The rain tastes odd...

[PrettyboyTim]

So I probably had my wettest ever ride home tonight. It was quite enjoyable but I couldn't help thinking that the rain tasted a bit odd.

"Hmm. Sweat." I thought.

"No.... that can't be it... I've only be riding a few minutes and I've not had time to get hot yet..."

Then it came to me.

My helmet. My helmet with the foam inserts. The foam inserts that had been soaking up my sweat for the last six months had now decided to loose their delicious bounty in rivulets down my face and into my mouth.

I decided not to let the rain in my mouth after that...

 

[longers]

and again.


Wash your helmet!

 

[BentMikey]

DirtyboyTim!!!

Wash that helmet, take it in the shower with you when you get home innit!

 

[PrettyboyTim]

Never really occurred to me to wash it. It never really became odiferous or anything, unlike my cycling gloves, which I have to wash fairly regularly or they'll begin to get stinky.

 

[ianrauk]

yeuuch... happened to me to..

And yep, the gloves need to be washed on a regular basis

 

[Bollo]

No need for an electrolyte replacement drink then.

 

[fossyant]

Grim.....

I hate it when the sweat from the ride starts dripping into your eyes due to the rain - doesn't half sting....

 

[PrettyboyTim]

Grim.....

I hate it when the sweat from the ride starts dripping into your eyes due to the rain - doesn't half sting....

That's interesting - that's not something I've ever experienced.

 

[Dayvo]

and again.


Wash your helmet!

Poor you! I don't even want to try and imagine what that tasted like !

Too late - pass me the bleach!

 

[Jake]

Hmm Friday was just the worst! Thought i was going to drown, has to keep spitting out water. Yeah your right about the padding, i noticed this aweful dead smell after those few days of summer we had. I could not work out what had died, then i sniffed my helmet, and GROSS. Never smelt anything like it. so yeah you can take htem out and wash them.

 

[yenrod]

So I probably had my wettest ever ride home tonight. It was quite enjoyable but I couldn't help thinking that the rain tasted a bit odd.

"Hmm. Sweat." I thought.

"No.... that can't be it... I've only be riding a few minutes and I've not had time to get hot yet..."

Then it came to me.

My helmet. My helmet with the foam inserts. The foam inserts that had been soaking up my sweat for the last six months had now decided to loose their delicious bounty in rivulets down my face and into my mouth.

I decided not to let the rain in my mouth after that...

You mean you don't wash your helmet !

 

[ChrisKH]

Saturday I took my eldest for his Bikeability training being held at a local school. Instructor kept making a point of saying my son had the most expensive bike and no one should bash into it. Anyway, half-way through the three hour session I needed the little boys room really badly (as you do) and rushed off in search of a convenience. Eventually found one in the usual state (no soap, no locks, no seats, etc.) and had to keep the door shut with something so rammed my cycle helmet under the door to keep it wedged shut. Suitably relieved I returned to the fray but I all I could smell was something "toilety" and realised it was my helmet............. Cue dry retching and OCD helmet washing.

 

[bryce]

loose their delicious bounty in rivulets down my face and into my mouth.

Classic sentence, made me laugh

I've had that before, it tastes quite salty (not unpleasant) and leaves a white powdery trail on my temples. Perhaps worth scraping some off into a bowl of chips to see how it tastes?