Bike Ettiquette

[milky4130]

I found this article on the Bicycling Website & at first found it disgusting but also remembering being covered in drips of snot in the last race & that there are some cyclists out there that need to read this, hence I thought sharing it on the HUB would be usefull to get the message widely spread, Enjoy.

Blow Your Nose On The Bike

3 tips to clearing your nose without smearing your face or your friends.

MID-PACK VOID
As long as you're on the left edge of the pack, and the group decorum allows it, signal with a left-pointing finger, then swing out of the paceline, blow to the left and resume your position.

BACK-OF-THE-PACK SHOOT
If you've just finished a pull and are drifting back, you can rocket your nasal passages abandon.

EVERYWHERE-ELSE BLOW
Rather than hurl snot over your shoulder, shoot it down between your bent arm and thigh. At speeds above 40kph, or on windy days when the discharge is more likely to kite and plaster the riders behind you, try slipping it between your pumping thigh and the top tube. You'll likely splatter your quad but, at least in terms of etiquette, better you than the rider behind you.

NOT THE FACE!
To avoid dribbling and smeers across the cheek, assume the position (above), block one nostril, ensure your hand is out of harm's way and give a mighty blow - shooting the offending muck as far away as possible. Repeat with the other nostril.

 

milky41302008-10-10 04:00:00

[KevinV]

It makes me  when people do it in front of me in a bunch!

[carlo_sg]

BWAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!

Just blow your nose before the start you bunch of trolls

[Johan Bornman]

Peleton slang for that is "shooting a snot rocket."

 

It is a great tactic of making life unpleasant for a wheelsucker that refuses to help share the work.

 

Another tactic is to squeeze your helmet against your forehead so that you are squeezing the sweat out of the pads and then you immediately shake your head. Wheelsuckers hate that too.

 

I'm afraid there is no place in this game for tissues and niceties. This is a bloodless bloodsport.

[dfm1]

No, No, No, in order to blow your nose, move to the fron of the bunch, lean slightly over and blow hard ensuring that the snot splatters all over the place, now lean over to da udder side to clear out da second nostrill, lean over and blow hard. If you had done dis right you should now have a 20 to 30 meter gap on de bunch, now attack, and attack hard, cause why everybody else is clearing your snot of their glasses and will need atleast 15 to 20 seconds to respond. now is your oppertunity to get away.

[jabbathemutt007]

 

No' date=' No, No, in order to blow your nose, move to the fron of the bunch, lean slightly over and blow hard ensuring that the snot splatters all over the place, now lean over to da udder side to clear out da second nostrill, lean over and blow hard. If you had done dis right you should now have a 20 to 30 meter gap on de bunch, now attack, and attack hard, cause why everybody else is clearing your snot of their glasses and will need atleast 15 to 20 seconds to respond. now is your oppertunity to get away. [/quote']

 

For added effect carboload with baked beans.

 

[Johan Bornman]

Moderatoooor!  

 

Please move this post to the Racing Tactics Forum. It has nothing to do with ettiquette. Ettiquette is about pointing out stones and coffee shops and helping girls fix punctures.

[Jackes]

Peleton slang for that is "shooting a snot rocket."

 

It is a great tactic of making life unpleasant for a wheelsucker that refuses to help share the work.

 

Another tactic is to squeeze your helmet against your forehead so that you are squeezing the sweat out of the pads and then you immediately shake your head. Wheelsuckers hate that too.

 

I'm afraid there is no place in this game for tissues and niceties. This is a bloodless bloodsport.

So I will be on track if taking a good dose of bean soup the night before ?

O you have to be able to hold onto a bunch for these tactics ?

[Hog_]

 

This is a bloodless bloodsport.

 

I dunno hey... sometimes the rocket isn't all yellow/green

 

 

 

[jamis1]

No' date=' No, No, in order to blow your nose, move to the fron of the bunch, lean slightly over and blow hard ensuring that the snot splatters all over the place, now lean over to da udder side to clear out da second nostrill, lean over and blow hard. If you had done dis right you should now have a 20 to 30 meter gap on de bunch, now attack, and attack hard, cause why everybody else is clearing your snot of their glasses and will need atleast 15 to 20 seconds to respond. now is your oppertunity to get away. [/quote']

For added effect carboload with baked beans.

 

On the positive side, if you can still feel the splatter you know you are still in the bunch.     

[Johan Bornman]

On the positive side' date=' if you can still feel the splatter you know you are still in the bunch.     

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Hmmm, maybe that's why someone here referred to me as a crusty old bastard.

[dfm1]

Moderatoooor!  

 

and helping girls fix punctures.

 

That actually depends on how she looks, the prettier she are the longer it can like to takes

[carlo_sg]

How did I know this thread was gonna get messy... LOL