Carbon Neutral Bike Race

Slideshowbob

Is there any Carbon neutral races anywhere in the world?

If not - would it be possible to organise one?

sexpot

If you have the money....go for it

Quigs Snr

Define a carbon neutral bike race ?

DirkVoodoo

Quigs Snr wrote: »

Define a carbon neutral bike race ?

One in which the peloton stop every 5km to plant a tree in a nearby field.

Do you mean carbon neutral just for the teams and the organisers or for everyone involved including the spectators? Surely the bike race in itself, which promotes cycling worldwide as a fun pastime and healthy alternative to commuting is a form of carbon neutrality?

Anyways, aren't most of those "neutral" things scams? I can't remember the details but I think it involved companies buying large tracts of land where trees were already being grown to offset their carbon emissions, rather than developing new green areas.

NeilMcEoigheann

tasty high end carbon bikes from Switzerland.

Slideshowbob

Quigs Snr wrote: »

Define a carbon neutral bike race ?

it means you leave no trace

at one with nature

e.g. probably best to have local riders cycling to it

kenmc

It's ok though, if you have a carbon bike you can fly 4 times around the world, since your carbon usage is already offset by the bike. Even more if you have carbon wheels, bottle cages etc..

Jawgap

Slideshowbob wrote: »

Is there any Carbon neutral races anywhere in the world?

If not - would it be possible to organise one?

Rather than having one race, would it make more sense to run numerous races simultaneously at different points around the globe - surely with the technology that could be managed?!?!?

Lumen

NeilMcEoigheann wrote: »

tasty high end carbon bikes from Switzerland.

Ah, Swiss bike pron.

I just got the joke after about five attempts. Damn I'm slow.

Jawgap

Lumen wrote: »

Ah, Swiss bike pron.

I just got the joke after about five attempts. Damn I'm slow.

This might be a dumb question, but why does it have apparently different tyres on the front and back - GP Force on the back and GP attack on the front?

Lumen

Jawgap wrote: »

This might be a dumb question, but why does it have apparently different tyres on the front and back - GP Force on the back and GP attack on the front?

They come as a set.

Caroline_ie

Lumen wrote: »

They come as a set.

They are 2 diferent size ? so that's the secret?

GP Attack & GP Force wrote:

New and faster than ever

I want them

I Will Have them

Jawgap

Lumen wrote: »

They come as a set.

Waaaaaaay beyond what I need or would ever benefit from, but maybe some day......

By the way I'm not really up on jargon but "Continental tire positioning system (TPS)" - isn't that just a wheel????

Jawgap

Caroline_ie wrote: »

They are 2 diferent size ? so that's the secret?



I want them

I Will Have them

"HANDMADE IN GERMANY" - what's that all about then (Ted)? Does somebody hand chisel them from block of rubber before they are stitched together by comely Frauleins?

Gavin

Slideshowbob wrote: »

If not - would it be possible to organise one?

No, impossible. Sorry.

beans

I figured 'carbon-neutral' would be something like this, as in no carbon bikes allowed

Which appeals to my cro-mo sensibilities fetish