Barfing...er..Biking Across Kansas

[residentgeek]

Ugh. I'm sorry it wasn't all that you had hoped for. Maybe it will be better next year Glad you're feeling better!

[velogirl]

I have one rule when doing organized rides (one-day or multi-day) -- do not eat anything that didn't come in a package. I've gotten sick once -- broke the rule and ate an orange -- will never let it happen again.

Here's what happens. Riders keep their gloves on all day long. They go to the bathroom and also put their hands (with gloves on) into big backets and bins of food at rest stops. It's called the Dirty Glove Bug.

The easy solution, of course, is to have volunteers hand the food to the riders -- not letting the riders touch everyone else's food. But for some reason that doesn't always happen.

This happens on single-day rides a lot, but you never hear about it (because it's a single-day ride and folks go home). But you hear about it all the time on multi-day rides.

Sorry you had to have a terrible experience like this at the end of your fabulous week!

[mimitabby]

I have one rule when doing organized rides (one-day or multi-day) -- do not eat anything that didn't come in a package. I've gotten sick once -- broke the rule and ate an orange -- will never let it happen again.

Here's what happens. Riders keep their gloves on all day long. They go to the bathroom and also put their hands (with gloves on) into big backets and bins of food at rest stops. It's called the Dirty Glove Bug.

I ALWAYS take my gloves off in the potties. I also like to take a change of gloves with me and change at mid day of a long ride, but your point is VERY valid!


I'm glad for you that you didn't get sick unti the end of the ride though.
How yuccky for you! (and all those other people!)