's not a true ironman if there is not mass start'.......

This particular race wasn't a true Ironman because it was a 70.3..............

I'll bet the Wanda Group would disagree with you both.

Who's Wanda?

The company that owns Ironman.

Re: Lousy Riders at Chat 70.3 [gshtrisport] [ In reply to ]

May 23, 18 7:58

Post #20 of 63 (4954 views)

gshtrisport wrote:

I am not sure why people come on here at cry about all the issues on the bike course. If you have raced more than 1 race you will know that; 1. people will draft and not get caught, 2. people will block you (either on accident or on purpose, 3. there will be packs out on the bike course, 4. all kinds of other crazy stuff will happen.

I do get the fact that people go on here to bitch but it will change nothing. If you really want to do something... talk to the race directors, talk to the race officials, talk to Ironman, talk to USAT (or the governing body where the race took place).

Or...

You can know that this stuff is going to happen and just deal with it. I know that it is frustrating when you try to 'race clean' but now it is part of racing in crowded races. RD's need to have a lot of people race to make the race worth while. So that means that a lot of people are going to be on the course. They have tried going to wave starts to help but people complain about this ('it's not a true ironman if there is not mass start'). So if you are a RD there is no winning.

Just my two cents.

Flame On

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Re: Lousy Riders at Chat 70.3 [japarker24] [ In reply to ]

May 23, 18 8:06

Post #21 of 63 (4913 views)

japarker24 wrote:

B.McMaster wrote:

japarker24 wrote:

gshtrisport wrote:

..........'it's not a true ironman if there is not mass start'.......

This particular race wasn't a true Ironman because it was a 70.3..............

I'll bet the Wanda Group would disagree with you both.

Who's Wanda?

She's the fast girl mentioned in post #9. The one the mens wouldn't let pass.

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Re: Lousy Riders at Chat 70.3 [mwanner13] [ In reply to ]

May 23, 18 8:08

Post #22 of 63 (4901 views)

The Chat bike course was fantastic. The rolling start made a huge difference. Rode the first 40 miles basically completely solo and had the moto come past 5-6 times. Saw almost no drafting for a race with 3,000 people in it.

Re: Lousy Riders at Chat 70.3 [Leddy] [ In reply to ]

May 23, 18 8:08

Post #23 of 63 (4898 views)

Leddy wrote:

japarker24 wrote:

B.McMaster wrote:

japarker24 wrote:

gshtrisport wrote:

..........'it's not a true ironman if there is not mass start'.......

This particular race wasn't a true Ironman because it was a 70.3..............

I'll bet the Wanda Group would disagree with you both.

Who's Wanda?

She's the fast girl mentioned in post #9. The one the mens wouldn't let pass.

I just wanted to make sure they weren't talking about Roy's wife..........

Pink? Maybe. Maybe not. You decide.

Re: Lousy Riders at Chat 70.3 [mwanner13] [ In reply to ]

May 23, 18 8:53

Post #24 of 63 (4756 views)

mwanner13 wrote:

Lol. You guys kill me. Wish I hadn’t even posted a speed. OP has been derailed...

B.McMaster wrote:

JasoninHalifax wrote:

Going “up” at 27??

Mm hm...

He meant KPH. (not MPH) :)

You were breathing too hard holding that 27 mph uphill to say "On your left, assholes"?? Glad you've since caught your breath to regale us with your riveting tale.

Re: Lousy Riders at Chat 70.3 [mwanner13] [ In reply to ]

May 23, 18 9:01

Post #25 of 63 (4724 views)

mwanner13 wrote:

Ten miles in I’m powering up a roller around 27 mph. .

27 mph is all you got for ramming speed OP?

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