FLCC> The Boorish Side of Bike Racing

[Dan Timmerman]

ah, another good point that I forgot. Bottles.....you have to ditch them 
usually at some point to take on more water. Fortunately, those get picked 
up in the feed zone, conveniently right where you pick up more water. 
However, again, there seems to be a misunderstanding amoung bike racers that 
you can throw your bottle anywhere and it will get picked up. Not the case. 
Don't be the jackass that chucks their bottle 30ft off the road into 
someones yard. Ditch it in the feed zone where it will get picked up or if 
your obsessed with being "light" for the finish then dump it out.

DT

>From: Andrew Melnychenko <am40 at cornell.edu>
>To: "Dan Timmerman" <dntimmerman at hotmail.com>, flcc at icycle.org,        
>occ at lists.upstate.edu
>Subject: Re: FLCC> The Boorish Side of Bike Racing
>Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 13:39:12 -0400
>
>
>Well said......what about water bottels?  I saw about a dozen guys ditch 
>there bottles before the hill....maybe they were afraid it would be too 
>much to carry?  It was nice that the sag wagon brought them back to the 
>finish.
>
>Andy
>>While OCC goes off on a debate about whether bike racers are bigger jerks
>>than football players, I'll get back to the real point.
>>
>>I'll be the first to admit that Owasco Stage Race has some real issues 
>>with
>>instruction to volunteers or lack of experienced volunteers or something
>>along those lines. Yeah, it pisses me off too but you can't yell at
>>volunteers. You can't yell at the promoter either really. He's putting on 
>>a
>>race for you and probably not getting much back. It needs to be discussed
>>with him so he can fix the problems. You just have to keep in mind the 
>>fact
>>that most of these people are doing you a favor before you start yelling 
>>at
>>them.
>>
>>Let me clear something else up everyone. For some reason there is a some
>>sort of hidden notion that there is someone going around picking up all 
>>your
>>garbage, because your in a bike race. It's not the case, especially at a
>>local race like Owasco. I know you all do it. Even the unsuspecting, nice
>>guy who normally is opposed to littering will, for some reason do it in a
>>bike race. Just put it back in your pocket. You reached back there to get 
>>it
>>out, you can reach back and put it back in. Yeah, it gets a little gel on
>>your jersey, so what. Your hopefully going to wash it after doing a race 
>>in
>>it anyway. Just don't do it.
>>
>>Dan Timmerman
>>
>> >From: "Eddie Luban" <eluban at verizon.net>
>> >To: occ at lists.upstate.edu, fLCC at icycle.org
>> >Subject: FLCC> The Boorish Side of Bike Racing
>> >Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 17:03:45 -0400
>> >
>> >seen/heard from the wheel van during yesterday's Oswasco Stage Race
>> >Cat.4/5 road race:
>> >
>> >1.  persistent and repeated riding on the wrong side of the yellow line
>> >
>> >2.  littering, and I'm not talking about banana peels
>> >
>> >3.  yelling and cursing at the WHEEL VAN, which was behind the riders,
>> >after the marshals and pace car led the field the wrong way
>> >
>> >4.  friends/family driving behind the field (that in itself is a no-no),
>> >pulling
>> >out across the yellow line, driving on the wrong side of the road, 
>>cutting
>> >back in between the field and the wheel van
>> >
>> >5.  cursing at the driver and official in the wheel van when a rider
>> >couldn't
>> >get the wheel he needed
>> >
>> >While it was only a small minority of the riders who were responsible 
>>for
>> >this stuff, I could see how their actions could taint the whole race.  
>>No
>> >wonder the civilian population finds us annoying, to say the least.
>> >
>> >Eddie Luban
>> >
>> >
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