Disregarding the concussion for the moment, has anyone here tried riding with a swelled-up, broken nose? Last time I broke my nose, I wasn't riding, but I distinctly remember how difficult it was to breathe through my nose for several days. We all do a lot of mouth-breathing (and knuckle-dragging
) on the bike, but to be strictly restricted to mouth-breathing for a competitive 7 or 8 hour ride sounds awful.
Here's hoping Horner recovers quickly, and gets into great form for the Vuelta. If he was in it, I would actually watch.