Okay, all you experienced winter riders, answer me this: How do you deal with snot?!

[Bike Chick]

I'm with Rollie. I wait for a private moment when I'm off the back and on a country road. It may not be very ladylike but sometimes very necessary---kinda like peeing on the side of the road. I always carry the bandana too to blow my nose in while I'm trying to find the right bush to pee behind.

[Grits]

Ewwww. Yuck. Gross.

This thread is practical, but disgusting.

[hammertime]

snot rocketeteer here as well. thought i'd never be one... but once i tried it, it's quite effective, LOL!!

[OakLeaf]

In all seriousness, I can see how snot rocketing isn't the most attractive thing in the world, but I can't understand why it would be unsanitary. If someone's licking the ground - or even putting their hands on the ground and then not washing them - they've got more problems than athlete snot.

To me, a handkerchief is unsanitary - putting a healthy culture medium on a matrix that'll keep it wet, jamming it in a pocket that isn't necessarily the cleanest but is kept nice and warm by your body heat, then putting it back onto your nose? Ewwwww.

[Bike Chick]

To me, a handkerchief is unsanitary - putting a healthy culture medium on a matrix that'll keep it wet, jamming it in a pocket that isn't necessarily the cleanest but is kept nice and warm by your body heat, then putting it back onto your nose? Ewwwww.

grrrrroooooossssssss Never quite thought of it that way. Ewwww

[7rider]

Yeah, recycling isn't the best, either: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfKkgT9zXV0 (this was the least gag-inducing I could find).
No pretty way to address an ugly issue.

[nscrbug]

Add me to the runny nose list, too. Can't do the snot rocket thing...way too watery and the thought just gags me. I plan on trying a medical solution. I had read somewhere that this condition is called "vasomotor rhinitis", and that there is a prescription nasal spray called Atrovent that can help control it. I'm going to ask my doctor about it, the next time I see him. I don't ride very often in the dead of winter in Chicago...but I will attempt to ride when it gets above freezing. So I'm okay with using a nasal spray on an "as needed" basis...which would realistically only be a few times a month (if that) during the winter time.

[PamNY]

I If someone's licking the ground - or even putting their hands on the ground and then not washing them - they've got more problems than athlete snot.

Heh. This is my favorite line in this thread.

[zoom-zoom]

I wish I could do snot rockets...but my snot just flows and flows. I run with a hanky in my hand year-round. During the warm months I use it to wipe sweat, in the cold it gets half soaked with snot during an hour run and on a 2 hour run it is fully soaked. Gross. But better on the hanky that goes in the wash with my sweaty workout clothes than ON my clothes, heh. I have pretty overactive sinuses (thank god for my neti pot).

Haven't biked in really cold weather, yet. Cold = lots of snow. On a bike I have a feeling the snot issues would really be a pain.