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Matthew Parris was right – fetch the piano wire

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  • September 3, 2013 at 2:26 pm #19770
    pwmedcraft

    I picked up this rubbish (and a few more gel wrappers) while walking along a 400m stretch of Chapel Lane in Westhumble last week. I can understand that some things might be dropped accidentally, especially in a race or sportive (where one would hope the organisers would have a sweep organised afterwards) but some of these wrappers were high up the bank in groups and the CO2 cartridge? FFS, what is wrong with some people? ~X(

    http://i40.tinypic.com/29vdyx5.jpg

    For balance, I suppose I should point out that a motorist had left this:

    http://i43.tinypic.com/2hdzhpd.jpg

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  • September 3, 2013 at 7:46 pm #754957
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    giff77

    Then again you could eat the
    Then again you could eat the skin as well. It is loaded with anti-oxidants and higher levels of potassium amongst other health benefits. Best using a banana that’s leaning more on the ripe side as the skin is less chewy. Strangely enough it is easier digested than the flesh itself. :B

    September 3, 2013 at 7:38 pm #754955
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    tomisitt

    Hmmm…banana skins take two
    Hmmm…banana skins take two years to decompose, compared to four weeks for a paper bag and eight weeks for an apple core. So you could say that throwing banana skins IS littering. Certainly most environmental groups urge people to take their banana skins home. It is estimated that there are over 1000 banana skins strewn across Ben Nevis, iirc.

    Still better than plastic gel wrappers though. No excuse for chucking those ~X(

    September 3, 2013 at 6:42 pm #754953
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    notfastenough

    I find it unbelievable – one
    I find it unbelievable – one of the great benefits of cycling is seeing the countryside, what moron would then harm it like this?

    Also worth noting that you’d get serious abuse if you did that while out with our club- I do hope other clubs are as diligent.

    September 3, 2013 at 5:16 pm #754951
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    Cycle_Jim

    @sooper6
    I’m a fan of the
    @sooper6

    I’m a fan of the faithful banana, natures greatest packaged cycling food surely!
    I NEVER throw wrappers etc, but for the obvious reason I won’t keep banana skins. Though I was riding along the other day, nonchalantly chucked my skin into the ditch. There was a pesky metal box man behind me and when he got the chance to tell me he did “YOU SHOULDN’T BE FUCKING LITTERING” Seems he had no basic knowledge of decomposition. He seemed perplexed at my explanation of “last time I check bananas make good compost”. What a busy body, think he just wanted to have a go at a cyclist.

    September 3, 2013 at 4:05 pm #754949
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    MartyMcCann

    On a sportive a couple of
    On a sportive a couple of Sundays ago I came up to a young club rider (I’ll avoid the temptation to name and shame the club for the time being) who was eating a Mars bar and threw his wrapper on the ground as I passed. Prepared to give him the benefit of the doubt I politely told him that he seemed to have dropped something and you would have thought I had taken a crap in his bidon from his reaction!

    Obviously judging from the gel wrappers on up the road as the club riders had stampeded on through he is picking the idea that it “looks pro” (despite the pros getting better at not chucking their wrappers on the road) from his elder colleagues. I even saw some empty bidons on the road although whether they had fallen out of cages or been tossed aside, (again in a hat tip to the pro-peloton) I don’t know.

    I did however have the pleasure of dropping the young fella on the next hilly section despite my at least 12 year age and 3 stone weight disadvantage- self-righteous indignation can be a powerful stimulant when channelled!

    September 3, 2013 at 3:50 pm #754947
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    sooper6

    I always favour bananas with
    I always favour bananas with natures excellent bio-degradable packaging. I still try and use a bin though if in a an urban environment.
    It really depresses me on my ride to see these wrappers strewn across country lanes.

    September 3, 2013 at 3:35 pm #754945
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    Al__S

    Not as if you’re not going to
    Not as if you’re not going to wash your jersey afterwards- a little bit of sticky residue in the pocket ain’t going to matter.

    September 3, 2013 at 3:23 pm #754943
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    cidermart

    Dr.Galactus wrote:If you can

    Dr.Galactus wrote:
    If you can manage to carry the weight when it’s full you can manage it when it’s empty.

    Spot on.

    September 3, 2013 at 3:11 pm #754941
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    KiwiMike

    In near-on 300km of the Swiss
    In near-on 300km of the Swiss Alps last weekend I saw *****2***** discarded carbo shot squeezy tubes.

    And believe me, head down, 7kph, I had plenty of time to look đŸ˜‰

    September 3, 2013 at 2:45 pm #754939
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    Dr.Galactus

    If you can manage to carry
    If you can manage to carry the weight when it’s full you can manage it when it’s empty, road up Pen-Y-Pass last month and there were energy gel sachets everywhere, roadies ~X(

    September 3, 2013 at 2:37 pm #754937
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    cidermart

    Agreed. Totally unnecessary
    Agreed. Totally unnecessary put it in your pocket no matter where you are it’s not hard.

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