Top Tips from Bitter Experience

[I FLY]

Always and I mean always' date=' pack toilet paper into your camelbak before embarking on a long ride.


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Arms warmers are a good substitute. Expensive but they do work

[Alida]

Don't play leapfrog with unicorns.

[scotty]

Never try fixing your light clamp with one hand while cycling a drop off at a night race.

 

Still have a big thumb bump from that.

[wonduhboy]

3 arrows pointing downwards at Sabie = danger, not a pitstop

[nellie]

Always and I mean always' date=' pack toilet paper into your camelbak before embarking on a long ride.


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Arms warmers are a good substitute. Expensive but they do work

 

Hahaha - some people use their socks (and i'm being dead seriousl!)

[nellie]

Tip #1 from my side - when wearing bibs, please remember to put the straps over your shoulders before going on a 60km training ride and not let them hang loose over your bum! (it is seriously tempting for the 2 riders behind you to each grab a strap, pull it tight and let loose)

#2 out of own experience:

Be careful when visiting the moon rockets (i.e toilets at races)

...cleats do not really love those things' floor surfaces so much, so please make sure of your footing when opening the door to get out. Hehe - otherwise you might just end up flat on your bum - in the open door - with a long queue of cyclists laughing and grinning at you

[Ti-ny]

MTB - Keep your weight back and control the back wheel braking- no skidding.

Pedal around corners as far as possible, it maintains traction so you are less likely to slip

 

One finger braking

 

 

and most important, if you fall try to avoid the sudden stop at the end of the fall - it normally hurts

[Buff]

Make sure your quick release is tightened before bunning hoping a railway line (road bike). The sudden stop often leads to concussion.

[Kritzie]

Always buy campaq first-time then you dont have to change from ShimaNO later on!

[RodTi]

Be careful how you handle that punctured tube with the Stan's fluid still sloshing around in it....

 

Stan's marks everything (and don't come out!) - including my new riding jersey - which, needless to say, doesn't look so new anymore...

[Delgado]

Always buy campaq first-time then you dont have to change from ShimaNO later on!

I wouldn't go there................

[RodTi]

Oh - and for those 'bad morning' people...

 

Never look to see what time it is, whilst standing in the kitchen in your kit, if your full, very hot coffee mug happens to be held in the same hand that your wristwatch is on... I woke the house...

[nellie]

Always buy campaq first-time then you dont have to change from ShimaNO later on!

 

I vote for Kritzie as wisest and most informed hubber of the day!

[1hill@aTime]

Oh - and for those 'bad morning' people...

 

Never look to see what time it is' date=' whilst standing in the kitchen in your kit, if your full, very hot coffee mug happens to be held in the same hand that your wristwatch is on... I woke the house...

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this deffinately gets my vote for "tip of the day" LOL

[NotSoBigBen]

Don't run with scissors!

[Thyolo]

When using spoons to change your tyre, avoid using those from the set her parents gave you.  However much you bend them back into shape, she will notice.