Originally Posted by teamawe
Once during a race I had read that cutting up your power bars would save you time and chewing (back before gels), so I did and placed them just under the ellastic of my shorts for easy reach. Well the sweat disolved them and at teh finish line I had power-gu mushing thru my shorts like some kinda play-doh toy.
Thanks for sharing - that's one of the funniest things I've read in a long, long time!
Back in the mid 80's, I had strapped a seat bag to the rear rack of my Trek. (I have no idea why it wasn't strapped to the seat
). At the end of the day, I realized that the seat bag had shifted, drooped through the rack, and been rubbing against my rear wheel for an unknown distance. Not only did I wear through the bag, but I also wore a nice groove in the plastic Belt Beacon that was inside the bag. For those of you who don't remember the Belt Beacons, they were flashing orange lights that were about the same size as what you see on roadway construction crew signs.