Snot

[r900]

Too funny! pinch and blow, pinch and blow! Oh, check to see if any one is following closely first!

[jusdooit]

I do snot rockets.........but they are pretty gross. Campmor has an item called the snot spot (item # 11666-F) that fits over your glove. I haven't tried it but may order one.

[emily_in_nc]

I carry a soft cotton (well washed to get to the soft point!) bandanna in my jersey (or jacket) pocket. Just can't get into the snot rocket thing. Bandannas are great because they don't shred like kleenex. Also great for hiking. I have a variety of colors. Bandannas rule!

Emily

[solobiker]

Some how my co-workers and myself got into this topic. It was too early in the morning for this conversation, just before 6am. Well anyway one says her DH "sniffs and swallows", which I find disgusting. My other co-worker does a "farmers blow" same as snot rocket and I prefer the glove or if I remember I use a hankerchief.

[Pedal Wench]

Some how my co-workers and myself got into this topic. It was too early in the morning for this conversation, just before 6am. Well anyway one says her DH "sniffs and swallows", which I find disgusting. My other co-worker does a "farmers blow" same as snot rocket and I prefer the glove or if I remember I use a hankerchief.

I recently had surgery on my nose and asked my doctor when it was safe to start blowing my nose again. He said never. He says that he recommends the sniff and swallow approach. I'm having a really hard time as it's getting colder.

But, I prefer your doc:

Earlier this year I had a string of ear and sinus infections and my doctor prescribed snot rockets (she is a cyclist too). Apparently all the sniffling caused that stuff to build up in my head and cause problems. So now its always snot rockets for me...doctors orders

[Grog]

Snot rockets. Inelegant, but really the only way to survive in the cold during aerobic exercise for me.

The soft part of my gloves are helpful but they just can't handle everything...

[alpinerabbit]

I carry a soft cotton (well washed to get to the soft point!) bandanna in my jersey (or jacket) pocket. Just can't get into the snot rocket thing. Bandannas are great because they don't shred like kleenex. Also great for hiking. I have a variety of colors. Bandannas rule!

In the old world, these items are still known, and sit crisply ironed, in gentlemen's pockets or breast pockets, as hand-kerchiefs.

Yes, they still exist. Monogrammed even. An atavism from the pre-paper towel era.

in fact the classic bandanna is a traditional pattern used by peasants in the 19th century....

[CR400]

Wow I was just thinking about this on my ride today. It was kind of warm 39. I live where it gets into the single digits in late January and early Ferbruary. Anyway, I tend to use my cycling gloves or just plain winter gloves. If I don't have gloves or my coat sleeve in the winter, I suck it back through my nose and then spit. I have been known to let it drip until I get grossed out if I am alone, especially at night. I tried snot rockets once and wore it, better off spitting.

[shootingstar]

For alot of accumulation (and if the glove is uh, full), I just stop and spit or blow my nose. Hence, I always make sure I have some kleenex in each of my multiple cycling jackets before I head out.

I guess I can't get into perfecting snot rockets...you see my immigrant mother has this incredible peasant style of spitting loudly from throat...always done in bathroom. Thank God.

So my childhood memories of snot, throat clearing, spitting styles, get uh, clouded. So I want to do it more discreetly.... Next generation does try to do things differently...

If you don't understand what I'm talking about,...go to a big Chinatown or go visit China, particularily rural China and witness serious phlegm clearing style....

[KathiCville]

I don't think I work up quite enough snot to launch a rocket---more of a steady, annoying drip! My favorite gloves lack a snot-friendly section, so I'm thinking of getting one of these "wristies" (below) to handle the task. Washable AND they add a bit of warmth to a winter ride, without interfering with shifting.........

https://www.wristies.com/shop/

Could be just the ticket for the fastidious or rocket-challenged........

[KayTee]

I have to use all options to offload nose contents on bike. This is a year-round problem for me. Most of my friends know not to ride too close behind me, but it's tough when you're in a paceline. So often I tie a soft bandanna loosely around my neck and grab up and use the pointy part of the triangle whenever I have to do a quick, no-consequences-behind-me blow. Or sometimes I use a Snock - cut an end off an old cotton tube sock, pull it over your arm, and have at it! Just remember to pull it inside-out on your arm (or off) if you have to make a store stop, as you will be asked about it!

[Melalvai]

It's been a few days since I checked back on this thread, as I hoped some amusing, entertaining, and education followup! Thanks! I like the wristies & snocks. Particularly snocks because that is no cost. The snot rockets...will wait until another day. When no one is watching. Or behind me!

[SnappyPix]

Another snot rocket launcher here, but I often have problems with lift-offs. I've never been the most co-ordinated of people, and often I end up snorting out a wonderful Muffin The Mule impression, with only an unattractive dribble to show for my efforts.

[RoadRaven]

Thank you Snappy!!!!

Muffin the Mule... I knew what I was doing had an offical title!

My snot rockets are usually successful (though rather pathetic if they were compared to some I have seen in terms of projectile siaze and trajectory )

...but... sometimes the snorking park of launching goes wrong and I do the honk-snort thing... so now I will be able to rest easy when my snorkability is compromised because I will know the sound has a meaningful and appropriate name!

(There must be doctral research in these snot rocket threads... surely???)

[RolliePollie]

Too funny! pinch and blow, pinch and blow! Oh, check to see if any one is following closely first!

Yes, PLEASE be sure to look behind you first! I got snot rocketed by a lady on the bike trail last weekend. I was wearing shorts and a short-sleeved jersey so I felt the snot spraying all over my arms and legs. It was SO GROSS!!! She kind of apologized and I decided not to make an issue out of it. But what I really wanted to do was race ahead of her and snot rocket her right back!

I am not opposed to snot rockets though... I just wish I could do them! I have tried, but the snot just goes all over me. So I carry Kleenex in my pockets or tucked up under the wrist of my jerseys and I'm pretty good at blowing my nose while riding. Or else I wipe it on my gloves and my sleeves. Eeew. Luckily it seems to wash out quite nicely.