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#1 HillNut

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Posted 16 November 2011 - 11:19 AM

I found this on a California site. What do you think? An changes needed for the midwest :).

Kind of like boxing’s Marquess of Queensberry Rules, but more about making sure nobody gets arrested.

1. No touching riders actively racing

2. No throwing, spitting, or discharging objects from a device at riders. Even if you know them.

3. Heckling insults should reply on wit rather than obscenity

4. Foul language is permitted as long as there are no children within an acceptable distance. Acceptable distance will be defined as the length of the biggest hill in the race since it is a well known fact that sound travels down hill.

5. Hand ups are permitted as long as a person’s body remains behind the course tape

6. Acceptable handups include: Beer in cans, paper money in denominations of $1 and higher, pizza or other awesome type of food like donuts, beer in plastic cups.

7. Unacceptable handups include: Beer in bottles, canadian paper money, slimy food like baloney, and weather inappropriate items such as Hot Chocolate on a hot day.

8. Spraying riders with beer or other liquid is acceptable only if the promoter has designated a portion of the course as a “spray zone.”

9. Heckling shall be confined to portions of the course a rider is most likely to wipe out and suffer further humiliation.

10. Acceptable Locations include run ups, steep inclines, difficult barriers, mud pits, sand pits, or high speed down hill turns.

11. A rider hopelessly out of contention and suffering shall be heckled excessively, and offered double beer, but no cash.

12. Costumed hecklers will be given priority placement along the course tape.

13. Excessively drunk obnoxious hecklers will leave the venue upon first request.

14. Heckling requires a minimum group of three persons. A group of less than three hecklers will be considered lame losers and risk being heckled by riders for their lamosity.

15. Priority heckling position will be given to those with voice or noise amplifying instruments such as air horns or electronically powered megaphones.

#2 Anthony Dust

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Posted 16 November 2011 - 11:54 AM

Also, what does or does not constitute as a good heckle?


I overhead a few heckles this weekend that were focused on the brand of bike the rider was on. Very lame. If you can't think of anything more than "Ridley wants their bike back" or the like, you'd be better off keeping your mouth shut. Good heckling focuses on what the rider is doing wrong, or how much better everyone else is than them.


There was a spot coming out of one of the sandpits in Louisville last weekend that was doing it right. They also had waffle handups, and during the pro womens race, an inflatable doll with a banana taped to the crotch, with dollars attached to the banana. Glorious.

#3 cleeland

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Posted 16 November 2011 - 11:57 AM

Best heckle I heard was from the crew at the top of the mudclimb at Big Bend (Concordia race) when they chanted "chops...chops...chops..." at me. Since I was all alone near the back I didn't get to hear any others.
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Posted 16 November 2011 - 12:43 PM

The only time heckling is good if it is done in good taste, amongst friends and/or is desired by a rider.

Case in point is the #heckleme campaign Georgia Gould started because of all of the bad luck she has had this year after a stellar last year. Best one Sunday was fans singing "All By Myself" when in dfl after dropping a chain on Sunday's USGP start and having to run the first half lap. For a peek at more of her favorite heckles look up her twitter, it's @gouldgeorgia. The best one I heard from the pits was "Come on Georgia, it's getting dark". Georgia is a class act and is having fun with this. It is not the same for all riders so please consider your heckle before letting it out and please, please, PLEASE leave the loud speakers at home.

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Posted 16 November 2011 - 12:49 PM

View PostAnthony Dust, on 16 November 2011 - 11:54 AM, said:

I overhead a few heckles this weekend that were focused on the brand of bike the rider was on. Very lame. If you can't think of anything more than "Ridley wants their bike back" or the like, you'd be better off keeping your mouth shut. Good heckling focuses on what the rider is doing wrong, or how much better everyone else is than them.
I guess its a matter of interpretation. To me "Ridley wants their bike back" seems less about the brand of bike than it is about the rider's skill at using the bike. The bike brand is interchangeable based on what the person is using.

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Posted 16 November 2011 - 01:42 PM

One of the best ones I heard about was someone yelled out that the rider needed to get to the pit, the bike needed a rider change.

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Posted 16 November 2011 - 01:52 PM

Disagree with the no touching rule. I think spanking up hill is allowed. Especially to C racers.

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Posted 16 November 2011 - 01:58 PM

View Postdmcd, on 16 November 2011 - 01:42 PM, said:

One of the best ones I heard about was someone yelled out that the rider needed to get to the pit, the bike needed a rider change.

Georgia's favorite at Louisville on Saturday.

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Posted 16 November 2011 - 03:30 PM

Yeah, for riders out of contention, I think pretty much anything goes. It can get very lonely out there when you're just sucking by yourself... I know from experience, I mean, my avatar is a picture of me falling off a cross bike. There's a reason for that.

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Posted 16 November 2011 - 04:04 PM

I would like to be the first to say that I am guilty of being one of the hecklers who was part of the "chops, chops, chops" choir! as far as rules for heckling, give me a break?! If you cant handle some good times, laughs, well then boohoo for you! Have fun at the winery y'all, this ss racer/under the influence heckler will be attending dirt church that day!

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Posted 16 November 2011 - 04:38 PM

I think if anyone wants to learn how to heckle properly, one needs to hang around Struckman when he has a Bullhorn.
Actually, i think Struckman could do a class at the next CX race in order to show how it's done.
At the Sunday Faust Park race, he was doing a masterful job of heckling. One of the best ones was when he told Hoffmeister to "Hurry up, he's behind you and he's going to pass!" Hoffmeister just waved Klages by. Another was when he told a rider, "He's next to you, throw an elbow!"
At the scorers tent Buddy asked me who that was with the bullhorn. I told him Struckman. Buddy just chuckled.......
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Posted 18 November 2011 - 09:13 AM

the only problem with hecklers in st louis is that there is not enough of them.
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Posted 19 November 2011 - 01:43 PM

The best heckles are the ones that make the rider drop and shake their head. Whether it be in shame or an attempt to stifle their giggles.

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Posted 19 November 2011 - 07:13 PM

View Postpirt3, on 16 November 2011 - 04:38 PM, said:

I think if anyone wants to learn how to heckle properly, one needs to hang around Struckman when he has a Bullhorn.

Struckman, best described as a patented blend of condescension and satire. I love listening to him, especially when I'm not the target.





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