Hey Boys I Ride With......

[Veronica]

I'm with Grog on this one (make no apologies, girl!). Anything below 55 degrees, and my sinuses turn on the spigot. There's nothing else to do but blow it out.

Just don't do it when your bike is on the trainer in the living room.

V.

[Geonz]

It's part of my weight loss program... my " 'snot a diet" plan. Lose 8 oz. of mucusoidal tissue daily... using that many tissues would be unnecessary use of resources.

[DirtDiva]

Nice one.

I send off snot rockets all the time (if it ain't cold, I've got hayfever), but if I'm riding with others I always make sure I'm at the back before I let one go.

[Aint Doody]

I just drift back and yell, "Rocket!" My fellow riders know to look out!

[CyclChyk]

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...............

[Veronica]

It didn't take that long to learn. Besides I sweat so much I am just gross when I'm done riding, what's a little snot? At least I can breathe.

Now what is really gross is when the captain on the tandem doesn't aim it properly.

Only happened once... but I have a good memory.

V.

[Grog]

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!!