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People throwing gel wrappers on the road after paying £50 to ride their £10K Pina Dogma on an open-road sportive where they push it up the climbs is pub league cool.:cool:
 
Shamrock said:
People throwing gel wrappers on the road after paying £50 to ride their £10K Pina Dogma on an open-road sportive where they push it up the climbs is pub league cool.:cool:
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I could not agree more with this statement.
What you describe is the pinnacle of cycling hilarity to me.

p.s. I was informed last night one of the best stage races of the year in Scotland is very likely not happening this year because the dates it was set for (the same ones for past 4 years) have been taken by a big corporation organising a £65 closed road etape sportive thing.... That's my second focus A race for the whole year up in the air then, yay....
 
this wind sucks balls! all over the road for the whole commute.

GET OVER IT, GIMME SUN!!!

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Shamrock said:
People who do use gels don't actually use them from the wrapper do they?:p

Pros use gel flasks!;)
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Should get a pocket in your top tube for said gels for 100mile time trials. :D

PS only used for keeping my keys in on time trial so far. but will be using for a couple of gels for my 50 next month.

SIS gels benefit is that you can rip the top off and not make a mess of your hands. Some of them are awful and go everywhere though.
 
I discovered that gels aren't as good as solid food. Unfortunately this was after being sucked into every SIS and High5 deal going. My oldest ones are use by Jan 2016 :o

On a long ride I tend to take a High5 energy source drink, two breakfast type bars and two gels. I normally return with the two gels still untouched. I do take one or two gels on a ride where I shouldn't need anything to eat (sub 45 miles) in case I start flagging but I think stopping and downing a gel is more of a psychological boost rather than actually doing anything :p

If this wind doesn't settle down by Sunday I'm going to be in real trouble. 24 miles and 1500 feet more than any ride I've done before. Throw in 20+ mph winds and I'm going to be battling the 6pm cut off :p
 
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SiS do a double espresso gel which I fully expected to be rank but it's actually pretty palatable. 200mg of caffeine so it's like rocket fuel. Had two of those during my 100 and 75mg beforehand, felt like Fry in that episode of Futurama where he drinks 100 coffees and time slows down.

Shamrock said:
People throwing gel wrappers on the road after paying £50 to ride their £10K Pina Dogma on an open-road sportive where they push it up the climbs is pub league cool.:cool:
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I once caught a guy in a 25 just as he threw a gel wrapper in a hedge. Yelled at him as I passed him to take his rubbish home but he couldn't hear because of his TT lid. He found me just after the finish and asked what I'd said, so I repeated myself. He then asked the way back to HQ and I delighted in taking him the 6 mile route back rather than the direct one. Lost my bearings. ;)
 
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I rode with some new guys on Sunday. This one guy was pretty cool, a strong rider who beat me up all the climbs but when we stopped to pee/fuel and he casually dropped his gel wrapper on the floor and left it as were about to continue, I lost all respect for him.

I announced to the group "Oh did someone forget their gel wrapper?" rather than directly telling him to pick it up and at that point he owned up. Seriously, why do people feel littering the countryside is acceptable?
 
Shamrock said:
I rode with some new guys on Sunday. This one guy was pretty cool, a strong rider who beat me up all the climbs but when we stopped to pee/fuel and he casually dropped his gel wrapper on the floor and left it as were about to continue, I lost all respect for him.

I announced to the group "Oh did someone forget their gel wrapper?" rather than directly telling him to pick it up and at that point he owned up. Seriously, why do people feel littering the countryside is acceptable?
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Probably their wannabe "pro" attitude.
 
Whilst we're on the topic of littering, what are your opinions on biodegradable waste such as banana skins?

Reason for asking, back in October a group of people walking their dogs spotted me throwing a banana skin into a hedge. I was in the middle of the countryside, no housing nearby. Anywho, they thought it was a plastic bottle, so went absolutely crazy at me. I explained that they were incorrect, but they still considered a banana skin littering and just as bad. I take all waste home now.
 
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Whilst we're on the topic of littering, what are your opinions on biodegradable waste such as banana skins?

Reason for asking, back in October a group of people walking their dogs spotted me throwing a banana skin into a hedge. I was in the middle of the countryside, no housing nearby. Anywho, they thought it was a plastic bottle, so went absolutely crazy at me. I explained that they were incorrect, but they still considered a banana skin littering and just as bad. I take all waste home now.
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I'd avoid it if at all possible though if you were literally in the middle of nowhere (road going past a farm field for instance) then I wouldn't really sweat it too much about a banana skin. Other waste should always be binned properly of course.
 
Velothon was ridiculous for dropped gel wrappers. I saw a tweet from some local that walked up part of Caerphilly Mountain afterwards and picked up 68 wrappers... what's the point in even consuming them on the climb itself?

One More Solo said:
SiS do a double espresso gel which I fully expected to be rank but it's actually pretty palatable.
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That is probably the worst flavour I ever tasted of theirs! :p


I seem to recall we that we might have a few Kinesis Racelight owners in here.. anyone with a TK2?

http://www.halsteadgazette.co.uk/ne...r_falling_off_a_bike_which_had_a_major_fault/
 
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