Littering and PRO's

[Red Zone]

I just use a gel flask, top up with hammer gel before a ride and no littering, sticky pockets, waste etc... and using the bulk gel which come in a 650 ml bottle saves heaps of cash. 

 

Win win ekse

[Red Zone]

A solution is instant disqualification for littering outside designated zones, works in Ironman, can work for those that can only do one part of the sport.

[Rapunzel]

Bananas better and cheaper than gels and you get to turf your peel

Experience says the top youngsters (14-18yo) are the worst with the littering :-(

[Guest Karma]

One or both of those solutions would definitely be the best resolution to this issue.

 

 

In all due respect to the OP, when you are riding in an elite peloton with the gutter on one side and a cross wind on the other, where to place a piece of 1cm x 1cm plastic is not foremost on your mind...

 

oh really.

http://www.ironman.com/triathlon/events/americas/ironman/muskoka/athletes/rules-and-regulations.aspx#axzz3IpqpnQWW

 

 

 

3. Athletes are reminded that littering is not permitted and will result in a penalty.

 

Originally from: http://www.ironman.com/triathlon/events/americas/ironman/muskoka/athletes/rules-and-regulations.aspx#ixzz3IpqwWk00

[Guest Smimby]

The solution is that they should NOT litter and like Red Zone said, DQ them===Done.

 

We don't to find alternate solutions and bottles etc. We need to send a message to these guys.

 

This is like skipping a red light and the "image" it gives to cyclists, now where are those hubbers now? 

[Guest Smimby]

Bananas better and cheaper than gels and you get to turf your peel

Experience says the top youngsters (14-18yo) are the worst with the littering :-(

 

Did you know that the banana peel is not supposed to turfed, as it takes up to TWO years to biodegrade and many parks have now banned this practice. 

 

So please don't do that either

[Guest Smimby]

One or both of those solutions would definitely be the best resolution to this issue.

 

 

In all due respect to the OP, when you are riding in an elite peloton with the gutter on one side and a cross wind on the other, where to place a piece of 1cm x 1cm plastic is not foremost on your mind...

Nonsense, I dont care if it 1cm x 1cm or 1m x 1m. It is wrong....or are you that person that skips the red light if the cars are faaar away?

[canfan]

One or both of those solutions would definitely be the best resolution to this issue.

 

 

In all due respect to the OP, when you are riding in an elite peloton with the gutter on one side and a cross wind on the other, where to place a piece of 1cm x 1cm plastic is not foremost on your mind...

Age old thing of reality not necessarily being the right thing. 

[Guest Smimby]

Here is something for everyone regarding Bananas 

 

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2009/sep/24/bananas-litter-hikers-mountains-scotland

[Carbon_Kooi]

Now can we include people who flick cigarette butts  out of car windows....?

[HappyMartin]

I totally agree. I also think that the springboard rugby players should repaint the white lines when they mess them up and must stop spitting on the field. It's gross.

 

While we are at it all formula 1 drivers must plant trees to compensate for the carbon footprint of the racing.

 

Pro golfers must rake and tidy up the bunkers and fix all divets

 

Soccer players must do their own hair

[IceCreamMan]

these little bits of plastic are painful to deal with .....easier to spit it out, that's a fact. Also dangerous to remove from mouth to transfer to pockets as your hand already holding the sachet ....I am ashamed to say I tend to spit em out but keep the big part once used in my pocket.

 

All for a redesign of sorts where one possibly rips off a portion of the top and it stays attached.

[tombeej]

That is brillaint! Never thought of that, we normally just bight a cut into the corner of the GU so no messy top flap and then just put the empty one in the back pocket. Will this idea work for mtb or will the shaking cause it to tear off? No use in losing a few much needed GU's as well as littering

 

In canoeing/whitewater kayaking it's done this way too. If these little GU sachets can survive the deck of a canoe through 8 hours on a Dusi stage then it can handle a MTB ride.

 

All you do is place the tape over the little top bit. Then when you need it, just grab and pull sideways. Always tears away perfectly and the little top bit stays under the tape.

[rawbone]

Now can we include people who flick cigarette butts  out of car windows....?

 

 

Massive pet peeve of mine!!! 

[Letum911]

In canoeing/whitewater kayaking it's done this way too. If these little GU sachets can survive the deck of a canoe through 8 hours on a Dusi stage then it can handle a MTB ride.

 

All you do is place the tape over the little top bit. Then when you need it, just grab and pull sideways. Always tears away perfectly and the little top bit stays under the tape.

Would normal insulation tape do the trick? Duct tape it a b!tch to remove! 

[rawbone]

No one use the USN toothpaste tube type vooma gels? You get 80g off gel as opposed to 30g and no little plastic bit to tear off... works well I reckon.