Car up!!!………..Car back!!!…………Car down!!!! ………Car coming!!!…….Car ahead!!! ……….Car!!! (who said that!!)
HOLE!!…..RAMP!!!….GRAVEL!!!…..FLOOD!!!….DEAD FOX,BIRD,DOG,CAT,RAINDEER.
Calls on the road are always a problem…. some people make up their own calls and shout out from various parts of the peleton as they see fit.
And unless we all know the meaning of the call it can be confusing.
What does CAR UP! mean?
Up the front ? Up your back? Up your A…?
To me it means UP AHEAD! It is usually called by the front man when he sees a car bearing down on us from ahead , on a narrow country road.
No point in calling ‘car up’ on  a busy road! Else you would be calling all day. Then we would have to have to send the caller home early!
Some say car back means UP YOUR BACK!! and it does mean that too. Also Car Down, simply because its the opposite of up!.
‘Car’!… is a car, and could come from anywhere.
If a car is Car Back or Car Down what does that mean? Is it just there? or is it coming?
Car Up, if its coming at you. Is surely on its way and we should pay attention. But then it could be CAR BACK!!! Depending on who calls.
Its like…..HOLE!!………..WHERE IS THE HOLE?
Hole LEFT! RIGHT! MIDDLE!
Whose Left? Whose Right?
Calls should be uniform.
Car UP! means car ahead and bearing down!
Car BACK! means car behind and closing to overtake…second call if a second car is coming!
Holes! Clearly indicated with a hand signal. The following rider just has to follow the wheel of the bike in front of him.
Left or Right Holes should be pointed to CLEARLY AND IN TIME!!
Is it really necessary to call a ramp? They are usually quite visable to all.
BUT ALWAYS CALL A DEAD DEER! ITS ONLY FAIR!!{jcomments on}