runny nose

[hawkeyerider]

This is the first I've heard of Snot Rockets. Where I'm from they are called Farmers Blows. I'm from Iowa, imagine that!

I'm changing the subject a bit but your comments have me wondering - how do you wash your gloves? Mine are getting stinky. Machine washable or hand wash in the sink?

[rij73]

This is the first I've heard of Snot Rockets. Where I'm from they are called Farmers Blows. I'm from Iowa, imagine that!

I'm changing the subject a bit but your comments have me wondering - how do you wash your gloves? Mine are getting stinky. Machine washable or hand wash in the sink?

I do either depending on whether I have clothes to wash anyway. Just no dryer.

[Grog]

Got me thinking... why not just wash my gloves as I wash my hands (under the running water, gloves on, with soap) and hang to dry... and then throw in the machine when I actually do a wash.

I agree: no dryer.

[SouthernBelle]

I put mine in the dryer. Of course, I put everything in the dryer.

It does seem to keep them soft though.

[Ann G]

This has been a very funny thread. I get runny noses while running and sometimes while riding. Usually the farmer snort (my husband's term) works out on the bike. RAGBRAI is full of people, however, and I had to be very careful then. About the gloves, by the end of RAGBRAI, they actually smelled bad. Somebody else in our group made the same comment about her gloves, so I wasn't alone in that respect. I think it was because everything was always slightly damp, and they never dried out overnight. I washed them in the washer, and now they are odor free.

[AmyO]

I have to admit I'm pretty good at it. People want to 'shoot' behind them. The secret is to shoot straight down and to the side just enough to miss your leg.

This will come up again in late October or November. I'm psychic. I know this.

This is so gross but so funny.

I'm so glad to hear about this from others, and especially that your noses run when you eat! I thought I was just weird. I hate that more than a runny nose while exercising. I also have allergies and cough a lot while riding or spinning, so i have an inhaler, which helps. Once I developed exercise induced hives. That wasn't so much fun and I was very relieved when they went away after several months.

[Grog]

On "polite snot rockets:"

The other day I was commuting home from work, taking the long route, which includes a 10 km stretch without a stop pretty much. I was passed by a "mature" (nearing 50, I think) roadie. Soon after passing me he made it clear that he was happy to have me drafting off his wheel, so I hung on. I noticed that he had to empty his nostrils a number of times, but he did it extremely politely, I don't know exactly how he did this but basically there was nothing flying in my direction, but he seemed to spare his bike, too. I was trying to crack his secret when he took a left turn (I was going straight) and said goodbye. What a gentleman.

Any clues?

[SouthernBelle]

I have to admit I'm pretty good at it. People want to 'shoot' behind them. The secret is to shoot straight down and to the side just enough to miss your leg.

This will come up again in late October or November. I'm psychic. I know this.

[Grog]

I have to admit I'm pretty good at it. People want to 'shoot' behind them. The secret is to shoot straight down and to the side just enough to miss your leg.

I think I need to hire you as a trainer. I tried that on my ride home and was very unsuccessful, to say the least....

[dachshund]

I have to admit I'm pretty good at it. People want to 'shoot' behind them. The secret is to shoot straight down and to the side just enough to miss your leg.

This will come up again in late October or November. I'm psychic. I know this.

Excellent tip!
I have to say that being able to shoot snot and spit effectively has been, well, a lifelong dream.

[kfergos]

I put mine in the dryer. Of course, I put everything in the dryer.

It does seem to keep them soft though.

I put a glove through the dryer by accident. It shrunk. Unevenly. I kept wearing it because it's my favorite pair of gloves ever. Then, doing the STP, it literally ripped up the side (see below) Pearl Izumi gave me a new pair of gloves free, but they don't have the right padding anymore I'm very particular about padding, and all I can find is the stupid gloves with three little tiny pads, rather than padding over the entire palm.



Not to be too modest here, but I'm a darn good snot rocketeer and spitter myself. It started when I was running -- my nose runs while I exercise too -- and I just honed it with cycling. One trick that helps is to let a big glob of snot sort of build up in your nostril (if it's not too runny) and then blow vigorously, rather than blowing the instant it starts feeling runny.