Things you'd rather ban than radios/powermeters

No_Ta_Doctor

I'll start with the obligatory yellow/polkadot/green full kit and bike combo. No, Tommy, no.

Gallopin showed a bit more style

deejay

RV's and Motor Homes.

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ddraver

TTTs in GTs

Estimates of power based on pseudoscience

Dippydog3

Adverts on Eurosport.

joelsim

Chris Horner

pinno

Trek bikes.

specialgueststar

The 10km catch

joelsim

pinarello001 wrote:

Trek bikes.

Agreed. And I have one, albeit perhaps not a racing machine...it takes me all my energy to get the damn thing down the stairs. The thought of spending more than £100 on one leaves me cold.

fleshtuxedo

The ostentatious kissing of jewellery

Wheelspinner

White shorts. Even the pros can't make them look good.

TheBigBean

National jerseys outside of the country in which they were won.

jordan_217

Fat twunts who run alongside/obstruct riders on climbs, particularly in the final push to the finish. I wouldn't mind but half of them don't even have the decency to wear a sports bra.

While I'm thinking about it…Valverde - he's a tw@t waffle of immense proportions and and despise him.

Beltaine

Beards.

t4tomo

Astana,
Any rider from Kazakhstan
Any rider called Stan

rick_chasey

Carlton Kirby

(not personal, just the commentary).

mpatts

The cringesome kiss from the podium ladies.

alan_a

Dippydog3 wrote:

Adverts on Eurosport.

Isreali tourism adverts to be most precise!

alan_a

TheBigBean wrote:

National jerseys outside of the country in which they were won.

What's so bad about National champs wearing their jersey?

ddraver

Nationalist parties handing out paper flags to foreigners that differ in such a tiny, nerdy way from the real one that no one could tell

I'm looking at you Flandrians!!

The_Boy

Dippydog3 wrote:

Adverts on Eurosport.

They're the best part of some stages. Nibali and Basso cooking a slap up meal with Sidi kit, Team Colombia having a dancing up a mountain to a pounding soundtrack etc.

DeVlaeminck

Cancellera, well any rider but mainly him, whining about a race being too hard/dangerous/cold/hot etc

Riders describing climbs as mythical.

Alpe D'Huez

radios and power meters

Daz555

Beards.

chrisday

The Chuckle Brothers

RichN95.

Time bonuses for GC stages in Grand Tours
The Tour of Catalunya
The fifth French team in the Tour de France
Sprint stages over 150km
National champions Jerseys

Brailsford Bad

Endless helicopter shots on TV coverage and then cutting back to find they've missed a lone attack or split.

Anonymous

The Spanish

Dorset_Boy

Unrepentent dopers, especially the Spanish ones.

Also agree about the full polka dot / yellow / white / pink garb.

deejay

Brailsford Bad wrote:

Endless helicopter shots on TV coverage and then cutting back to find they've missed a lone attack or split.

I would dearly like to ban these Too Near or Too Far camera shots also for the same reason.
Ban the cameraman who is so bored with his job that he/she needs a close up on a riders behinds (Bums) or the bottom bracket shots and I always hope they fall off while leaning to floor level shots. :twisted: :twisted:

Pross

'Experts' who invent data to 'prove' how a cyclists performance is a surefire sign of doping, publications that then print this 'proof' as fact and social media types who then use the 'proof' to support their own unsubstantiated views.

Others have already mentioned my other pet hates - white shorts (although I think female cyclists can get away with them) and the whole colour co-ordinated everything when wearing a competition leader jersey.

The_Boy

So I'm the only fan of head-to-toe leader's jersey colours?

edit: surely there is room in the sport for a bit of kitsch?

markhewitt1978

The_Boy wrote:

So I'm the only fan of head-to-toe leader's jersey colours?

No I like them. The jerseys are important so it's good that teams / riders celebrate holding them to their fullest.