Spitters on the commute...

[raleighnut]

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!

And a decent clip round the ear if caught by a teacher doing it.

 

[y2blade]

There is ZERO excuse for it. Disgusting

 

[cd365]

There is ZERO excuse for it. Disgusting

So I should cycle and stop every few hundred yards to blow my nose? The amount of tissue I would need to bring on a 50 miler would be huge!

 

[Hacienda71]

So I should cycle and stop every few hundred yards to blow my nose? The amount of tissue I would need to bring on a 50 miler would be huge!

You could invent a bar mounted bog roll holder for the purpose.

 

[robjh]

You could invent a bar mounted bog roll holder for the purpose.

A spitoon would be more effective and save the waste of huge amounts of tissue.

 

[raleighnut]

A spitoon would be more effective and save the waste of huge amounts of tissue.

Is that a TMN I see in the distance.

 

[byegad]

I need some lessons then , everything I jetison ends up on my cheeks arms or legs . Do Rapha make a handlebar mounted carbon spitoon lol?

Sadly no, but I use their Carbon Ash tray for this.

 

[MrGrumpy]

Might be just habit for me but I do end up with lots of snot when excersising hard, if I don`t get shot of it it will end up down my face. Not a good look neither Now if I was in the gym I doubt very much i would be jettising snot anywhere and more likely to blow into a tissue. Don`t do it when in company on the bike or I drift off to the back of the group and do it there. It is a filthy habit but in some cases you have no choice.

 

[Shut Up Legs]

There is ZERO excuse for it. Disgusting

No, as others have already mentioned, sometimes the buildup of mucus in the nose and fluid in the mouth, particularly on cold mornings, is such that you must expel it, because swallowing is just unhealthy. So long as you consider others when doing it, I see no problem with blowing my nose or spitting during a ride. I used to try using tissues, but found that on some rides, I'd be stopping every 10 minutes or less to use them, and used a lot of tissues, so it just wasn't practical.

 

[luckyfox]

Nasty!

 

[Headgardener]

I don't usually go fast enough to build up enough mucus for a cleaning session on the move and all my gloves have a wiping pad for any times that I do.