Don't surge when you take your turn on the front. It's especially rude to the person coming off the front who might be spent and needs to catch his breath. You could blow him out the back and string out the whole group in your quest to show everyone how strong you are.
If you are riding in a group don't ride four abreast across the road blocking the way for other riders who may wish to overtake. Keep to the left (or right if you drive on that side in your country)
People that shout for every wrinkle in the road. One group ride was just "hole, hole, gravel, hole, covers, leaves, hole" for mile after mile. Get some 28s and deal with it.
All the rides I've done it's been very much the opposite, you could hear a pin drop and people don't call out when pulling out at junctions either. Not a peep out of people. I normally point at smaller pot holes and call out the big ones that could have you off.
Shouting "clear" at junctions is the most useful, helps keep everybody moving along. I'll shout out big holes but if you can roll through it I'll just point. Gravel on a bend gets a shout but not if you're in a straight line.
I've done 4 Sportives in the last year and, while I've enjoyed them all thoroughly, in each one somebody came huffing and puffing past me, pulled across and then sat up or even started freewheeling right in front of me, meaning I either had to brake abruptly or go around them. Please don't do this! If you want a break, just sit in behind.
Tip that I'm sorta surprised you didn't mention: have a bike computer that shows speed if you're going to attempt to work in groups. I would guess that anyone attempting this would already realize that specific groups like to hold to some speed (each group to its own), so when it's your time up front... it's your time to make sure you're hitting the speed that the group you have been hanging on the rear or middle of up til that point.
Thank you for the great tips- really helped on the Jurassic Beast. Thanks to your advice came 7th overall female & top 25 finish despite so mechanical issues. Can not WAIT for my next one!
Exactly: its not a race if you decided to start on the back: Don't get all Sagan from the start then make my life difficult by stopping suddenly on the steep hills because you burned all your matches on the previous descends. Just last week i had to be careful up the steep hills because people were droping like flies and all over the road almost hitting me.
Yelling out "slowing" or "brake" in any group ride is important. I finished my first race season in college, and that's one of the biggest annoyances/safety issues with racing. Super fun to race, I totally recommend it!
I meant "yelling" as in calling out. Although in windy conditions or when several rows of people behind you need to hear your slamming on your brakes, you might actually need to yell so everyone can hear you and not cause a pile up.
There is definitely a need to yell, so you're as sure as you can be that everyone heard you. I don't mean scream, but frankly if we are traveling along at 20+ mph the chances I'm going to hear your normal voice are zero.
This is perfect timing for the BP MS150 ride from Houston, Texas to Austin, Texas this weekend. 170 miles to help raise money to end the disease of MS.
Whomever is in charge of putting the music to the videos, like the GCN show, a side-show just about a week or two ago (that was awesome), and even this one, deserves a grammy, emmy or some type of award. I've meant to comment on it before, but really - the background music on this channel is pretty damned good. (P.S. - but somebody forgot to put the Wattage Bazooka music in this week's WB portion)
The no overlap thing is so important. I made this mistake and paid the price, front wheel broken and was lucky to not come off. Think it's important not to follow even people you ride with normally - that's what I was doing but it was a rider in front of him that veered sharply and pushed him back into my wheel. Just keep a bit of distance :)
Funny seeing Bunn's Lane on the feed zone bit, lived in France for last 17 years but grew up at Brambles Farm on the end of that road... (sister used to work for Future Publishing as well!) Enjoy the channel, well done for 1m subscribers.
1. Always good to call out 'stopping' when stopping in large groups, and 'slowing' when slowing. 2. Stay to the right so others can safely pass on the left. Or vice versa in opposite land. :)
Along the lines of the snot rocket. If you swill your mouth and spit out the contents, please check first and if possible direct your fountain to the shoulder of the road.
I had my first major bike accident yesterday, if I wasn't wearing my helmet I would probably be dead going to remember that whenever I am running late and think I don't need it, I have not checked my bike frame yet as I injured my hip its hard to kneel down nothing is fractured though just badly bruised, but my frame is Aluminium it should be fine unless its actually cracked, destroyed my left shift lever though guess now I have an excuse to upgrade to 105 5800.....if only I could afford it xD Anyway thanks for the video today you guys always bring a smile to my day, and a laugh or two even if my throat is a little swollen up.
I hope you get well and back on your bike soon. I never used to wear a helmet until my wife bought me one for my birthday and insisted I wear it. One week later, I crashed. After I got done looking over my hands, knee, bike, etc. I took off that helmet and saw the big dent in it. Occasionally, I'll be in a big hurry in the morning and forget my helmet. I always realize it within a couple of blocks, and remembering that day years ago, I always go back home and get my helmet. I'd rather be late to work than never arrive at all.
Doc took one look at the damage on my helmet and said, if I wasn't wearing it he doesn't doubt I would not be here anymore, I know how you feel I am always going to wear a helmet from now on, even if I am only going out for 10 min on my bike, I always thought it was cars and potholes I had to watch out for, the thing is what got me was some black ice on the road.
I had a someone overlapping wheels with me on a recent sportive in Oxford. I asked him to either go past or drop in behind. He grunted something at me and carried on. So I put the power down and left him in the weeds, I never saw him again :D
a pet peeve in sportives is other rides pulling in front and then slowly down. I am confronted by this often, as I am an older female cyclist - therefore some cyclists (mainly older men) think that they can ride faster than me, but they can't.... ditto for clipping in and out of clipless pedals... some are smooth while others wibble and wobble around causing havoc in amongst the group.
2016 Tour de Tucson, curvy narrow sections, lots of riders, kids cutting the corner, ergo making a dangerous accident very possible. I had to just push them off me. That would be one irritant in a Sportive.
Please, PLEASE!, do a video on just general trail/road etiquette! The biggest issue here in the mid Atlantic region of the US people fail to announce themselves even when there are signs on the trails! I have been clipped by others and have seen many who had serious injuries because of it. Please!? (I tell people now that if they don't announce themselves and they get a snot rocket in their ear, not my fault.
IF you're a slow climber please remember to stay to the left if in GB, allowing other riders the space to get past you on the right. obviously other side if in another country. It's horrible to be slowed downon a climb in this way
or even worse is when someone else walking goes for the overtake of an even slower walker and pulls out across the road If I would have enough breath speak my language would have been choice
If you are slower - let's face it you know who you are - please stay to the right (or left depending on country) so that other riders can enjoy their ride at their pace. Along with that, don't insist on riding side by side talking with a friend and effectively creating a rolling road block for the riders behind you. You can talk riding in single file immediately behind your friend. Trust me it is possible.
as a slower rider I did stay to the right and then realised I was in Holland total chaos for about three minutes on a fast flat section ! My wife has now knitted me a pair of L and R gloves
#TorqueBack #AskGCNAnything I'm planning a 24h endurance 'race' on a motorsport circuit. Any tips on how to save and pace myself during this time? Not forgetting the fact I also have to sleep :) Thanks!
Not sure about 'it's not a race'. At la Marmotte, people race, and the winner is celebrated as such. I will personally treat it as a race as well. But maybe that's just for the first 'race' group.
the one thing that annoys me at sportives is when you come to steep climbs and people decide to slow down almost to a halt or even get off the bike in the middle of the road. I can understand that not everyone will have the ability to climb fast and may struggle. But it is Etiquette to move over to the left hand side of the road (If your in the UK) just so you don't block any fast climbers.
Don't show up with new bike/gear/wheels without doing a shakedown run previously to the day. Not cool when bottle cages come loose, chains fall off or bang around due to untuned derailleurs or your bars/stems slip and you end up in the ditch within the first km, etc. Your bike should be silent and tight and should NOT be a hazard to others. Also, make sure your bottles fit properly in the cages. They shouldn't be rattling around.
Call out "standing" if your getting out if the saddle! I've seen so many incidents when riders jump out of the saddle and shove their bike backwards into the guy behind! The gaps always close between riders as you hit the hills so you have to let the person behind know your standing.
Richie Watkin Never in a race or group ride have I ever heard this and neither have I seen an off as a result. If you don't anticipate a rider jumping out the saddle then you need to be paying more attention.
I agree you should be paying more attention for this but i have seen it in sportives with less experienced riders who aren't used to following wheels. Sportives attract all levels of riders and we should be considerate to those around us
Top tip - download the sportive gps route for your bike computer do the route when you like and not have to worry about other riders, and with the money you saved by not entering buy some GCN goodies! - can I have a water bottle? :-)
I noticed you commenting the "don't yell it" or "there is never a need to yell anything" comments, and Dennis said "announce". Maybe you just have a problem with yelling in general? Personally, I appreciate it on a group ride. I don't have perfect hearing, but even if its way louder than needed, I don't really care since I get the message loud and clear without wondering "what?" and then realizing what someone meant after I smash through a pothole, or nearly get ran over by a passing vehicle. Plus there are usually several people behind that wouldn't hear it (unless every single person announces it). I just figure if its worth pointing out a road hazard, its worth making sure its heard.
And, if you hear "On your left" move as far to the right as you can. I've had jerks jerk to the left when I yelled on your left, and I do yell to make sure they hear me. One was on a long descent (closed road) and I was traveling 40+ mph, very scary as he just kept drifting further left as I got closer.
I saw a soccer mom pushing a jog stroller the other day who blew the biggest snot rocket I've ever seen in my life. It was an explosion of yuck! Her being backlit by the sun was epically disgusting.
My biggest issue is with the mamils who think they are on a time limit. If you want to ride against the clock, do it on your own time, not in a sportive. Aggressive riding like that annoys others, causes dangerous situations (because not everybody is used to your riding style) and gives you 0 respect from everybody else.
Looks to me like a garmin speed sensor. I think the GCN guys all use garmin head units, and mine came with a front hub mounted speed sensor like Matt's
You forgot to add the caveats. If you're riding with French and Italians riders it's not worth getting upset if they never do a turn, ride like it's a race and descend unsafely.
Try not to be too chatty, especially to strangers. I'm an outgoing person, but it's hard to know the level of talking others like, especially when riding.
somebody snotted in front of me once, spraying me with it, and he laughed when I shouted at him. he wasn't laughing a few minutes later when I plonked a stick in his spokes and had an off...
Riders climbing off their bikes and walking up hills. It's embarrassing, seriously, especially when they are riding £2000+ bikes and wearing team kit. If you can't ride up a hill you are not a cyclist. I expect a few people to be caught out by 25%+, but walking up a 10% or 15% is just ridiculous. Enter the family fun ride next time. I would rather rupture a lung than walk.
Let us know your tips for Sportives & Gran Fondos in the comments below 👇
dropping gel packets
If you have sat on someone's wheel for the last 30 miles, don't sprint ahead of them in the last 50 metres to get a better time...
Poor Dan, I had similar expiriance as him, Snooty was just firing and I got turn, I just relaxeeeed...
Don't surge when you take your turn on the front. It's especially rude to the person coming off the front who might be spent and needs to catch his breath. You could blow him out the back and string out the whole group in your quest to show everyone how strong you are.
if you need a wee, get off your bike first
If you are riding in a group don't ride four abreast across the road blocking the way for other riders who may wish to overtake. Keep to the left (or right if you drive on that side in your country)
once a person farted in front of me.....he got some turbo boost but i recieved the opposite
Lol
Full gas!
Fat Biker Vaibhav - So glad you said this... getting farted on is just as bad as taking a snot rocket to the face.
So you got the turbo lag?
People that shout for every wrinkle in the road. One group ride was just "hole, hole, gravel, hole, covers, leaves, hole" for mile after mile. Get some 28s and deal with it.
Not all frames can fit a 28 ;)
New bike time!
All the rides I've done it's been very much the opposite, you could hear a pin drop and people don't call out when pulling out at junctions either. Not a peep out of people. I normally point at smaller pot holes and call out the big ones that could have you off.
Shouting "clear" at junctions is the most useful, helps keep everybody moving along. I'll shout out big holes but if you can roll through it I'll just point. Gravel on a bend gets a shout but not if you're in a straight line.
Adam Booth Squirrel!
Matt, That was quite a snot rocket, I'm sooo glad I watch these videos during lunch....
I've done 4 Sportives in the last year and, while I've enjoyed them all thoroughly, in each one somebody came huffing and puffing past me, pulled across and then sat up or even started freewheeling right in front of me, meaning I either had to brake abruptly or go around them. Please don't do this! If you want a break, just sit in behind.
Tip that I'm sorta surprised you didn't mention: have a bike computer that shows speed if you're going to attempt to work in groups. I would guess that anyone attempting this would already realize that specific groups like to hold to some speed (each group to its own), so when it's your time up front... it's your time to make sure you're hitting the speed that the group you have been hanging on the rear or middle of up til that point.
Thank you for the great tips- really helped on the Jurassic Beast. Thanks to your advice came 7th overall female & top 25 finish despite so mechanical issues. Can not WAIT for my next one!
Exactly: its not a race if you decided to start on the back: Don't get all Sagan from the start then make my life difficult by stopping suddenly on the steep hills because you burned all your matches on the previous descends. Just last week i had to be careful up the steep hills because people were droping like flies and all over the road almost hitting me.
I want you guys to do 3 climbs in particular.
-Sampaloc Road
-Ligaya Drive
-Palace in the Sky
Hey gcn thanks for helping us with your videos love from india
Aditya keshav same country
Yelling out "slowing" or "brake" in any group ride is important. I finished my first race season in college, and that's one of the biggest annoyances/safety issues with
racing. Super fun to race, I totally recommend it!
I meant "yelling" as in calling out. Although in windy conditions or when several rows of people behind you need to hear your slamming on your brakes, you might actually need to yell so everyone can hear you and not cause a pile up.
There is definitely a need to yell, so you're as sure as you can be that everyone heard you. I don't mean scream, but frankly if we are traveling along at 20+ mph the chances I'm going to hear your normal voice are zero.
This is perfect timing for the BP MS150 ride from Houston, Texas to Austin, Texas this weekend. 170 miles to help raise money to end the disease of MS.
Whomever is in charge of putting the music to the videos, like the GCN show, a side-show just about a week or two ago (that was awesome), and even this one, deserves a grammy, emmy or some type of award. I've meant to comment on it before, but really - the background music on this channel is pretty damned good. (P.S. - but somebody forgot to put the Wattage Bazooka music in this week's WB portion)
I'd also say when starting the sportive, be aware of your own speed and adjust where you start. If you know you're slow, start at the back.
The no overlap thing is so important. I made this mistake and paid the price, front wheel broken and was lucky to not come off. Think it's important not to follow even people you ride with normally - that's what I was doing but it was a rider in front of him that veered sharply and pushed him back into my wheel. Just keep a bit of distance :)
Funny seeing Bunn's Lane on the feed zone bit, lived in France for last 17 years but grew up at Brambles Farm on the end of that road... (sister used to work for Future Publishing as well!) Enjoy the channel, well done for 1m subscribers.
Love this old style video
Don't throw up all over the road facing the oncoming riders when you are kneeling next to your bike on Alp D Huez. Still gives me nightmares.
we need more videos about this, but about proper Gran Fondo & Randonneuring on proper Fondo & Rando bikes please.
man doing these rides in the UK must be tiring pointing out all the pot poles your arms will ache 🤔
only arm exercise we get in the UK =p
So much for watching these vlogs while eating. Got a snot rocket on me eggs mate!
thanks GCN for another great video. this is such a great dare i say perfect channel
1. Always good to call out 'stopping' when stopping in large groups, and 'slowing' when slowing.
2. Stay to the right so others can safely pass on the left. Or vice versa in opposite land. :)
whenever possible, pass any obstacle, pedestrian, or slower rider as a group, on the same side.
If you see someone in trouble, stop and offer to help. They might not need your help, but they'll feel better that you asked.
Don't wear "well worn" shorts. The guy behind you doen't need to see that.
I sat behind a guy with well worn shorts on a 540 km sportive... Never been happier to do my time in the front.
Along the lines of the snot rocket. If you swill your mouth and spit out the contents, please check first and if possible direct your fountain to the shoulder of the road.
I had my first major bike accident yesterday, if I wasn't wearing my helmet I would probably be dead going to remember that whenever I am running late and think I don't need it, I have not checked my bike frame yet as I injured my hip its hard to kneel down nothing is fractured though just badly bruised, but my frame is Aluminium it should be fine unless its actually cracked, destroyed my left shift lever though guess now I have an excuse to upgrade to 105 5800.....if only I could afford it xD
Anyway thanks for the video today you guys always bring a smile to my day, and a laugh or two even if my throat is a little swollen up.
Hope you're on the mend and feeling better soon!
thanks! been stuck in bed since and I am so bored, I want to get out and ride.
I hope you get well and back on your bike soon. I never used to wear a helmet until my wife bought me one for my birthday and insisted I wear it. One week later, I crashed. After I got done looking over my hands, knee, bike, etc. I took off that helmet and saw the big dent in it. Occasionally, I'll be in a big hurry in the morning and forget my helmet. I always realize it within a couple of blocks, and remembering that day years ago, I always go back home and get my helmet. I'd rather be late to work than never arrive at all.
Doc took one look at the damage on my helmet and said, if I wasn't wearing it he doesn't doubt I would not be here anymore, I know how you feel I am always going to wear a helmet from now on, even if I am only going out for 10 min on my bike, I always thought it was cars and potholes I had to watch out for, the thing is what got me was some black ice on the road.
Thanks, Gents - great tips. This video should be required viewing before any sportive event or group ride!
Keep towards the slower side of the road if you aren't passing, especially if cruising along at an easy pace and chatting with your mates.
Very good❤I love you
Ahh the dreaded un-expected snot rocket...scourge of mankind!
I had a someone overlapping wheels with me on a recent sportive in Oxford. I asked him to either go past or drop in behind. He grunted something at me and carried on. So I put the power down and left him in the weeds, I never saw him again :D
Snot rocket haha, like INCOMMING!!!
Be mindful of your surroundings. While chatting with your buddies is all good and fun, keep an eye on if people are trying to pass you.
a pet peeve in sportives is other rides pulling in front and then slowly down. I am confronted by this often, as I am an older female cyclist - therefore some cyclists (mainly older men) think that they can ride faster than me, but they can't.... ditto for clipping in and out of clipless pedals... some are smooth while others wibble and wobble around causing havoc in amongst the group.
maybe do some of the Women and FTWN-B specific fondos and Randonneuring events
Overtaking someone, it's very uncool to immediately pull in without checking you are clear of their front wheel.
That's especially true when riding a tandem, either overtaking or being overtaken. Also it's not cool to shout "she's not pedalling at the back".
2016 Tour de Tucson, curvy narrow sections, lots of riders, kids cutting the corner, ergo making a dangerous accident very possible. I had to just push them off me. That would be one irritant in a Sportive.
What are the correct hand signals when warning riders behind you of different hazards?
Please, PLEASE!, do a video on just general trail/road etiquette! The biggest issue here in the mid Atlantic region of the US people fail to announce themselves even when there are signs on the trails! I have been clipped by others and have seen many who had serious injuries because of it. Please!? (I tell people now that if they don't announce themselves and they get a snot rocket in their ear, not my fault.
IF you're a slow climber please remember to stay to the left if in GB, allowing other riders the space to get past you on the right. obviously other side if in another country. It's horrible to be slowed downon a climb in this way
Walking up a hill in the middle of the road
or even worse is when someone else walking goes for the overtake of an even slower walker and pulls out across the road If I would have enough breath speak my language would have been choice
If you are slower - let's face it you know who you are - please stay to the right (or left depending on country) so that other riders can enjoy their ride at their pace. Along with that, don't insist on riding side by side talking with a friend and effectively creating a rolling road block for the riders behind you. You can talk riding in single file immediately behind your friend. Trust me it is possible.
as a slower rider I did stay to the right and then realised I was in Holland total chaos for about three minutes on a fast flat section ! My wife has now knitted me a pair of L and R gloves
Share your baguette and cheese with others.
... and don't weave left and right across the road whilst riding uphill, just choose a lower gear or get off and walk at the side.
#TorqueBack #AskGCNAnything I'm planning a 24h endurance 'race' on a motorsport circuit. Any tips on how to save and pace myself during this time? Not forgetting the fact I also have to sleep :) Thanks!
Not sure about 'it's not a race'. At la Marmotte, people race, and the winner is celebrated as such. I will personally treat it as a race as well. But maybe that's just for the first 'race' group.
i want to get a fixie, but i dont know what i have to look for. can you please make a video on fixie bikes.
lachlan stephen search Zach Gallardo on CZcams. You will find what you're looking for.
thanks, but i still want them to make a video because i think it would be funny
What gloves are you guys wearing in this video?
the one thing that annoys me at sportives is when you come to steep climbs and people decide to slow down almost to a halt or even get off the bike in the middle of the road. I can understand that not everyone will have the ability to climb fast and may struggle. But it is Etiquette to move over to the left hand side of the road (If your in the UK) just so you don't block any fast climbers.
Don't sit on the top tube to get aero when defending in a group!
i think u can race in those marathons... its fun for noobs.. and u should. But only be careful.
Don't show up with new bike/gear/wheels without doing a shakedown run previously to the day. Not cool when bottle cages come loose, chains fall off or bang around due to untuned derailleurs or your bars/stems slip and you end up in the ditch within the first km, etc. Your bike should be silent and tight and should NOT be a hazard to others.
Also, make sure your bottles fit properly in the cages. They shouldn't be rattling around.
I really miss Tom Last.
Be willing to have a chat with the people around you and enjoy your self!
Call out "standing" if your getting out if the saddle! I've seen so many incidents when riders jump out of the saddle and shove their bike backwards into the guy behind! The gaps always close between riders as you hit the hills so you have to let the person behind know your standing.
Richie Watkin Never in a race or group ride have I ever heard this and neither have I seen an off as a result. If you don't anticipate a rider jumping out the saddle then you need to be paying more attention.
I agree you should be paying more attention for this but i have seen it in sportives with less experienced riders who aren't used to following wheels. Sportives attract all levels of riders and we should be considerate to those around us
hello
Snot rocket with a tailwind = disastrous consequences. I speak from experience.
Top tip - download the sportive gps route for your bike computer do the route when you like and not have to worry about other riders, and with the money you saved by not entering buy some GCN goodies! - can I have a water bottle? :-)
Dont go to a Sportive or Gran Fondo & buy one from their website :-)
Cycling is a social activity...
If you blow your nose or spit, do it under your arm, not over your shoulder.
what dan lloyd jersey size u think ?
It's not called 'snotting', it's called 'The Sportsman's Salute.' It's a fine and honourable tradition.
Don't overtake someone, slow down in front of them and then turn your neck to look for slower mates.
Matt Stephens, whatt's that tiny thing on your front wheel hub ?
probably a speed sensor
IAmMrBen I've never seen a speed sensor atteched on a hub =D. But yea, that was my first idea too... maybe
www.dcrainmaker.com/2014/05/garmins-spd-cad-magnetless-sensors.html possibly the same thing
what bike matt's ride?
announce your intent to pass…"On your left/right"( and not so damn close)
I noticed you commenting the "don't yell it" or "there is never a need to yell anything" comments, and Dennis said "announce". Maybe you just have a problem with yelling in general? Personally, I appreciate it on a group ride. I don't have perfect hearing, but even if its way louder than needed, I don't really care since I get the message loud and clear without wondering "what?" and then realizing what someone meant after I smash through a pothole, or nearly get ran over by a passing vehicle. Plus there are usually several people behind that wouldn't hear it (unless every single person announces it). I just figure if its worth pointing out a road hazard, its worth making sure its heard.
Plus, if someone is in the front, the sound will be traveling away from the back of the pack. I say yell. Better safe than sorry.
And, if you hear "On your left" move as far to the right as you can. I've had jerks jerk to the left when I yelled on your left, and I do yell to make sure they hear me. One was on a long descent (closed road) and I was traveling 40+ mph, very scary as he just kept drifting further left as I got closer.
I saw a soccer mom pushing a jog stroller the other day who blew the biggest snot rocket I've ever seen in my life. It was an explosion of yuck! Her being backlit by the sun was epically disgusting.
Many of Granfondos/Mediofondos are races, so you race them. :)
My biggest issue is with the mamils who think they are on a time limit. If you want to ride against the clock, do it on your own time, not in a sportive. Aggressive riding like that annoys others, causes dangerous situations (because not everybody is used to your riding style) and gives you 0 respect from everybody else.
Riding fast is not dangerous, as long as you give other riders plenty of space.
When a rider in front of you is zig zagging on a climb
No idea what either of those are...
Hi! What is on Matt's front hub in this video?
Looks to me like a garmin speed sensor. I think the GCN guys all use garmin head units, and mine came with a front hub mounted speed sensor like Matt's
Joel North They use Wahoo now and they've made damn sure we know it.
Okay cool, I guess this is the more advanced version of a little magnet going round on a spoke.
Also true. I still see the occasional garmin edge on there though. Does the wahoo use a similar hub mount? I can't keep up!
It's a Wahoo RPM speed sensor gcn.eu/speedsensor
how about not getting off your bike and running
Ride and Audax / Brevet - save yourself £30 and get better cake.
Heaven, just use a tissue!
hey guys
You forgot to add the caveats. If you're riding with French and Italians riders it's not worth getting upset if they never do a turn, ride like it's a race and descend unsafely.
Please do not make racist comments
Going up a hill, don't just jump to your feet and throw you bike backwards into the person behind you!
don't call a sportif a race.
No headphones, no mirrors.
I have 1 tip!
Give me one of those great bikes...
Faster riders, please do not empty the feed stations just because you got there first.
hey dummy, keep you hands on the bar. Was in a century when a tri noob laying down on his bars cause a 20 person crash.
NO AERO BARS!!!!!!!!!
Try not to be too chatty, especially to strangers. I'm an outgoing person, but it's hard to know the level of talking others like, especially when riding.
you'd think these would be common sense
I’m a downhill racer wtf is a fondo
somebody snotted in front of me once, spraying me with it, and he laughed when I shouted at him.
he wasn't laughing a few minutes later when I plonked a stick in his spokes and had an off...
"a bit of welly"??? Please translate for this American.
It's what we say instead of "put some effort into it!" We say "give it some welly!"
Carmen Placido Shorthand for "giving it some Wellington boot"
Snotting is disgusting - use a tissue or, as a last resort, your sleeve.
People who do sportive events on hybrids or even mountain bikes - doing half the speed of everyone else, they cause chaos and un-necessary danger.
I swear gf tips was done b4. You guys are bit out of ideas.
Too many rules. That is why I like riding alone. Plus I don't have to wear a helmet.
Riders climbing off their bikes and walking up hills. It's embarrassing, seriously, especially when they are riding £2000+ bikes and wearing team kit. If you can't ride up a hill you are not a cyclist. I expect a few people to be caught out by 25%+, but walking up a 10% or 15% is just ridiculous. Enter the family fun ride next time. I would rather rupture a lung than walk.
RelentlessC2C Yes, wrong gear ratios probably adds to it!