Riding the State Route
03-31-07, 10:12 PM
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Riding the State Route
is it just me or should we have our own thoroughfares?
I was riding Crain HWY/Route 301 to Bowie Town Center in Bowie and I almost choked to death.
Is smog an issue all of you deal with? Do they have little oxygen masks we can buy?
I was riding Crain HWY/Route 301 to Bowie Town Center in Bowie and I almost choked to death.
Is smog an issue all of you deal with? Do they have little oxygen masks we can buy?
04-01-07, 07:17 PM
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In the first interview of the documentary film "Return of the Scorcher" by Ted White, two Hollywood cyclists are shown wearing breathing masks. So I guess they do exist. It's a great film by the way. It's all about bicycles and culture in all different parts of the world.
04-01-07, 08:23 PM
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Automobile exhaust, tire dust, photochemical smog, etc. is a huge concern to many of us. Fortunately, in California, automotive emission controls are one of the greatest technological success stories of the last part of the 20th Century. Now if we could only get similarly stringent controls applied to diesels and 2-stroke gas engines. (Regulations are coming, but only very slowly, due to lobbying by Briggs & Stratton, et al.)
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"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." --Theodore Roosevelt
Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
04-01-07, 10:25 PM
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Originally Posted by John E
Automobile exhaust, tire dust, photochemical smog, etc. is a huge concern to many of us. Fortunately, in California, automotive emission controls are one of the greatest technological success stories of the last part of the 20th Century. Now if we could only get similarly stringent controls applied to diesels and 2-stroke gas engines. (Regulations are coming, but only very slowly, due to lobbying by Briggs & Stratton, et al.)
04-02-07, 12:22 AM
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......when capitalists discovered they could 'lobby' politicians and throw money, gifts, and assorted graft their way.
04-02-07, 12:29 PM
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......when capitalists discovered they could 'lobby' politicians and throw money, gifts, and assorted graft their way.
04-02-07, 02:28 PM
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Man all these companies complain about their profits getting cut. But since WHEN in capitalism was it the government or anyone else's job to maintain your profits? That takes the risk out of business.
04-02-07, 03:40 PM
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When I was in Hanoi, where the traffic is all motorbikes and pedal bikes, i.e. no climate control, everyone wore a facemask.
I remember reading a short piece in a cycling book about whether the negative health impact of breathing in all that smog while biking offsets the positive exercise health impact. On the other hand, the analysis here https://opim.wharton.upenn.edu/~ulric...viro-jul06.pdf seems not to credit the negative health impacts.
I remember reading a short piece in a cycling book about whether the negative health impact of breathing in all that smog while biking offsets the positive exercise health impact. On the other hand, the analysis here https://opim.wharton.upenn.edu/~ulric...viro-jul06.pdf seems not to credit the negative health impacts.
04-02-07, 11:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Chinasaur
When I was in Hanoi, where the traffic is all motorbikes and pedal bikes, i.e. no climate control, everyone wore a facemask.
I remember reading a short piece in a cycling book about whether the negative health impact of breathing in all that smog while biking offsets the positive exercise health impact. On the other hand, the analysis here https://opim.wharton.upenn.edu/~ulrich/documents/ulrich-cycling-enviro-jul06.pdf seems not to credit the negative health impacts.
I remember reading a short piece in a cycling book about whether the negative health impact of breathing in all that smog while biking offsets the positive exercise health impact. On the other hand, the analysis here https://opim.wharton.upenn.edu/~ulrich/documents/ulrich-cycling-enviro-jul06.pdf seems not to credit the negative health impacts.
these look pretty cool but I cant understand the pricing.
https://www.takeavir.com/
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04-03-07, 07:28 PM
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Originally Posted by WishYouWasMe
where do I get these masks from is what I want to know. My nostrils were burning...for the most part I'll just try and stay off the busy roads though
these look pretty cool but I cant understand the pricing.
https://www.takeavir.com/
these look pretty cool but I cant understand the pricing.
https://www.takeavir.com/
04-03-07, 08:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Dchiefransom
They were most likely wearing the cheap fiber ones you can buy at most hardware stores.
04-03-07, 09:52 PM
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Yes, you can buy oxygen masks, and powered air filter devices. Better to move. I lived in Denver and So Cal when there were days too foul to ride. Now, the only bad days where I am are during the grape harvest when this county stinks of wine and yeast.
