Spitters on the commute...

[Moodyman]

I'm asthmatic so cough up lots of phlegm on the first steep incline. Rest of the commute is then getting the unsettled mucus out. spit it here, spit it there and sometimes on a taxi driver's car.

when arrive at work, I have clear passageways - lungs feel
like they've been serviced.

I make no apologies - better out than in...for me anyway.

 

[MisterStan]

Is it just me or do others stick some kitchen roll in their back pockets to cope with this and any other wiping tasks during a ride.

Or one of those little packs of tissues?

 

[y2blade]

Filthy ****s

 

[Cubist]

There is a condition something like exercise induced rhinitis that means some people need to utilise the time honoured cycling tradition of snot rockets. Doing it without checking behind you first though is just wrong.

I didn't realise that there was a condition for this. I do seem to create a lot of snot when I cycle, so I do have to spit and snot rocket frequently. I hate it

Neither did I, but I always buy gloves with snot wipes, and they get well used.

Shoulder check for people behind me? No need, they're all miles in front!!

 

[Leodis]

I always spit towards the path not the outside. I shoulder check for a nose clear though

 

[Hacienda71]

I tend to find a cleaner trajectory with a snot rocket by left nostril right side, right nostril left side and an underarm launch. Less chance of a self inflicted snotty shoulder interaction.

 

[Easytigers]

I really don't like spitting and the like but do when I get a fly in the mouth (or moth as the other night ). Also do the occasional snot rocket - again, I hate it but make sure that no one is around and I'm mainly on country lanes with no-one around

 

[vickster]

Has no one heard of tissues...my nose runs like a good un while riding but I rarely if ever need to spit

 

[winjim]

I never spit or snot. But I do sometimes go for a wee.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

I'm asthmatic so cough up lots of phlegm on the first steep incline. Rest of the commute is then getting the unsettled mucus out. spit it here, spit it there and sometimes on a taxi driver's car.

when arrive at work, I have clear passageways - lungs feel
like they've been serviced.

I make no apologies - better out than in...for me anyway.

Same here - as well as being a severe asthmatic I also have bronchiectasis which leads to an addition build up of mucus for which I have a nebuliser in the morning designed to cause me to cough the crap up out of my lungs. It is more often than not green and it is not pleasant to swallow, spitting it out is my only option and I would need masses of tissues to deal with it - I would rather make sure no-one else is around than go through an entire packet of tissue each and everyday...

 

[sheffgirl]

If I have to spit I try and aim for the gutter when no one is about. The otherdday I was riding with my mouth open and a large fly flew straight in and hit the back of my throat

 

[G3CWI]

I didn't realise that there was a condition for this.

There's a condition for everything these days.

 

[MisterStan]

Is it just me or do others stick some kitchen roll in their back pockets to cope with this and any other wiping tasks during a ride.

Or one of those little packs of tissues?

Has no one heard of tissues...my nose runs like a good un while riding but I rarely if ever need to spit

There's a TMN in there somewhere...

 

[raleighnut]

There's a TMN in there somewhere...

In a Tissue.

 

[thefollen]

In middle school (between ages 7 and 12) I recall we had spitting contests in the playground. The general winning technique was usually to purse the lips, roll the tongue roughly into a half pipe-ish shape and 'blow' sharply from the diaphragm. Matched with a decent spit consistency this would result in some decent distance!