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"Davey Crockett" wrote in message
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On Thu, 24 Jul 2003 07:18:17 +0000, Thomas Mairs wrote:


I notice that during the race the riders throwing away their water
bottles -
Question about how many bottles do they go thru? per stage? per the
whole
tour?

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Thomas Mairs wrote:
Hello people - I found you ( not that you were lost ) I knew that
some where on USENET there was an NG discussing the tour.
I am not a bike rider but I appreciate the effort anyways here is my
question

I notice that during the race the riders throwing away their water
bottles - Question about how many bottles do they go thru? per stage?
per the whole tour?

And who goes and picks them up when they throw them into shrubs off the side
of the road on stretches with no spectators in sight?

Looks like some pretty serious pollution is going on here.

Dani

"Kurgan Gringioni" wrote in
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Kurgan Gringioni wrote:

I notice that during the race the riders throwing away their water
bottles -
Question about how many bottles do they go thru? per stage? per the
whole
tour?

The water bottles that they drink out of, they keep.

The ones they throw away are the ones they peed into.

Unless the riders are drinking their own pee, that's bull!




When riders get excessively dehydrated, as they have in this Tour, they
will
drink pee.

No big deal, it's sterile.

Kurgan Gringioni AKA Bob Roll!

Dashii

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Kurgan Gringioni wrote:

I notice that during the race the riders throwing away their water
bottles -
Question about how many bottles do they go thru? per stage? per
the
whole
tour?

The water bottles that they drink out of, they keep.

The ones they throw away are the ones they peed into.

Unless the riders are drinking their own pee, that's bull!




When riders get excessively dehydrated, as they have in this Tour, they
will
drink pee.

No big deal, it's sterile.

Kurgan Gringioni AKA Bob Roll!


shush. you're going to spoil my chances w/ Ms. Gum.

Kurgan Gringioni wrote:

The French fans like the TdF so much that they pick up bottles even if
they've been peed in. I guess you can just pour it out into the toilet and
wash the bottle - pee is sterile right?

Any racing caps that are thrown away are collected for a similar reason.
If you look carefully you will see that some riders throw away their
helmets at the foot of the last climb since they can't wear racing caps
any more.

"Kurgan Gringioni" wrote in message et...

The French fans like the TdF so much that they pick up bottles even if
they've been peed in. I guess you can just pour it out into the toilet and
wash the bottle - pee is sterile right?


I heard pee is sterile but I don't believe it. In my rougher years,
when I couldn't be bothered to find the bathroom, I'd often use one of
the previous night's beer bottles (once or twice I found myself
drinking all the way to my bed) when I had to take a leak.

Within a week or two, a layer of mold will grow on the top of the
liquid. Sometimes it just gets cloudy though.

With ambassadors like this, it is no wonder cyclists in the US are seen as
assholes.


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"Thomas Mairs" wrote in message
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Hello people - I found you ( not that you were lost ) I knew that some
where
on USENET there was an NG discussing the tour.
I am not a bike rider but I appreciate the effort anyways here is my
question

I notice that during the race the riders throwing away their water
bottles -
Question about how many bottles do they go thru? per stage? per the
whole
tour?



The water bottles that they drink out of, they keep.

The ones they throw away are the ones they peed into. I'll guess that
since
the average stage is 5-6 hours, they pee twice per stage. Therefore, ~18
mass start stages multiplied by an average of 170 riders per stage
(started
with 198, whittled down to 140 some) = ~3000 water bottles that have been
peed in and thrown away.

The French fans like the TdF so much that they pick up bottles even if
they've been peed in. I guess you can just pour it out into the toilet and
wash the bottle - pee is sterile right?


glad to be of help,



K. Gringioni

"Dashi Toshii" wrote in message
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Kurgan Gringioni AKA Bob Roll!

Dashii


Nope. Bob Roll has more teeth than Gringioni. And he's way prettier.

Pete

"Sam" wrote in message
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With ambassadors like this, it is no wonder cyclists in the US are seen as
assholes.



Goddamm, you are a dense dumbass.


That is because we *are* assholes.


have a nice day.