Do you spit while cycling (a no-smut thread) :-)

[PaulSecteur]

Usually I don't, but sometimes when the pollen is really high and Im really suffering with hayfever its the only way I can get it out fast enough.

 

[Herbie]

I mean spitting. While cycling. A cycling buddy a while ago pointed out that I do it a lot.
I've been conscious of it since. I did a 106-mile sportive on Saturday, and I have to admit, I was spitting a lot. I don't know why I do it. I do it when running too. I don't do it in normal everyday activities.

I do a bit of spitting occasionally but nose clearing is something i do more

 

[Accy cyclist]

Yes i empty my mouth and nose,it's what all people who exercise vigorously do. I also save the best spit/gob/snot bombs for those cars parked in a way that put cyclists and pedestrians.at risk of injury or serious inconvenience.

 

[slowmotion]

Yes i empty my mouth,it's what all people who exercise vigorously do. I also save the best spit/gob/snot bombs for those cars parked without concern for cyclists and pedestrians.

You were born with a stomach and the ability to swallow. Why spray your slime over all and sundry? Because professionals do it? Do you litter the roadside with gel bar wrappers too?

and breathe

 

[Accy cyclist]

You were born with a stomach and the ability to swallow. Why spray your slime over all and sundry? Because professionals do it? Do you litter the roadside with gel bar wrappers too?

and breathe

No i don't. Gel bar wrappers take years to break down,snot is washed away with the next rainfall.

 

[slowmotion]

No i don't. Gel bar wrappers take years to break down,snot is washed away with the next rainfall.

I'll have a crap in Kensington High Street on my way to work tomorrow. Rain's expected.

 

[Accy cyclist]

I'll have a crap in Kensington High Street on my way to work tomorrow. Rains expected.

If you think you can get away with it then go for it! Snot rockets are a little more discreet.

 

[slowmotion]

If you think you can get away with it then go for it! Snot rockets are a little more discreet.

I'm marginally smaller than the local police horses. I could be in with a chance.

 

[Accy cyclist]

I'm marginally smaller than the local police horses. I could be in with a chance.

That's another thing grrrr! People winging about a bit of snot on the road yet horse sh!t in cycle lanes is ok!

 

[slowmotion]

I don't grow roses. If I did, I would be pleased to recycle horse shoot onto the flower bed.
I really can't say the same about your mucus. I imagine it might slide off the side of my spade in an altogether gross fashion as I tried to recover it shortly after you swished by.

 

[buggi]

I have a theory on this. My brother has, in the recent past, worked for some time with spinal injuries. He mentioned during a conversation one day the life expectancy of someone who is paralysed from the neck down and when I asked why it was short he told me that one of the main reasons is that you cannot clear phlegm (and so germs) off your chest. Without realising it, natural movement (ie walking around) gets rid of phlegm of the chest (which is the bodies way of keeping lungs clean and healthy) but we don't notice it bcoz its subtle. When you lie in bed all day, this stays on your chest and so do germs and, long term, causes complications eg chest infections, bronchitis, pneumonia etc.
My theory is that if lying in bed does that, then exercise must do exactly the opposite... Produces and removes more phlegm.... Hence why cyclists are healthier and have less coughs and colds and less sick days. Bcoz the germs don't get chance to take hold. This theory is backed up by the fact that, without fail, if I'm off the bike for any reason, by the 3rd week, I get a bad chest infection... Every time!!

So... Keep calm and carry on snotting.

 

[Accy cyclist]

I don't grow roses. If I did, I would be pleased to recycle horse shoot onto the flower bed.
I really can't say the same about your mucus. I imagine it might slide off the side of my spade in an altogether gross fashion as I tried to recover it shortly after you swished by.

It seems odd people think that something that's fallen out of an horsehole is cleaner than something that's been projected from someone's mouth.

 

[slowmotion]

It seems odd people think that something that's fallen out of an horsehole is cleaner than something that's been projected from someone's mouth.

It's the 'projecting' that I have a problem with. I'm squeamish. Horses do it quietly, cyclists do it in a faintly triumphant manner. Horses don't know better. We should.

 

[DEFENDER01]

This could be heading towards the longest discussion on spitting.

 

[robjh]

Does anyone else call it flob?