Road Cycling - Nose blowing techniques

I posted this on another forum with great results.

Some interesting techniques deployed, some very advanced manoevures as well.

Believe it or not - they can come in useful.

Give it your best snot... sorry shot.

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The old thread can be view here.
http://www.cyclingplus.co.uk/forum/topic.asp?ARCHIVE=true&TOPIC_ID=7576&SearchTerms=nose,blowing

Maybe I am uncoordinated or my hand-nose coordination is off, but I have never been able to perfect the "snot rocket" technique. I tend to...well, you get the picture.

I usually carry a few tissues with me, just in case.

I'm a big fan of the duck and blow sinced the over the shoulder usually ends up smeared all over the face and shoulder.

We should maybe have a related "spitting technique" thread.

I'm a big fan of the duck and blow sinced the over the shoulder usually ends up smeared all over the face and shoulder.

We should maybe have a related "spitting technique" thread.

Ah, spitting! Remeber the old Jim Croce song, "You don't spit into the wind....."?

Sadly, the neccesity of this thread is undeniable. Recently, I didn't want to use the aforementioned technique and promptly gagged and chucked on a kilometer climb in the cold. How embarrassing.

Next time I'm sick, it'll be because I pushed too hard.

You know you're good at it when you can rocket a load from the captain seat of a tandem without the stoker complaining.

May I recommend the 'Under Arm" method.
It may sound slightly unconventional at first,
but it really is the way forward.

The double snot rocket technique.

1.Check to make sure the coast is clear.

2.Take a deep inhale.

3.Pinch both nostrils.

4.Lean to the right.

5.Blow out as hard as you can.

7.Then let the double snot rocket fly.(It is truly amazing to see snot and slime flying in both directions. :D

you know, I have been doing the (single?) snot rocket technique for a while now, but today, I was running, and I did a snot rocket, and it came out bloody, and it was the start of a nose bleed. I think that perhaps i need to take it easy for a while. (do some cross training? hehe)

Wow.

Leg shaving and rocket snot. Cabin fever anyone?

Up here in the great white north we refer to the snot rocket as a "lumber jack". It is most definitely my preferred method of post nasal drip expulsion. A good pair of riding gloves with a large swath of terry cloth up the thumb and forefinger is helpful as well.

It doesnt work for me unless I use a tissue.
I keep one or two in my sock on my ride.