Road Cycling - Diesel Fumes

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MtnMan

08-23-04, 09:09 PM

Hey all,
A quick question for you seasoned cyclists. Everytime a diesel powered vehicle passes me and I get a few good lung fulls of it's exhaust, I go into wheeze mode and lose about half of my lung capacity. Does this happen to everyone, or have I developed an allergy?

tia

travis200

08-23-04, 10:14 PM

I actually like the smell of diesel fumes but I might just be wierd...

temp1

08-23-04, 10:50 PM

Breathing Diesel is like smoking a cigg on my bike, the particles in Diesel exhaust are relatively large, and they cause cancer more than good old gas exhaust, a main reason its not a mainstream alternative to gas. Having said that there is no alternative to a turbo diesel for fuel economy and insane amounts of power, go test drive a Dodge P/U with a Cummings engine to verify.

531Aussie

08-23-04, 10:51 PM

I'd be more concerned with the chronic effects rather that the acute:
http://www.politeo.net/harbor/SoSn200104-mates2.html