Gentlemen, please!!!!
- Thread starter Becs
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OP
OP
Becs
Veteran
- Location
- Old Hatfield (it's nice honest!)
nothing against people doing it - just not without looking, especially when there is a head wind!
Gentlemen don't use tissues, they use proper cotton handkerchiefs!
I do actually carry a hanky with me.... but a bit of a bind trying to use whilst rlj'ing and cutting up cars.
Davidc
Guru
- Location
- Somerset UK
The only post giving an acceptable reason for doing it.
I always have a handky tucked in to my clothes ready for action. No need to stop, no need to do a snot rocket or to spit.
Becs, your complaint is fully justified.
calibanzwei
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Warrington
This.
In hayfever season, you might as well walk for all the distance you'd get if you stopped every time to blow.
Peowpeowpeowlasers
Well-Known Member
My minimum daily ride is 23 miles, in moderate weather I must blow each nostril out a dozen times. There's nothing wrong in doing it, you might as well complain about being sweaty.
Electric_Andy
Heavy Metal Fan
- Location
- Plymouth
SOmetimes it's runny and you have to hock it back, then spit it out. On the rare occasion that I have done this, I've spat downward where the only thing at risk of getting dirty is my own knee.
GrasB
Veteran
- Location
- Nr Cambridge
Two requirements for my gloves, that's summer & winter gloves, is that they have a 'wipe' patch on them & they can stand to being washed regularly. The problem with using the glove wipe area is really by the end of day 2 they're getting a big minging. This results in me having 2 or 3 pairs of every type of cycling glove I own 
as for the OP, you should have wiped the reside off your clothes & slapped him with the resulting mess!
as for the OP, you should have wiped the reside off your clothes & slapped him with the resulting mess!
Melonfish
Evil Genius in training.
- Location
- Warrington, UK
snot rockets in flight, cyclists delight!
cyberknight
As long as I breathe, I attack.
- Location
- Land of confusion
+1
the other rider was a turnip , i would tell the other riders about his behaviour and let the other riders berate hime and show their feeling when he needs a wheel to follow and they just drop him .
TonyEnjoyD
Guru
- Location
- Newcastle upon Tyne
Becs, please, "ladies" can be as gross.. . . . if you have to clear your nose while cycling, FFS look behind you first!
Got a face full of someone else's snot today and had 5 miles until I could shower! Gross!!!
When I voiced my displeasure he just said "whoops, didn't think you'd be able to keep up with me" . . . . . . . . . don't underestimate comfortably-built ladies on steel tourers, or folding bikes for that matter, some of us are faster than we look!
Last year doing the Northern Rock Cyclone at about 50 miles I dropped in behind a lady rider, not drafting, just enjoying the view when about a mile down the road she lifted her butt slightly and let rip something that would have made Black Beauty proud!
Needless to say I pulled past her at that point and she had a huge grin on her face as I passed.
OP
OP
Becs
Veteran
- Location
- Old Hatfield (it's nice honest!)
I'm assuming nothing got stuck to your face though . . . .
TonyEnjoyD
Guru
- Location
- Newcastle upon Tyne
Nope
No, but little tiny poo particles had already made their way into his sinus'...
