TheSandwichMonster
Junior Senior
- Location
- Devon, UK
Used to smoke in my younger days, gave up maybe 7 or 8 years ago...
Saw a smoking roadie cyclist today and just wondered...who smokes?
- Thread starter TonyEnjoyD
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wiggydiggy
Guru
Irregular going on ex
Had some Cigars in Nov, then some in Feb. Have set challenge of making it to June without having any then it will be June > Nov. Once its one year in I'll say I'm an ex smoker.
To answer OP the other morning I passed a very fashionable gent, dressed nicely on a dutch/sit up bike who was tootling along with a rollie. Guessing he wasn't actually trying to impress anyone as it was on a main road rather than through town but still..... Oh and a fair few BSO riders with cigs but that seems to go hand in hand
Had some Cigars in Nov, then some in Feb. Have set challenge of making it to June without having any then it will be June > Nov. Once its one year in I'll say I'm an ex smoker.
To answer OP the other morning I passed a very fashionable gent, dressed nicely on a dutch/sit up bike who was tootling along with a rollie. Guessing he wasn't actually trying to impress anyone as it was on a main road rather than through town but still..... Oh and a fair few BSO riders with cigs but that seems to go hand in hand
jugglingphil
Senior Member
- Location
- Nottingham
another ex-smoker, gave up cigarettes almost 20 years ago, and the other about 5 years ago 
TheSandwichMonster
Junior Senior
- Location
- Devon, UK
Isn't there a well trotted-out photo knocking about of Cippolini smoking on his bike somewhere?
MickL
Über Member
- Location
- Dudley by the Castle...
Gave up 10yrs ago, best thing Ive did, has any one smelt smoke while cycling past some lights thats just gone green it honks !
TheSandwichMonster
Junior Senior
- Location
- Devon, UK
Ex smoker took best part of four years to get to the point where I think I am finally cured. Gave up for 2.5 years started again, stopped for a few months and started again so on and so on. Have not had a fag now since January 2011 but stopping this time is the only time I have been 110% certain I have quit.
There is a a guy at work who smokes on his way round a full iron man. He says that he enjoys the weird looks he gets when he crosses the line and sparks up!!!
Even when smoking I detested the smell of a cigarettes, I knew I stank as well and would never smoke indoors.
There is a a guy at work who smokes on his way round a full iron man. He says that he enjoys the weird looks he gets when he crosses the line and sparks up!!!
Even when smoking I detested the smell of a cigarettes, I knew I stank as well and would never smoke indoors.
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TonyEnjoyD
Guru
- Location
- Newcastle upon Tyne
Mental!Never mind, found it:
Smokin Joe
Legendary Member
- Location
- Bare headed cyclist, Smoker
Lifelong smoker here.
I did give up for a while when I was racing but went back again after about eighteen months. I found zero difference in performance either way, which probably explains why quite a few pro cyclists on the continent smoke. Eddy Merckx and Peter Post were smokers during their career along with the aforementioned Super Mario. Many six day riders of old used to smoke and I remember seeing one or two light up in the trackside cabins during the Skol Sixes at Wembly.
I did give up for a while when I was racing but went back again after about eighteen months. I found zero difference in performance either way, which probably explains why quite a few pro cyclists on the continent smoke. Eddy Merckx and Peter Post were smokers during their career along with the aforementioned Super Mario. Many six day riders of old used to smoke and I remember seeing one or two light up in the trackside cabins during the Skol Sixes at Wembly.
dan_bo
How much does it cost to Oldham?
One of life's simple pleasures- A sunny afternoon, a pint and a rollie.
It's shizzle otherwise though.
It's shizzle otherwise though.
simon.r
Person
- Location
- Nottingham
Not many of us on here is there?
I smoke roll-ups and think one of life's great pleasures is stopping to sit on a convenient way-side bench and sparking up, part way through a long ride.
I particularly enjoy the looks I get from lycra clad roadies as they ride past and realise I'm smoking
I smoke roll-ups and think one of life's great pleasures is stopping to sit on a convenient way-side bench and sparking up, part way through a long ride.
I particularly enjoy the looks I get from lycra clad roadies as they ride past and realise I'm smoking
Smokin Joe
Legendary Member
- Location
- Bare headed cyclist, Smoker
Try lighting up at the finish of a race for the funny looksNot many of us on here is there?
I smoke roll-ups and think one of life's great pleasures is stopping to sit on a convenient way-side bench and sparking up, part way through a long ride.
I particularly enjoy the looks I get from lycra clad roadies as they ride past and realise I'm smoking
172traindriver
Legendary Member
Heres a strange one........A couple of us did the Tour of Britain stage ride around Stoke on Trent in 2009 (1st year for Prostrate cancer charity). Anyway we hooked up with a lad that was local to the area and knew the roads and the hills that awaited us. We stopped at a couple of the feed stations before the sequence of big climbs and matey boy sparks up.
Off we go, hit the big climbs and thats the last we see of him, he's off and away into the distance.
Caught a glimpse of him in the distance back at the Britannia Stadium when I finished.
Wonder if he would have been even quicker if he didn't smoke????
Off we go, hit the big climbs and thats the last we see of him, he's off and away into the distance.
Caught a glimpse of him in the distance back at the Britannia Stadium when I finished.
Wonder if he would have been even quicker if he didn't smoke????
Hip Priest
Veteran
Smoking on a bicycle is cool.
Ignore the puritans.
Ignore the puritans.
