How to avoid eating bugs while riding?
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07-11-22, 06:17 AM
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Eating them isn't a problem. Save $$ on energy bars. Breathing them in, however ...
I don't live in a very buggy area, but as others above have said, I ride with my head bent down, which seems to help. I also have facial hair, maybe that helps to strain some of them out.
I don't live in a very buggy area, but as others above have said, I ride with my head bent down, which seems to help. I also have facial hair, maybe that helps to strain some of them out.
07-11-22, 07:05 AM
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MA was requiring masks on the Minuteman for a while. I got about a mile up the path before deciding that the masks I was wearing indoors were completely impractical for riding because they're really not designed to facilitate that much air intake/exhalation. By that time, it was obvious that the virus couldn't be spread that way and I'd already been vaccinated, so I just took the thing off. Indoors, I still followed the masking rules as faithfully as possible.
Long story short--not the same kind of mask, this isn't really relevant. OP is looking for something that filters bugs, not viruses.
07-11-22, 07:28 AM
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Use a trainer inside if you must keep your mouth open while riding. Or only ride in winter months outside.
07-11-22, 07:37 AM
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There was a French rider in Le Tour a few years back who always seemed to be smiling. Turns out that's a pretty good way to cut down on bug ingestion, too. Put your teeth together, pull your lips back, breath through your mouth, and keep on riding.
TBH, I usually only ride that way when I'm crossing a river or marsh at dusk, or when I see a cylinder of insects flying in front of me.
TBH, I usually only ride that way when I'm crossing a river or marsh at dusk, or when I see a cylinder of insects flying in front of me.
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There was a French rider in Le Tour a few years back who always seemed to be smiling. Turns out that's a pretty good way to cut down on bug ingestion, too. Put your teeth together, pull your lips back, breath through your mouth, and keep on riding.
TBH, I usually only ride that way when I'm crossing a river or marsh at dusk, or when I see a cylinder of insects flying in front of me.
TBH, I usually only ride that way when I'm crossing a river or marsh at dusk, or when I see a cylinder of insects flying in front of me.
07-12-22, 10:01 AM
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Take some chocolate on you ride. Maybe something like Hershey's kisses. Just pop some when you encounter a bug. Makes it taste good.
07-12-22, 10:36 AM
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Another problem with insects entering yoir mouth that has not been mentioned yet - they can make you throw up if they hit you right in the thriat and activate the gag reflex. I haven't actually thrown up this way, but have been close a couple of times. And I have witnessed a person getting less lucky than me once.
