Spitting.

[mudsticks]

I can't swallow all my saliva, due to me having only half a neck,half a tongue and that dangly thing missing at the back of the throat. Spitting into a paper hanky is difficult when going downhill at 40mph!

Oh, OK, you're excused on account of extraordinary, physical circumstances.

Just make sure you're well out of the way of others, when you 'perform' OK??

I used to go down hills very fast too.

My knees have since asked me to slow up a bit, on account of not liking storing that much gravel subcutaneously.

 

[Levo-Lon]

Fookin hell.. I love cc

 

[mudsticks]

The swallowing thing is religious and is worst during Ramadan, so I'm told.

Well I never knew that..

I don't ever recall seeing the ladies doing it though.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Oh, OK, you're excused on account of extraordinary, physical circumstances.

Just make sure you're well out of the way of others, when you 'perform' OK??

I used to go down hills very fast too.

My knees have since asked me to slow up a bit, on account of not liking storing that much gravel subcutaneously.

When out with the local cycling club i was asked to shout 'Snot on the way'! to warn other riders either behind,or at the side of me to keep well back. I gave them a 5 second warning then discharged my missile!

 

[Globalti]

If I'm going to do that I'll drop to the back or do it well off to the side away from other cyclists.

 

[MontyVeda]

...

Swallowing saliva harmful??

Never have I heard such tosh
(outside of a Trump speech)

I think the word you're looking for is phlegm.

It's healthier to get it out than keep it in, especially if you have a cold or such like.

 

[neil_merseyside]

I think the word you're looking for is phlegm.

It's healthier to get it out than keep it in, especially if you have a cold or such like.

Nope, stomach acids will deal with it, you probably swallow 80% of your output but just don't realise.

 

[Accy cyclist]

If I'm going to do that I'll drop to the back

I didn't have to drop to the back as i spent most of my time there anyway!

 

[Globalti]

I guess that producing phlegm during exercise is probably a sign that the lungs are self-cleansing correctly?

 

[MontyVeda]

Nope, stomach acids will deal with it, you probably swallow 80% of your output but just don't realise.

not according to radio4's inside health a few weeks ago.

 

[mudsticks]

When out with the local cycling club i was asked to shout 'Snot on the way'! to warn other riders either behind,or at the side of me to keep well back. I gave them a 5 second warning then discharged my missile!

Yuk, I'm outta here, even thinking about it, makes me start to heave

I've never been inclined to join a cycling club anyhows, but you've just revalidated that decision

 

[Slick]

Round here people spit because they think they shouldn't swallow their own saliva. Staff at the town's technical college are really sick of it.

I work in a college, and was actually ashamed the first time I had to put up signs asking learners not to spit.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Yuk, I'm outta here, even thinking about it, makes me start to heave

I've never been inclined to join a cycling club anyhows, but you've just revalidated that decision

Then there's the farting rider in front of you, who you have to consider! 💩

 

[Guzzi]

I think the word you're looking for is phlegm.

It's healthier to get it out than keep it in, especially if you have a cold or such like.

Healthier for Who? You or others?

 

[MarkF]

"It's cultural innit" that's what the spitters say to security outside the hospital or outside MrsF 's college. To be fair, it is, although it's surprising it is still so prevalent in 2020. It's entirely normal to some and not intended to cause offence.