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Old 06-13-05 | 02:16 PM
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Originally Posted by darkmother
Any idea if those things actually do anything? I can imagine it would be really uncomfortable, like wearing one of those hospital masks everyone had when all that SARS BS was floating around. Plus, it has to be hard to breathe through, right?
Rather than post a lot of info here, I'll refer to other threads on the topic.

http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=73048
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=38368

I'll probably only use it for select parts of the ride. Part of the factor for me, despite luvin' my lungs is that filters should be replaced, on average, every 69 hours or so. Could get a little pricey. Or 6 months with the bandit model which is cheaper...
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