Does anyone else encounter an insane amount of knats on their commute? I ride 20 miles to work and along the last 5 miles (side of the river) there are PATCHES AND PATCHES of knats. other than sunglasses, any other helpful tips?! They just love to stick to my sweat. it's so nasty. LOL
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06-25-2012, 06:04 AM #1
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06-25-2012, 06:10 AM #2
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Make sure your breathe through your nose and not your mouth.
Gnats, mating love bugs, are what make summer riding interesting.
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06-25-2012, 06:16 AM #3
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haha, i just lower my head and push through it!
Meh, i love my bike but i could do without the knats...i DO love the little bunnies that play frogger with me though!
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06-25-2012, 06:46 AM #4
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Yep, keeping the mouth shut and keeping one's head so the sunglasses are level is pretty much the best advice...though when there's no other people/riders around I do try to make a game of picking my way around the clouds for the least possible impacts!
Bunnies, they are more fun. And smarter than squirrels, who will ALWAYS run the wrong way for safety!Sit bones = ~135 mm, saddles that work ~ 155cm/6.1 in wide
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06-25-2012, 08:09 AM #5
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Squirrels will always run for the nearest tree - even if that means turning around and crossing back in front of danger...... Once you realize this it makes squirrel behavior relatively easy to predict.
Originally Posted by out_spokin'
"Sharing the road means getting along, not getting ahead" - 1994 Washington State Driver's Guide
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06-25-2012, 03:48 PM #6
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06-25-2012, 03:50 PM #7
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noseeums
that's what we call them in Maine...
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06-26-2012, 07:33 AM #8
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Ah, westerners. Originally Posted by Eden
Around here it can take 20 seconds (an eternity when you're coming toward it at speed) and five or six changes of direction for a squirrel to decide exactly which one of the 200 or so trees with 20 feet of it is the nearest...
Originally Posted by Melalvai
and if you accidentally swallow a lightning bug on your commute, you get a bonus. Electrolytes!
The gnats we have in Ohio and the noseeums we have in Florida are two different things. Gnats swarm in clouds, pretty innocuous unless you get a mouth or eye full of them. Noseeums fly individually, they're half or less the size of northern gnats, and they bite mercilessly. Fortunately they don't leave the huge welts that mosquito and fly bites leave, you'll just look like you have the measles ...Speed comes from what you put behind you. - Judi Ketteler
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