Koyote

Of course, we're talking about a sport in which pros urinate while riding...a sport in which one of the all-time greats (Greg LeMond) once shat himself while riding on a rainy stage, and the resultant mess sprayed off his rear wheel onto following riders.

tomato coupe

Yes, but let's not forget the important part. Should the others have been on his wheel uninvited?

Koyote

Good point. I've always wondered if that bad peach was just a canny race strategy for LeMond.

79pmooney

This works great for those with young bladders and prostrates. I do an out and back, 50 mi total where the last bathroom (a mall where I stop for espresso) is at mile 6. So 38 miles of fields, farms and residences.

We live in a world that cannot talk about bodily functions, is paranoid about seeing them yet is unwilling to erect enough facilities for those functions to take place in private if you do not happen to be young and healthy and also want to live an active life. (And funny, we live in a country where the active life is shunned by most and many of our health issues stem from that aversion.)

Iride01 

I do blow snot rockets when needed. I'm usually aware of my surroundings and if someone is behind me. For some reason I know those things without having to look. Maybe my hearing at those frequencies is better. If however you do happen to be on my wheel and are the recipient of one, well I'm sorry. But you should have let me know you were on my wheel. I don't mind you being there.

If you wish to make a snarky response after getting hit by my snot rocket, that's okay. We're all are big boys and girls so we aren't going to let it ruin our day..... right?

So consider yourselves forewarned. <grin>

Milton Keynes

You know, it is possible to stop, pull out a tissue, blow your nose into it, stick it back into your pocket (preferably with all the nose nuggets folded inside) and then start riding again. Shouldn't take more than 15 seconds.

livedarklions

If I had to stop every time I needed to wipe snot from under my nose, I'd add many, many minutes to my ride. Not happening.

Seriously don't see any problem with the sleeves or back of the glove. What you're describing is really not any more sanitary.

1989Pre 

I agree. Now you are making some sense. I don't want to argue about it, but I still think that, especially on a club ride, spitting into my glove is better than to my side. Actually, I wouldn't even think of doing the latter.

Koyote

You do understand that you can drift to the back before spitting, right?

urbanknight

So it is worthy if you have anger management problems? j/k

The safest way to look behind you is to dip your head down and peak under your arm pit. You won't be able to read the guy's jersey, but you'll know if they're there or not, and you won't find yourself inadvertently steering off course.

Isn't that what the terry cloth thumb is for? I use the left one for my nose and the right one for my mouth... or is it the other way around?

urbanknight

One race I was in, I was sucking this guy's wheel because he was the largest rider in the pack. I didn't notice that he was drifting all the way to the back until he let a snot rocket fly and it hit my face. I said "Yuck!" and he apologized, but I realized it was at least partly my fault for hiding behind him and not paying attention to what was going on.

I know that didn't contribute to the thread, but I like sharing that story.

rollagain

It took 49 replies for anyone to mention that?!

1989Pre 

Exactly. Sometimes the terry cloth at your thumb will take are of it. Sometimes, the enclosure of the palm is necessitated.
Nice system.

Polaris OBark

Rupert Murdoch?

Polaris OBark

By the same CDC clowns who argued there was no evidence of community transmission, and then argued there was no evidence of airborne transmission, and initially recommended against wearing masks.

The virus has evolved to where a much higher load is associated with coughing, sneezing, singing and even quietly exhaling. Sure, you are much better off outdoors than indoors, but even with all of the high winds and UV at Burning Man, for example, loads of people came back infected. It isn't all or nothing, and all things being equal, I don't want to be anywhere near someone coughing, singing, spewing, sneezing, or shooting snot-rockets, indoors or out.

It is just another example of the kind of selfish and thoughtless behavior that has made this pandemic an even bigger disaster than it needed to be, especially in the US.

Nobody needs to blow snot-rockets. They do it for the same reason male dogs lift their legs and piss on fire hydrants.

tomato coupe

So, cyclists that blow snot rockets are marking their territory?

Polaris OBark

Some are. That should be apparent from the dialogue here.

livedarklions

My eyes rolleth over at this inanity.

Please show me any confirmed instance of anyone catching anything anywhere from a blown snot rocket that didn't actually hit anyone.

livedarklions

I think you're laying on the nose-pearl clutching bit a tad thick in this thread.

rsbob 

[QUOTE=urbanknight;22664488]So it is worthy if you have anger management problems? j/k{QUOTE]

You evidently missed the post above I was referring to or you MAY issues with making wild inferences

livedarklions

[QUOTE=rsbob;22664674]He was just noting you phrased it funny:.

.".it happens, but certainly is not worthy of retribution unless you have anger management problems..".

rsbob 

[QUOTE=livedarklions;22664690]Dope slap to forehead.

mschwett 

if you are not able, for whatever reason, to turn your head far enough to ascertain that that's nobody behind you, then you're at fault for blasting something gross into that space.

if you can ascertain that it's clear, snot away.

so i agree with several previous posters, ESH.

urbanknight

[QUOTE=livedarklions;22664690][QUOTE=rsbob;22664702]Yeah, just poking fun at the semantics.

rsbob 

[QUOTE=urbanknight;22665061][QUOTE=livedarklions;22664690]

But I barely achieved a GED. Or something ending with a D. All I can remember is that it was very time consuming and painful. Maybe REEMED!