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As a 'fast boy' I can say all my gel wrappers (and banana skins as well) always come back with me. The goop in my jersey pockets can attest to that!
It is immensely irritating when I see people doing this - they tend to be either 1) people who are above their station or 2) younger speedy riders who need to be educated.
At this event last year I saw a speedy rider throw a gel wrapper, so stopped, picked it up, caught him up (so not that quick) and gave it back to him. More of this please...
GB
It's a shame that riders feel the need to dump gel wrappers the way they do.
I was out riding on the A25 the week after the Ride London thing a few weeks back, the amount of gel wrappers littering the road and verges was unbelievable. As the organisers at Gorrick said, it just gives the serial complainers more ammunition when they're arguing against anything that cyclists do.
It's completely inexcusable, just don't get it. No different whether you're in a race or not! Kudos to GB for chasing down the litter bugs!
I use left hand pocket for gels and bars, and right hand pocket for empties. And yes like Gee says, right hand pocket forms into a hideous carapace of dried gel which always makes me smile when putting clothes into the washing machine the next day.
Seeing riders throw gel wrappers makes my blood boil, it's just so arrogant.
I've put plenty of gel wrappers through the washing machine in pockets, jersey pockets come out slightly crunchy!
I don't understand why folks couldn't time their gels to coincide with two blooming great fire road sections with a bin handily placed at the end. Wasn't like it was a massive loop where timing your gel was a major issue, in fact I'd have thought majority of riders doing single laps wouldn't even need to eat at all, you'll be back at the arena in 20 odd minutes.