Quote Originally Posted by CyclChyk View Post
You know, I can appreciate ones nose running so much that stopping your ride every 500 feet to blow your nose would suck but seriously, learning to properly "rocket" snot.... eeeeeewwwww!!!!! How gross is that ?????????
The amount of snot you must have on your clothes or body parts while you are "honing your skill"...... heaven forbid any passing riders........

Oh its enough to make me gag...............
I don't mean to make you gag, but I will invite you to consider the facts.

Riding in the winter, in the cold, in the rain, in traffic (or on a trail)... By the time I'm pretty wet and gritty from the spray of cars and bikes, not to speak of sweat, and whatever is coming from the sky (usually rain, or just a mist), whether I can breathe is much more important than whether there are a few particles of bodily semi-fluid on my tights or on my sleeves... I respect my fellow cyclists' need to breathe all the same. When everyone behaves properly according to the etiquette described above (if you are riding with others, go to the back of the paceline; give a quick look over the shoulder if you think you're alone!!), everyone's happily working out and the ride goes on!

Lisa, I would do like you in the past and swallow, but it really makes me nauseous after a short while, and after an hour ride (or run or whatever) in cold conditions I would have produced much more than my GI tract can handle. Happy it works for you though!

So indeed no apologies! It's the road, not a catwalk!!

This being said, others don't have the runny-nose problem, or at a different scale. I envy them a lot!

As for passing riders, well, they should have announced themselves. If they haven't, well... too bad for them!!