What do you smell when you ride?

[katluvr]

Rain....from those "sun showers"
Breakfast.....early in the morning wafting from houses or small restaurants
Skunk....on occasion
Farms....ok, actually manure....especially on a day they get a pile of it to fertilize the fields!
Reclaimed water....we have plants in town that do that...mighty stinky w/ a sulfur smell, too.

[denda]

Skunks
Road kill
Feed Yards
Russian Olive trees

[lph]

I pass a tobacco factory sometimes, it smells wonderful!

[nolemom]

All the rural smells described above
Roadkill
Magnolias
Orange Blossoms during certain times of the year
and if I'm lucky - the really nice smell of one of the guy's in the group - I think it is his sunscreen.

[pfunk12]

Exhaust
Dead fish from the Washington, DC fish market (not so nice on a hot, humid summer day)
Sometimes flowers

[7rider]

There's a guy on one of the rides I do who has HORRIBLE b.o.! I cringe everytime I see him, as he's a wee bit stronger than I, so he's usually in front of me, and I can't drop him!

I love springtime rides when lilacs are in bloom. Now, the honeysuckle are blooming (actually, they may be past), and a bit ago there was something blooming that I swear smells like a wet sponge!

[andtckrtoo]

Interesting question! I'm enjoying reading the responses.

I've smelled much of what others have - including bacon, and other foods (and ITA that it's tempting to knock on doors!) all of the wonderful flora and fauna. And the occasional dead thing, including roadkill

But, what stuck out in my mind when reading the question when when DH and I would go mountain biking and I would pass what smelled like cilantro. DH is Eastern Indian and uses a lot of cilantro when he makes his curries (chicken or chick pea) which are so much better than anything in any Indian restaurant, so every time we would go mountain biking, I would crave his cooking. I think that's why he stopped going.

[katluvr]

All the rural smells described above
Roadkill
Magnolias
Orange Blossoms during certain times of the year
and if I'm lucky - the really nice smell of one of the guy's in the group - I think it is his sunscreen.

I almost forgot the Orange Blossoms...and Jassmine, too at the right time of year!