Race Etiquette

not sane

Pet Hate at moment. Riders who snot and spit without any regard for the riders behind.

Dozer Dave

Or whipping out their lad and taking a slash and the wind sending it into your face.

not sane

Or the 10 or so lads who whipped there lad out for a pee on a footpath in full few of cars going by at the Ras Connemara. Bad considering there was a country lane just a few yards away. Racing is getting such a rough time at the moment with races being canceled. This can't help, can it?

dermabrasion

tossing gel wrappers. Comes in 3rd behind nebulised pee and airborne snot bombs.

not sane

Regarding the gels, can someone explain to me why you need them in a 100k 3rd cat race?

Inquitus

not sane wrote: »

Regarding the gels, can someone explain to me why you need them in a 100k 3rd cat race?

Well 100km will take about 2.5 hours of medium to high effort, it not unrealistic to assume you need to take some "food" on board. I could certainly bonk or get close to it even with a good breakfast with a warmup and then the race without a bar, gel, banana or whatever. That said I have done 6 x 85km races without any gels etc this year, but I can see why people with a different metabolism would need them.

inc21

Wrappers are my pet hate @ the mo.
Not a snitch or loudmouth type who gives out in the pack but fuk sake lads!

not sane

And who the F@@K is "UP UP", He's always up the road but never wins a race?

Dozer Dave

not sane wrote: »

Regarding the gels, can someone explain to me why you need them in a 100k 3rd cat race?

Why they need them doing the ring of Kerry charity cycle is more mind baffling?

Wishbone Ash

Dozer Dave wrote: »

Why they need them doing the ring of Kerry charity cycle is more mind baffling?

Never mind the ROK - there are gel wrappers tossed around the floor of Drury St bike park. Commuter racing taken to a new level!

laraghrider

Dozer Dave wrote: »

Why they need them doing the ring of Kerry charity cycle is more mind baffling?

Ah a lot of sportive riders are new cyclists/inexperienced riders and take their lead from older more "wiser" heads. If they are told make sure you have gels and always take one at the foot of a large climb they do it.

inc21

They can take them if they want, even for breakfast, just don't throw the damn things on the floor.

Junior

When did Gels up the leg of the shorts become a thing btw ? Are people that bad at bike handling they can't reach their back pockets ?

lennymc

my pet hate when racing is that no one waits for me. They all feic off up the road. Grrr.

sconhome

Junior wrote: »

When did Gels up the leg of the shorts become a thing btw ? Are people that bad at bike handling they can't reach their back pockets ?

Triathlon thing. Arm behind the back is not aero

Deagol

Dozer Dave wrote: »

Why they need them doing the ring of Kerry charity cycle is more mind baffling?

I need gels (or some kind of food) above 50k! If you're naturally skinny like me (at least I was until I hit 40 ) I can't do without food for very long. The ROK would have me loaded up like a hamster

Wishbone Ash

Deagol wrote: »

.. If you're naturally skinny like me (at least I was until I hit 40 ) I can't do without food for very long....

....and there was me thinking all along that it was the fat people who couldn't do without food for very long!

Deagol

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

....and there was me thinking all along that it was the fat people who couldn't do without food for very long!

Fast metabolism=no reserves perhaps?! I don't know the reason, I'm speculating I guess, but I do need to eat a lot when cycling. How anyone could do a ROK length cycle without eating is beyond me.

Anyway, to go back on topic, I definitely never throw the wrappers on the ground. I have three pockets, one is the dustbin

Diarmuid

Junior wrote: »

When did Gels up the leg of the shorts become a thing btw ??

When guys started racing in skinsuits with no pockets

07Lapierre

Deagol wrote: »

I need gels (or some kind of food) above 50k! If you're naturally skinny like me (at least I was until I hit 40 ) I can't do without food for very long. The ROK would have me loaded up like a hamster

You don't need gels for the ROK...the food stops are well stocked with Home made Sandwiches, Cake, Biscuits, mars bars, Tea, Coffee ...why would you want Gels when you can have real food?

MugMugs

I presume you're all taking the piss with respect to people pissing off the sides of their bikes? Excuse the pun.

Schecter01

At the foot of a climb? Sure you'd be at the top before it sinks in no? I take supplements as my diet can and job hours can be very erratic, so it's more for balancing rather than topping up my energy, had my first snot bomb on Sunday, scumbag.

nak

07Lapierre wrote: »

You don't need gels for the ROK...the food stops are well stocked with Home made Sandwiches, Cake, Biscuits, mars bars, Tea, Coffee ...why would you want Gels when you can have real food?

My husband sometimes resorts to gels on sportives as he is allergic to gluten. Brings his own food, with gels as a backup.

Don't see why people have such a problem with what other people eat on the bike. If they want to have gels leave them to it.

Lumen

nak wrote: »

My husband sometimes resorts to gels on sportives as he is allergic to gluten. Brings his own food, with gels as a backup.

Don't see why people have such a problem with what other people eat on the bike. If they want to have gels leave them to it.

I blame the paelonazis. They won't be happy until we're all cycling around at 25kph eating seeds and taking bites out of passing cows.

CramCycle

Junior wrote: »

When did Gels up the leg of the shorts become a thing btw ? Are people that bad at bike handling they can't reach their back pockets ?

I have my glucometer there so I can test my blood sugars on the bike, I do want to get a garmin style mount for it though as would look smarter. It's when you pull an insulin pen out of your pocket on a climb that you really get the dirty looks.

nak

CramCycle wrote: »

I have my glucometer there so I can test my blood sugars on the bike, I do want to get a garmin style mount for it though as would look smarter. It's when you pull an insulin pen out of your pocket on a climb that you really get the dirty looks.

You should start singing the EPO song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaZLlrwvzPQ

Deagol

07Lapierre wrote: »

You don't need gels for the ROK...the food stops are well stocked with Home made Sandwiches, Cake, Biscuits, mars bars, Tea, Coffee ...why would you want Gels when you can have real food?

Ah, of course if there's real food available I'd have that over the gels anytime! A lot of the sportives I do only have bananas at the stops and I hate bananas

laraghrider

My only issue with gels is when you take one and put the wrapper in your back pocket. You didn't quite empty it cleanly and about an hour later put your hand back in and it comes out with carb gel all over your fingers. The stickiness is a pain in the...

buffalo

laraghrider wrote: »

My only issue with gels is when you take one and put the wrapper in your back pocket. You didn't quite empty it cleanly and about an hour later put your hand back in and it comes out with carb gel all over your fingers. The stickiness is a pain in the...

Worse when it sticks the shorts to your hairy arse, and when you rip them off after a long cycle, and give yourself a painful reverse Brazilian.

Yeah, try get that image out of yizzer heads for the rest of the day!

Stonehall9

buffalo wrote: »

Worse when it sticks the shorts to your hairy arse, and when you rip them off after a long cycle, and give yourself a painful reverse Brazilian.

Yeah, try get that image out of yizzer heads for the rest of the day!

Ha ha ha :-) classic :-)

laraghrider

buffalo wrote: »

Worse when it sticks the shorts to your hairy arse, and when you rip them off after a long cycle, and give yourself a painful reverse Brazilian.

Yeah, try get that image out of yizzer heads for the rest of the day!

Could be worse. Could be ripping your shorts off after an Eddy Planckaert situation