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jupiterrn

Discussion Starter · Jun 29, 2008

Dear wheelsuckers, freds, people who want to draft. Please let yourself be known if you are going to hang 2 inches off my rear tire. While I might hear you back there it is always nice to ask if you can barrow the 17 % less effort you are going to have to make by being behind me. Also it could potentially keep a crash from happening when I have to turn my head to see who is there. Just a simple "Howdy I am going to stay behind you for a while" will do. Thanks!
Sincerely,
Me

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RIDERUBICON

· #81 · Jul 1, 2008

Wookie do you need a hug?

RIDERUBICON

· #82 · Jul 1, 2008

What have you accomplished? You lost weight?

Well good for you?

You went on a recovery ride and blew someone off? Im amazed!

As the last poster said, its the attitude bud.

g8keyper

· #83 · Jul 1, 2008

I have only been here a few days, but dang there are some little brawls go on in this forum lol ... it's like watching siblings kick back-n-fourth.

Great fun to read so keep it up!! haha!!

Peace

ToF

· #84 · Jul 1, 2008

RIDERUBICON said:
What, have you lost weight?
Blew on Amazed Recovery.
its the bud poster.

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Wookiebiker

· #85 · Jul 1, 2008

RIDERUBICON said:
What have you accomplished? You lost weight?

Well good for you?

You went on a recovery ride and blew someone off? Im amazed!

As the last poster said, its the attitude bud.

To funny.....

Dude you crack me up...you're the one that made a big deal of this whole thing, yet you are the one giving the attitude.

All I did was explain what I did in the situation to get rid of a wheelsucker. Then what I did was called into question, I gave some instances that show I can do what I said I did and you jumped in calling me an arrogant jerk.

I guess one can't defend what they can do, one can't say anything good about themselves without being arrogant...such is life.

I hope you enjoy doing what ever it is your do because it would appear you must doubt, criticize, ridicule and belittle everything that people do. Sounds like a good way to go through life.

Me personally...If I see somebody or have an opportunity to converse with somebody that's better than I am I don't tell them they are arrogant or doubt what they can do...I ask them how they did it so I can better myself. I'm sure you look down on the guy that just paid 2.1 million to have lunch with Warren Buffett as well....though the advice he will likely receive will likely multiply that 2.1 million by 10, maybe 100 times. That's somebody that knows how to get ahead in life and is willing to do what it takes to get there.

That's the attitude I take these days...call it arrogant if you want, base it on the attitude, but I want to get better....not sit around telling people they are arrogant so I can feel better about my self.

Have a great rest of your day :thumbsup:

BTW....try hitting the reply to post button instead of just using the quick respond box...it makes it much easier to follow the threads...and again, spell check is your friend :thumbsup:

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Wookiebiker

· #86 · Jul 1, 2008

g8keyper said:
I have only been here a few days, but dang there are some little brawls go on in this forum lol ... it's like watching siblings kick back-n-fourth.

Great fun to read so keep it up!! haha!!

Peace

One thing is for sure...don't ever post anything about your accomplishments...people here will try and make you feel horrible for actually achieving something. If you win a race you are lying, if you post an average speed you are lying.

Heck there was a thread on one of the other areas of this web site asking if it was OK for the pro's to wear a championship jersey during training rides...or something stupid like that. If you earned the jersey, wear it...Duh? If you won it you earned it and the right to wear it!

But the arguments sure are fun :thumbsup:

RIDERUBICON

· #87 · Jul 1, 2008

Funny how you keep justifying your actions?

I've been winding you up now for days and you just keep biting.

Oh, some free advice...."what some people call arrogance..others call confidence".

Studies show justifying your actions usually highlights a persons' need to feel respected and that they somehow contribute to life in some way...no matter how minor it is'

Dont bite ... it has been fun!

Got to go ride my team of showjumping horses.

Off to Netherlands for July - Sept. Competing there. Do you compete at a national & international level Wookie?

Oops did I hint then? ... I guess I could have just made that up too. :thumbsup:

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Tschai

· #88 · Jul 1, 2008

Wookiebiker said:
So basically one can accomplish something but can't say a word about it? Makes sense to me....:idea:

No. It is perfectly fine to discuss one's own accomplishments as long as it is not done with big-headedness, conceit and arrogance.

Wookiebiker said:
I guess, I have to have others come on here to talk about my accomplishments otherwise I'm arrogant. What a crock and you and the other "people are arrogant" posters know it.

See my response above. You are more than welcome to discuss your accomplishments here as long as it is done without a superiority complex.

Wookiebiker said:
The argument of the "Really fast people don't need to talk about it" is a crock as well, as most of the top athletes out there let people know about every accomplishment they have ever achieved. The fastest people I know talk about it...the really successful people I know...talk about their success..

All you are saying here is that as long as you are really fast, you can talk about it and it will automatically be free of arrogance and attitude. You do not understand that it is the way things are done that make all the difference.

Wookiebiker said:
It seems to me, but the tone of the posts, that the "People are arrogant" posters are the ones wheelsucking off of the arrogant people....:thumbsup:..

What us "people are arrogant" posters do, whether we wheelsuck or just suck on a bike are irrelevant on the points I have been making on this thread.

Wookiebiker said:
IJust remember that what one person considers arrogance....another considers it confidence!

This is just an excuse to act like a pr!ck. These should never be confused. Truly confident people have no need to be arrogant. I know confident people that are not arrogant.

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RIDERUBICON

· #89 · Jul 1, 2008

Tschai I agree.

Don't bother trying to explain to him, he doesn't get it.

:thumbsup: :mad2:

Wookiebiker

· #90 · Jul 1, 2008

RIDERUBICON said:
Funny how you keep justifying your actions?

I've been winding you up now for days and you just keep biting.

Oh, some free advice...."what some people call arrogance..others call confidence".

Studies show justifying your actions usually highlights a persons' need to feel respected and that they somehow contribute to life in some way...no matter how minor it is'

Dont bite ... it has been fun!

Got to go ride my team of showjumping horses.

Off to Netherlands for July - Sept. Competing there. Do you compete at a national & international level Wookie?

Oops did I hint then? ... I guess I could have just made that up too. :thumbsup:

Oh what the heck.....Just for fun.....I'll play again, nothing better to do right now anyway.....BTW...Don't bite, as you would say.

I've been winding you up now for days and you just keep biting.

What ever makes you feel better :thumbsup: Though I hate to break it to you, you haven't wound up anybody but yourself. All I've done is have to repeat myself over and over because you lack the reading comprehension to understand a post, spell check and reply properly to a post.

Studies show justifying your actions usually highlights a persons' need to feel respected and that they somehow contribute to life in some way...no matter how minor it is'

Please post the studies....and how am I justifying my actions? I haven't needed to justify anything because I've actually done them.

Got to go ride my team of showjumping horses.

Off to Netherlands for July - Sept. Competing there. Do you compete at a national & international level Wookie?

Have fun....I've never actually ridden a horse, don't have much desire to either. But to answer your question, yes....many, many years ago I did compete on the national level in track and field at the junior level....went on to throw in college even....but as you say, I could have just made that up :thumbsup:

RIDERUBICON

· #91 · Jul 2, 2008

Post Studies?

Why would I need to...you just proved my point.

Have a great day.

Wookiebiker

· #92 · Jul 2, 2008

RIDERUBICON said:
Post Studies?

Why would I need to...you just proved my point.

Have a great day.

Well, if you are going to talk about studies you should be able to point to them shouldn't you?

Have a nice day as well :thumbsup:

RIDERUBICON

· #93 · Jul 2, 2008

:mad2:

You are just too painful....you can't be that dumb can you.

Ok, ok you win..you have the last word...

Tschai

· #94 · Jul 2, 2008

RIDERUBICON said:
Tschai I agree.

Don't bother trying to explain to him, he doesn't get it.

:thumbsup: :mad2:

I concur, but it is too much fun to stop.

Marz

· #95 · Jul 2, 2008

'Originally Posted by kbilly
riding about a length and a half or so back and off to the side a foot or so, not really drafting but just taking the pace of the rider ahead.'

bill

Wookiebiker said:
For me...if you are passed by a faster rider and you take their draft so you can ride faster...it's wheelsucking, regardless of where you position yourself.

If you want to ride that pace, that's fine, but you should have been riding it in the first place and not waiting for somebody to come along and set the pace for you.

To me...Yes, that is wheelsucking because you can still cause a crash if you are not paying attention. You don't know the rider in front of you and they don't know you so neither of you knows what the other is doing, how they ride, whether they know signals, etc....and you didn't announce yourself as drafting to the lead rider so he/she may or may not know you are there which is dangerous.

If you are going to jump on somebody's wheel and you are not actually riding with them...always announce that you are there and what you are doing. This allows the front rider to say OK or "Not" OK...because they may not be comfortable with you there.

Personally, I wouldn't be comfortable with you behind me like that and I'd likely pick the pace up to a level you couldn't hang on to my wheel...if you could, I'd stop and let you go on your way.

So you own the road that far back, a length and a half and to the side? Jeez what an attitude.

logansites

· #96 · Jul 2, 2008

all of you.

get a mac.

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RIDERUBICON

· #97 · Jul 2, 2008

Damn..you're right...this is fun!

Wookie you support the quote from crosschained right?

"But those guys didn't worry me near as much as all the fatties plodding along on their mountain bikes... I'll take a wheelsucker over an idiot rider any day."

I'm going with "Cross Chained" on this one and I'm an experienced rider.

Call me an arrogant roadie prick"

What I dont understand is....

at 1/01/08 - 234.8 pounds...( as you have highlighted)

Weren?t you a FATTIE?

Sheesh now you a skinnier arrogant prick....:mad2:

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Wookiebiker

· #98 · Jul 2, 2008

RIDERUBICON said:
Wookie you support the quote from crosschained right?

"But those guys didn't worry me near as much as all the fatties plodding along on their mountain bikes... I'll take a wheelsucker over an idiot rider any day."

I'm going with "Cross Chained" on this one and I'm an experienced rider.

Call me an arrogant roadie prick"

What I dont understand is....

at 1/01/08 - 234.8 pounds...( as you have highlighted)

Weren?t you a FATTIE?

Sheesh now you a skinnier arrogant prick....:mad2:

I will from now on refer to you as "Idiot" as you have lost what little respect you had from me. It was all fun and games until now.

Talk about your arrogant pricks...you have proved you are one. Good lord, I even gave you the last word and you have to come back and start insulting me like this?

Reading comprehension....learn it, live it, love it....I agreed with "Cross Chained's" wheelsucking statement not their views on people. Is it really that hard to comprehend? I guess separating out the two is pretty hard for an idiot to do, but I at least thought I could give you the benefit of the doubt on this one....guess not :blush2:

BTW idiot....if you actually looked at my signature....1/23/07 I was 285.6 pounds...hence the comment that I've lost "100 pounds" (again reading comprehension escapes you) and yes I was a fattie (before/after pictures have been posted under the racing/training forum), who rode himself into shape and about 10% body fat in 18 months.

But thank you for your tasteless and insensitive comments...you have proved yourself a biased, arrogant loser for all to see....it only takes so long for the truth to come out :thumbsup:

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RIDERUBICON

· #99 · Jul 2, 2008

BTW idiot....if you actually looked at my signature....1/23/07 I was 285.6 pounds...hence the comment that I've lost "100 pounds" (again reading comprehension escapes you) and yes I was a fattie (before/after pictures have been posted under the racing/training forum), who rode himself into shape and about 10% body fat in 18 months.

But thank you for your tasteless and insensitive comments...you have proved yourself a biased, arrogant loser for all to see....it only takes so long for the truth to come out
__________________
Bikes:
2006 Custom Curtlo Road bike
2008 Scott S20 - Race bike
2008 GT GTR CX - Cyclocross bike
1998 Marin East Peak - MTB
2006 Fuji Aloha - TT bike
Weight loss for 2008:
1/01/08 - 234.8 pounds........6/20/08 - 189.2 pounds
Total lost this year 45.6 pounds- (96.4 pounds lost since 1/23/07)"

Goal: Get my weight down to 180-185 pounds

Damn I am IDIOT, where does it say 285.6lbs?

Not in your signature...sheesh you're getting worked up.

Thought this was supposed to be fun and you said you didnt give a toss what I thought?

:cryin: :cryin: :cryin: :cryin:

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Wookiebiker

· #100 · Jul 2, 2008 (Edited)

RIDERUBICON said:
BTW idiot....if you actually looked at my signature....1/23/07 I was 285.6 pounds...hence the comment that I've lost "100 pounds" (again reading comprehension escapes you) and yes I was a fattie (before/after pictures have been posted under the racing/training forum), who rode himself into shape and about 10% body fat in 18 months.

But thank you for your tasteless and insensitive comments...you have proved yourself a biased, arrogant loser for all to see....it only takes so long for the truth to come out
__________________
Bikes:
2006 Custom Curtlo Road bike
2008 Scott S20 - Race bike
2008 GT GTR CX - Cyclocross bike
1998 Marin East Peak - MTB
2006 Fuji Aloha - TT bike
Weight loss for 2008:
1/01/08 - 234.8 pounds........6/20/08 - 189.2 pounds
Total lost this year 45.6 pounds- (96.4 pounds lost since 1/23/07)"

Goal: Get my weight down to 180-185 pounds

Damn I am IDIOT, where does it say 285.6lbs?

Not in your signature...sheesh you're getting worked up.

Thought this was supposed to be fun and you said you didnt give a toss what I thought?

:cryin: :cryin: :cryin: :cryin:

Last post idiot because honestly...you've become old and an idiot....Look at the bottom "(96.4 pounds lost since 1/23/07)" Are you freaking blind? What a loser! Oh wait, you must not be able to add...that has to explain it.

It was fun for a while....but your so freaking dense and, arrogant that you can't let anything go, you just have to try and win at all costs...good for you :thumbsup: Unfortunately somebody already stole your true handle "Arrogant Rodie Prick"

Done, over and out....You've got the last word...Insult me all you want and show your true colors....Congratulations YOU WIN!!!! :thumbsup:

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