Some of the best Cx racing fun and memories are spectator heckles...now that US Natz 2010 are done, please share some of your best heckles to expand our repertoire in anticipation for next season
I was basically walking on a long run-up. I was focused on the race Sunday (to win a series) and only raced Saturday because it was close to home. I went in with the plan to race hard the first two laps and if I was in it, I'd race hard to the finish. I almost had two high speed crashes in the first lap. I did fall over into a tree on the 2nd lap trying to ride the same run-up, so I totally backed off. Running is not my strength and this run-up was looonnnggg. I did ride it on another lap to much applause.
A few years ago in a local series, near the end of a race, I was walking from one barrier to the next..... (I weighed 40lbs more than I do now) and a spectator yelled "do you need a leash for that bike? Cuz you sure do walk it a lot!"
In one of the SM Open (P/1/2) races last year, a buddy of ours was leading a small group, but with a pretty good gap in front of them. He was met with "C'mon, Log-jam! You're holdin' up traffic!" Irony of that is that I'm a BoP'er in the 35+, 4's. Guess I gotta be good at something....
Some of the best Cx racing fun and memories are spectator heckles...now that US Natz 2010 are done, please share some of your best heckles to expand our repertoire in anticipation for next season
I don't know about best, but on the worst category, some random hipster chick heckled my bar tape lap after lap for 60 minutes. WFT? One lap...."hey your bar tape doesn't match". Next lap "your bar tape matches your jersey"
Heckle FAIL! If your cadre of lame arse skinny jean friends don't even laugh at your heckles, chances are, they aren't funny and you should work on some new material.
lots and lots of orange...jokingly call myself Great Pumpkin Racing. A buddy called me that years ago in a destination race we were doing. I crashed on a loose downhill, really rung my bell, but no damage to either me or the bike. It took a few minutes to get back in rythmn on the bike...meanwhile my buddy rode into the distance. On the final 9 miles of road-about 31 miles dirt/stone/sand, the rest paved, I started to reel him in.
He saw me coming in my orange glory and said to himself..."there's no way I'm letting the Great Pumpkin catch me" So, Great Pumpkin Racing was born! I even have a great haunted pumpkin jersey that is great for the cross season.
So, I get alot of "come on, pedal pumkin", "go get em pumpkin"-etc. I usually reply with something like thanks pookey, thanks for the kind words sunshine, etc...
Alas, Great Pumpkin Racing is no more...I'll be a Team member next year. For cross season, the only thing orange will be the bike.
In the 'cross off season go to your local mall and hang out in the food court. Start heckling the the McDonald's, then Sabarro, then Taco Bell... but mix it up and hit the Jamba Juice and the Starbucks to stay on your heckling toes.
In the 'cross off season go to your local mall and hang out in the food court. Start heckling the the McDonald's, then Sabarro, then Taco Bell... but mix it up and hit the Jamba Juice and the Starbucks to stay on your heckling toes.
We have this girl that races with us that is louder than hell, and her voice caries. One of ou team mates was riding by, suffering and she is in the crowd screaming "ride faster you *****" at him
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