29er Posted February 28, 2011 Posted February 28, 2011 What a great race at Carnival city yesterday.....just a pity that some roadies are plain “Litterbugs”.......chucking your empty “GUE” packed or dumping water bottles close to the finish line is not on. I do road as well as MTB and I can say that the littering is far less in mountbike races than in road races. Take your empty’s home and through it in the bin and lead by example.....keep road cycling clean !!
Gravity Posted February 28, 2011 Posted February 28, 2011 i am with you, but that said i would pay good money to see a baboon after it has chowed a whole GU
Eldron Posted February 28, 2011 Posted February 28, 2011 What a great race at Carnival city yesterday.....just a pity that some roadies are plain “Litterbugs”.......chucking your empty “GUE” packed or dumping water bottles close to the finish line is not on. I do road as well as MTB and I can say that the littering is far less in mountbike races than in road races. Take your empty’s home and through it in the bin and lead by example.....keep road cycling clean !! +9999999999999999999999 MTB riders are always more aware of littering - could be because it is said over and over again at race briefing or because of the awreness of riding through game reserves/private land/etc. Roadies have some work to do... What I don't understand is that it isn't difficult - go and buy some mini gel bots and pour your sachets into them - mark them off at the intervals yoou need and voila - no more plastic - it's easier too - no biting off edges or having to find thin sachets in your pockets.
Wannabe Posted February 28, 2011 Posted February 28, 2011 Hear Hear!!! Buy that man a Bells. I'm a "dualie" and my mantra is "Take out what you took in". If you carried that goo in you back pocket up to the point you used it, put the sachet back in your back pocket and discard it at the end of the race/ride.
Eldron Posted February 28, 2011 Posted February 28, 2011 Perhaps it's the pro influence - just about every bike race on TV has pro riders throwing sandwiches, bottles, wrappers and whatnot all over the road. Tour of SA was a fine example - riding through beautiful scenery around the cape jettisoning masses of unrecyclable crap. Nice!
AndreZA Posted February 28, 2011 Posted February 28, 2011 Perhaps it's the pro influence - just about every bike race on TV has pro riders throwing sandwiches, bottles, wrappers and whatnot all over the road. Tour of SA was a fine example - riding through beautiful scenery around the cape jettisoning masses of unrecyclable crap. Nice! It must be. During the ToSA you could seehow the riders toss away their bottles while riding between nowhere and somewhere.
Mr. G Posted February 28, 2011 Posted February 28, 2011 At the Sabie Classic this weekend , plenty of GU packets lying around that beautiful mountain bike race!!!
Just Keep Pedaling Posted February 28, 2011 Posted February 28, 2011 If they don't already, they should DQ reported litterers in races.
nuge Posted February 28, 2011 Posted February 28, 2011 i had a gu once (dudes were handing them out free on top of suikerbossie a while back) and, shortly after opening, i found i couldn't get it off my hands. it stuck to my left hand, to my right hand, to my face, to my handlebars, my right knee... those things are a hazard! then i dropped everyone up the next climb (sugar rush) and bonked on the way home... i can't win.
Stevief Posted February 28, 2011 Posted February 28, 2011 Perhaps it's the pro influence - just about every bike race on TV has pro riders throwing sandwiches, bottles, wrappers and whatnot all over the road. Tour of SA was a fine example - riding through beautiful scenery around the cape jettisoning masses of unrecyclable crap. Nice!If i saw someone chuck his bottle or sandiwch away i would pick it up catch up to the guy and throw it at his head . hearing this makes me sick how self important people think they are.
Harry Potter Posted February 28, 2011 Posted February 28, 2011 (edited) I guess you will never have a "clean" race. But I must say, that I have noticed a considerable reduction in litter on the road in road races the last 2 years Edited February 28, 2011 by Feniks
Lou Zealand Posted February 28, 2011 Posted February 28, 2011 The sachets/bags of gu and water etc almost promote a throw away ethic - race organisers need to source suppliers with alternative delivery systems for riders or make sure they hire adequate clean-up services. Litter is disgraceful and makes you wonder if the culprits don't mind living in a sty or just like creating them...
Frosty Posted February 28, 2011 Posted February 28, 2011 You should have seen the litter (from supporters) on the road after the barriers were removed yesterday afternoon - our fault I guess for not providing dustbins at crucial points, or just plain irritating people who couldn't carry it with them for a few hundred metres to the medal table at the entrance to Carnival City.
janneman72 Posted March 1, 2011 Posted March 1, 2011 I threw my banana peel next to the road into a gutter this morning on my way out with the MTB, and a lady was pointing her finger at me??? What do you guys think? Should banana peels be kept or can it be thrown away next to the road...its biodegradable...
Eldron Posted March 2, 2011 Posted March 2, 2011 I threw my banana peel next to the road into a gutter this morning on my way out with the MTB, and a lady was pointing her finger at me??? What do you guys think? Should banana peels be kept or can it be thrown away next to the road...its biodegradable... Thats a tough one - I'm a banana user too... My take? If you're in the bush or on rural roads where the banana peel will biodegrade in the bushes and out of sight then game on for tossing banana peels. If they're going to go vrot on the road/verge/gutter in plain sight then not ayoba.
DaLoCo Posted March 2, 2011 Posted March 2, 2011 At the Herald Vw in PE I was one of the last to come in (4th from the back ), I saw a few cars from the organizers cruising the route and picking up bottles and gel packets and all sundry rubbish left by cyclists. Whe I drove home I showed my family the route, or part thereoff, and it did not look like a cycling race had passed there a few hours before Don't get me started on the monthly athletics club event in Jbay. There is a watering point in front of my shop, and it looks like a disaster zone for days. They just could be bothered to pick up those little water sachets
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