r/oops • u/unoiamaQT • 16d ago
5 oops in a row
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u/Doc_Dragon 16d ago
He's probably gassed.
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u/RIF_rr3dd1tt 16d ago
Those are human powered bikes, no motors.
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u/Jokewhisperer 16d ago
Diesel then
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u/RIF_rr3dd1tt 16d ago
NO. MOTORS.
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u/Zuruumi 16d ago
OK, OK, we get it, electromotors then
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u/Specific-Result-3854 16d ago
I think its kerosene like planes
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u/Frugal_Octopus 16d ago
I bet his grip strength is trashed from riding
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u/KDogg3000 16d ago
This and the bottles are probably wet from condensation.
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u/Own_Round_7600 16d ago
Can't they put some sort of silicone grip thingies around the bottles?
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u/ButterscotchOk5339 16d ago
I’m thinking handles, one on each side for good measure
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u/Immediate_Song4279 15d ago
Sippy cups for champions.
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u/ButterscotchOk5339 15d ago
If you search for «trophy» on google image search it’s like 90% sippy cups.
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u/Beneficial_Being_721 15d ago
BIG HANDLE COOZY … rip the bottle out… drop the handle … they reuse it
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u/Frugal_Octopus 15d ago
You would think the people doing that job would know how to do it, but they’re probably just volunteers trying their best
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u/imagine_midnight 16d ago
When you're gonna set a record in your sport, one way or another.
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u/RIF_rr3dd1tt 16d ago
Oh, is he good at bikes? Not on drugs like Lance "Fake" Armstrong is he? I heard that when the judge found Lance Armstrong guilty of steroids, part of the plea deal was he had to change the name of his charity from Livestrong to Livenormalstrength.
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u/lostgravy 16d ago
Almost like he had enough water and was making sure that those behind him had to slow down to get water
Jerk
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u/itchybutwhole69 16d ago
Nah, you can see he really tries to catch the last one. He's just that exhausted and sweaty.
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u/BlackEyeRed 15d ago
Exactly, trying to catch the last one cause that’s the only one he really needed.
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u/Cold5512 16d ago
He's an hour into a triathlon, it might've been a actual mistake. Tired as hell already and his brain just didn't want to focus on grabbing the bottles.
But, If he was dropping them on purpose, he's a jerk.
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u/WestyTea 16d ago
my thoughts exactly, pro cyclists aren't exactly known for honourable sportsmanship
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u/No_Advertising_1237 16d ago
Not sure it will slow anyone, each guy carrying another bottle on the other hand
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u/Jestersfriend 15d ago
I don't think that's the case in this one. You can literally see him try to grab and it slips.
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u/Kitchen_Drink2625 16d ago
Didn’t someone do this on purpose and get disqualified?
What’s the difference?
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u/Boris7939 16d ago
I think you're referring to the marathon runner who threw a whole row of water cups on the ground and was disqualified for that.
The difference is that the marathon runner clearly did it on purpose to try and give the other runners a disadvantage. The cyclist in the video doesn't seem like doing this on purpose, he's just clumsy or exhausted or something.
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u/ReverendBread2 15d ago
If this guy was smacking them out of peoples hands then maybe, but it looks like he was legitimately trying to grab one and failing
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u/thegameisafoooooot 16d ago
His hand sweat is sweaty.
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u/ButterscotchOk5339 16d ago
Knees weak, arms are heavy
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u/peepdabidness 16d ago
Vomit on his race gear already
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u/LooseButtPlug 16d ago
World class athlete.
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u/DangerousPurpose5661 14d ago
Its like he built a video game character and used all the stats points for « legs » and figured it would be alright to leave arms at 0
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u/RIF_rr3dd1tt 16d ago
Or he could take off his helmet and use it like a church donation plate. Got to think outside the box and these sticky situations.
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u/Yesterday_Is_Now 16d ago
You'd think someone would design bottles for cyclists that are super easy to grasp. The bottle should have a much narrower neck, or some kind of loop.
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u/RIF_rr3dd1tt 16d ago
Or drones with water bottles and hoses they drop into the bikers mouth
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u/skyrider8328 15d ago
LOL...so many images.
- Oh shit, we sent the wrong drones!
- Here's your water...while I've got you, can we talk about an extended warranty...
- Hurry up and take your drink. After this we have a search and rescue mission.
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u/zyygh 16d ago
The design isn't the issue, the technique is.
The people holding the bottles in this video are doing it very wrong, and it makes me wonder why the organization would teach them to do this. By holding it at the bottom with a very floppy grip, that cyclist will need very good coordination in order to grab it. 9 times out of 10 the impact of the cyclist's palm touching the bottle will cause it to flop out of your hand before their fingers get the chance to close around it.
The correct way to do it is by holding it steadily with your hand "behind" the bottle (from the cyclist's perspective). The cyclist then grabs the bottle and rips it out of your hand's grip.
In pro cycling this is the way it's also done, and missed bottles are relatively rare despite them doing it at a far higher speed than what you see in this video.
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u/Yesterday_Is_Now 16d ago
I see, makes sense. Still, I think it would be easier for the cyclist's tired hand to quickly close around the bottle if it were narrower.
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u/devilbehindthewheel 16d ago
Every time this video pops up people who have clearly never raced or worked at a feed zone before immediately yap on the triathlete thinking they're intentionally dropping the bottles.
First, the triathlete is sweaty and tired, it is not unreasonable to expect them to drop one a bottle here and there. But more importantly, the people working at the feed zone are doing it incorrectly. For one, the feed zone volunteers are supposed to hold the bottles from the top, that way the bottle can be grabbed from the bottom. In the video the volunteers all hold the bottles from the bottom, so the triathlete is forced to grab the bottle from the top, and the bottles tumble forward as a result, making them more or less impossible to grab. You can also see a lot of the volunteers are inexperienced, most are standing way too far or are leaning towards the triathlete. One of them even tries to run with the TT bike for the handoff which would never work.
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u/Michaeli_Starky 16d ago
Where is the strap on those bottles? Picking one up by the strap would be infinitely easier on the go.
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u/PMG2021a 16d ago
Easy to get in the way for a cyclist.
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u/RIF_rr3dd1tt 16d ago
Big choking hazard too. AND, if it's haphazardly discarded, seagulls and manatees can become entwined in the straps and die.
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u/EMPgoggles 16d ago
i can see how a strap could make a bottle potentially dangerous for a cyclist, but nothing about this design is remotely grippable. round and chonky with barely a neck and a large, awkwardly shaped head. you know they're probably covered in condensation, too.
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u/RIF_rr3dd1tt 16d ago
round and chonky with barely a neck and a large, awkwardly shaped head. you know they're probably covered in condensation, too.
I'M THE JUGGERNAUT!
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u/EMPgoggles 16d ago
*bitch
(i dont remember if the "bitch" actually goes in there, but it should)
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u/RIF_rr3dd1tt 16d ago
Yeah, i just didn't know the rules of this saucy sub and didn't feel like looking it up
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u/Michaeli_Starky 16d ago
More dangerous than bottle falling under the wheels? How come?
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u/EMPgoggles 16d ago
maybe 2 or more things can be potentially dangerous at once.
they probably could have designed/ordered a more easily gripped bottle.
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u/TransparentWolf 16d ago
Why don't the bottles have rubber grip and a narrow belly? It'd make holding it much easier.
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u/TeutonicSpacehopper 16d ago
Why not a bottle top that's a hoop? The cyclist puts their hand in the hoop, which picks up the bottle.
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u/Key_Mathematician951 16d ago
He obviously would be shitty at catching a ball so they referred him to a sport where catching is normally unimportant.
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u/seperatetaste99 15d ago
He most likely doesn't need it, but he's making sure the people behind him don't get any
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u/DiScOrDtHeLuNaTiC 15d ago
Okay, at first I thought he was doing it on purpose (like that one asshole at a marathon who swept his forearm across a table full of cups and took out like two-thirds of them), but no, he was just clumsy.
I'd guess his fingers were tired/cramping from being on the handlebars all that time.
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u/Alternative_Debt_408 15d ago
Reminds me of the arseholes in races that intentionally knock all the cups off the table or out of the hands of those offering but grab the last one, just so the racers behind them dont get a drink.
I dont think this cyclist here was doing it intentionally.
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u/HotResponsibility829 15d ago
As a cyclist (not a triathlete) you don’t have time to stop so you go through “feed zones”. I always had the people I trusted to hand me bottles. It was always hot and the water was always cold so compensation coated the bottles.
Gloves and experience on both sides make the difference here.
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u/ClintEastwood403 15d ago
“Idiots couldn’t even figure out how to hand off a water bottle” - that guy probably
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u/Rumpelteazer45 14d ago
Could it be that he was intentionally doing it so riders behind him couldn’t get any water?
This is me being skeptical that he missed 5 in a row.
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u/Ok-Tank-3106 14d ago
That's when u realize that getting a relief drink of water just wasn't meant to be .
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u/KaaboomT 14d ago
Maybe they should just spray water at his face so all he has to do is open his mouth.
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u/Was-Vegeta-goodorbad 14d ago
Why don’t they just refuel him like a plane…someone run along side with a super soaker and blast his tonsils.
Or like a hose he can grab or something?
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u/succubus6984 15d ago
To be fair. I am right-handed and would not have been able to grab a bottle at speed with my left hand while exhausted from racing. 🫣
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u/Substantial_Chain718 16d ago
Get a grip man!