This is why it's not ok to chuck your banana skins as you ride

Campaigners are calling for walkers to bin their skins, does the message apply to cyclists too?

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The humble banana is a cherished foodstuff amongst cyclists: each pocket ready yellow critter offers 25-30g of muscle fuelling carbohydrate, plus electrolytes lost in sweat (particularly potassium), all packaged up in its own handy wrapper. The best bit is, you can chuck that wrapper into a hedge, and do no harm.

Or, perhaps not.

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Michelle Arthurs-Brennan