"Selfish cyclists" blamed for litter that caused Richmond Park deer deaths

Simon E wrote:

unconstituted wrote:

So tell us, oh expert in heart rate zones, a top time trialist wouldn't ride between zones 3 to 4?

Now you're going to have to qualify that. 

This ought to be good.

Nice try!

I'm not going have to qualify anything.

Since you seemed to be telling the previous poster what to do and in which zones to ride 120 miles I thought you must surely know it all, so there's no point me trying to help you. Blimey, I'd never claim to be an expert on anything, no-one would believe me if I did!

Read: you dug a hole you can't get out of. 

oh unconstituted, you provocative arse, even top time-trialists don't ride 100 miles in zones 3 to 4, what are you talking about, you know nothing hurr durr

Knock 15 to 20% off your LTHR puts you squarely in between Z3 to Z4. Why would you ride in Zone 2? Or do you think a time trialist can ride 3 hours + at threshold ie Z4 and over? It wouldn't be called threshold then. HODOR.

Not sure who's more clueless, you or the guy who doesn't know what gels are for and is too scared to ride his bike. 

freespirit1 wrote:

something

I recall you saying you were leaving the site forever. Lonely, were you?

Leviathan wrote:

A2thaJ wrote:

I don't understand why people were using Gels at that stage of ride london ( and i dont actually understand why people would use a gel when its not an actual race, where you get points etc).

Because they are hungry/need energy perhaps. Richmond Park is 20 miles into the event. Everyone else isn't as imperious as yourself.* What difference does it make that it isn't a race (which it is because it is a timed cycling event, you mean it is not a criterium.) Also the sugary glop companies that sell these aspirational items tell you to eat three an hour and give them away free to encourage sales. They want as many people eating as many gels as possible.

Bikebot is right; whilst we shouldn't be dropping litter, there are plenty of accidentally dropped and squashed gels on the route (along with bananas, bottles and the odd pump.) The nature of the event prevents people turning around and fishing out their dropped items. The route is used by the Classic event, what is stopping the marshalls from collecting dropped items after the sportive? The course is a very, very confined part of the park. Absolutely no need to blame the event for killing something that will eat anything. Majestic rats.

*eff off dickhead.

 

If you must use gels- bung them into a water bottle and dilute - less mess and much easier on the go.

And yes absolutely no excuse for littering. i'd string them up. 

bikebot wrote:

Nick T wrote:

I've never had a gel. What am I missing? I did 115km this morning with only a bottle of water. Should I have had a gel? I was pretty hungry when I got home, so I had a burrito for lunch. What does that mean?

Was it a sports nutrition burrito with added science?

Mar hinal gayans (said in a Spanish/Mexican accent)