Maggie’s Motivational Pic Thread v2.0 - - New Rules - See Post #1

OMG, I never thought I wanted to read more about boat racing and bicycle riding, but here I am.
Bicycle riding is a lot like flying when you're bombing down a mountain. It's a lot like effing work trying to get UP said mountain.

So there we were... buddy of mine and I were at *just* about the crest of Mt Vesuvius outside Charlottesville when a guy 2-up on a Hardley HAS to pass us. He hammered on the throttle to the corner then grabbed fistfuls of brakes. My buddy and I were on knobby tires at the end of a several (3? 4? I forget) hour ride at that point when we ended up on this guy's rear fender in the bend. We were pedaling relatively hard, but not all out.

Gets out of the 'tiptoe around the corner' zone and hammers on the throttle again. Right until the next corner when he grabs fistfuls of brake to tiptoe around the corner. Where my buddy and I end up on his fender again. ...and again. ...and again.

That lasted the whole way down Mt Vesuvius till he hit the last corner and hammered on the throttle again.

Had a similar situation happen on the Tail of the Dragon one moto trip. Riding to a buddy's house on the other side of TN when I figured I'd make a 'long cut' across the Tail of the Dragon.' I'm on my BMW GS-Adv and catch up to a gaggle of Hardleys. They're HAMMERING into the straight and grabbing fistfuls of brake in the corners, slowing WAY down to tiptoe to the exit of the corner where they HAMMER on the throttle... I was hoping there was a passing zone, so I tried to stay close the first few corners. Nope. They did the same thing all 318 corners over the 11mi so after those first few corners I stuck it in 3rd and rolled on gently and rolled off gently and caught up to them EVERY corner.

I've been caught behind more than one gaggle of Hardleys over the years. They're much more frustrating than being caught behind cyclists. The cyclists you can get past relatively quickly. Gaggles of Hardleys? You're stuck following them at 5-10 under the speed limit for miles and miles. Nope. I'd rather meet a group of cyclists on the road any time.

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So there we were... buddy of mine and I were at *just* about the crest of Mt Vesuvius outside Charlottesville when a guy 2-up on a Hardley HAS to pass us. He hammered on the throttle to the corner then grabbed fistfuls of brakes. My buddy and I were on knobby tires at the end of a several (3? 4? I forget) hour ride at that point when we ended up on this guy's rear fender in the bend. We were pedaling relatively hard, but not all out.

Gets out of the 'tiptoe around the corner' zone and hammers on the throttle again. Right until the next corner when he grabs fistfuls of brake to tiptoe around the corner. Where my buddy and I end up on his fender again. ...and again. ...and again.

That lasted the whole way down Mt Vesuvius till he hit the last corner and hammered on the throttle again.

Had a similar situation happen on the Tail of the Dragon one moto trip. Riding to a buddy's house on the other side of TN when I figured I'd make a 'long cut' across the Tail of the Dragon.' I'm on my BMW GS-Adv and catch up to a gaggle of Hardleys. They're HAMMERING into the straight and grabbing fistfuls of brake in the corners, slowing WAY down to tiptoe to the exit of the corner where they HAMMER on the throttle... I was hoping there was a passing zone, so I tried to stay close the first few corners. Nope. They did the same thing all 318 corners over the 11mi so after those first few corners I stuck it in 3rd and rolled on gently and rolled off gently and caught up to them EVERY corner.

I've been caught behind more than one gaggle of Hardleys over the years. They're much more frustrating than being caught behind cyclists. The cyclists you can get past relatively quickly. Gaggles of Hardleys? You're stuck following them at 5-10 under the speed limit for miles and miles. Nope. I'd rather meet a group of cyclists on the road any time.
Hate to agree with the resident biker in here, but this is absolutely correct. I can get around a pedal bike in short order. A bunch of Harleys not so much.
Same with every douche driving a Challenger Hellcat. If you can put hundreds of yards on my 4 cylinder car in a half mile straight between corners and I still end up slamming on my brakes mid apex in order to not drive through your bumper, guess what, you need to go to driving school.

Pics of a mid engined rotary powered "Corvette" concept Chevy made in 73. Built on a Porsche 914 chassis. A missed opportunity if you ask me.
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I guess you want to go back to Trump sucking on Putin D and getting played by N Korea?
Even the liberal media gave up on that narrative after the truth came out about the Steele dossier so you are literally THE LAST ONE spouting that thoroughly debunked lie. I guess no one told you that you got the job as village idiot, you can stop auditioning now.

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