Exercise Induced Rhinitis

[Arsen Gere]

I suffer from this too and use the snot rocket solution. One side suffers more than the other due to a bent septum from where I stopped my bike with my face on the road.
More seriously though. I wondered how much this contributes to dehydration and fluid loss ?

 

[vickster]

You would rather spew snot everywhere than slow down, ugh ...most unhygienic. I stop, blow nose. pocket the tissues and then bin asap.

Spitting etc contributes to the spread of TB, let alone dehydration!

 

[fenlandpsychocyclist]

Strong coffee can relieve a runny nose (briefly) in some people.
I suffer from cold weather "duffy-dose" and find loratodine hayfever/allergy tablets stop it ... if i can be bothered to take one.

I'm a snot-rocket man most of the time.

 

[col]

I get it with the mildest of curries too.

 

[cd365]

Resurrection of an old thread.

@Hacienda71 mentioned this in this thread http://www.cyclechat.net/threads/spitters-on-the-commute.165681/#post-3293407 and a search for it with cycling in Google came up with this as the top result.

Has anyone found a solution to this or do you just put up with it? I can see that some people on this thread think snot-rockets are disgusting but if I didn't I would need a bag of tissues and have to stop every mile (or less sometimes).