Smoking & riding at the same time
10-08-09 | 05:13 PM
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When I smoked I smoked while riding. If you want to get a real reaction light up at the half way point in a half-marathon. Did that once when I used to run and the reaction from some of the other runners was that of wide eyed disbelief.
10-08-09 | 05:15 PM
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I always appreciate it when people do that. Some folks can smoke right next to you and you'd scarcely notice it, and others are noticeable across the room. I never did figure out how that can be, but when you point out to the annoying ones that they're spewing addictive carcinogens their argument about individual rights looks a lot less appealing.
10-08-09 | 05:48 PM
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10-08-09 | 06:01 PM
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...and everyone who has to deal with the butts that you litter all over the landscape. Who told smokers that this was okay, anyway? Every time I see a smoker just flick their butt on the ground like their mom was following behind them cleaning up, I want to punch them in the neck. I want to punch their mom in the neck too.
10-08-09 | 09:48 PM
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10-08-09 | 11:32 PM
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You should see the reactions from a cancer walk (fundraiser).
10-09-09 | 12:27 AM
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Time to fess up: I like to smoke my pipe while coasting downhill. My hometown is flat, so I have to wait for a trip to combine biking and smoking. In fact, once the moon rises, I might leave tonight.
10-09-09 | 07:12 AM
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10-09-09 | 08:45 AM
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You should see the reactions from a cancer walk (fundraiser).
If you are actually serious - please don't contribute to the gene pool.
10-09-09 | 09:42 AM
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Of course he's not serious, don't you read other threads? Look at his/her/it's post history.
10-09-09 | 09:45 AM
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nice to see all the "tolerant" anti-smoking fascists. As a former smoker, (free at last) i have noticed that the most virulent critics of "the filthy weed" are ex-smokers, not non-smokers. It's like they "got religion"! The only way that tobacco smoke from someone outdoors moving at good clip could bother anyone is if they were drafting. So don't draft the smoker. Geeze! In nj the state would go broke w/o cigarette tax revenue. The excise tax is over half the cost of a pack, upon which sales tax is then paid. Taxing taxes! In nj, they want smokers to buy cigarettes, just don't smoke 'em!
And smoking does not= littering. They are 2 separate acts. Let he who has never tossed a gum wrapper cast the first stone.
And smoking does not= littering. They are 2 separate acts. Let he who has never tossed a gum wrapper cast the first stone.
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10-09-09 | 11:34 AM
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My grandfather used to smoke while riding his bike. Lavallette, NJ is dead flat north to south, and maybe a 30' rise from west to east. He'd ride his Schwinn Heavy-Duty up to the boardwalk from his house 3 blocks away, then ride the 5 mile length of the boardwalk from end to end. The whole time, he'd have a Lucky non-filter lit up.
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10-09-09 | 12:06 PM
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I used to do it a lot when I smoked. Yeah, you gotta cup the smoke to keep it from going out. I even thought about getting a bar mounted ashtray, as I was always jamming butts in nooks on my bike - behind bottle cages, shifters, seatclamp bolts, between the double top tube and the tank on my cruiser, you name it.
10-09-09 | 01:00 PM
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I think a pipe would be more in line with the BF caricature of a 'bent.
10-09-09 | 01:18 PM
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I smoke regularly, but have never done so on a bicycle. I am too lazy to go through the hassle of taking a cigarette out, putting it back in my pocket, find my lighter, etc.
But a recumbent looks like the perfect vehicle to ride while smoking. I've never seen one in person. How does it ride? Is the balancing similar to riding a normal upright bicycle? Can you ride a recumbent safely (being in control) at a slow 3 - 5mph pace (like a regular bicycle)? If so, it would make a wonderful leisurely morning coffee/cigarette ride!
But a recumbent looks like the perfect vehicle to ride while smoking. I've never seen one in person. How does it ride? Is the balancing similar to riding a normal upright bicycle? Can you ride a recumbent safely (being in control) at a slow 3 - 5mph pace (like a regular bicycle)? If so, it would make a wonderful leisurely morning coffee/cigarette ride!
10-09-09 | 01:51 PM
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I smoke regularly, but have never done so on a bicycle. I am too lazy to go through the hassle of taking a cigarette out, putting it back in my pocket, find my lighter, etc.
But a recumbent looks like the perfect vehicle to ride while smoking. I've never seen one in person. How does it ride? Is the balancing similar to riding a normal upright bicycle? Can you ride a recumbent safely (being in control) at a slow 3 - 5mph pace (like a regular bicycle)? If so, it would make a wonderful leisurely morning coffee/cigarette ride!
But a recumbent looks like the perfect vehicle to ride while smoking. I've never seen one in person. How does it ride? Is the balancing similar to riding a normal upright bicycle? Can you ride a recumbent safely (being in control) at a slow 3 - 5mph pace (like a regular bicycle)? If so, it would make a wonderful leisurely morning coffee/cigarette ride!
10-09-09 | 01:55 PM
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Cigarette smoke annoys me pretty bad wherever and whenever I encounter it. But for some reason, pipe tobacco smoke actually appeals to me. I find it sweet smelling. Why is this? Aren't they made from the same stuff, tobacco leaves?
10-09-09 | 02:08 PM
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Pipe tobacco and cigar tobacco smell good because they are simply cut and cured leaves. Some pipe tobaccos have aromatic oils and other fine smelling additives. Still basically real tobacco leaves. Cigarettes are a different type of tobacco and are processed differently and much more intensely. They are also full of other junk i.e. chemicals, paper, etc.
10-09-09 | 02:27 PM
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Pipe tobacco and cigar tobacco smell good because they are simply cut and cured leaves. Some pipe tobaccos have aromatic oils and other fine smelling additives. Still basically real tobacco leaves. Cigarettes are a different type of tobacco and are processed differently and much more intensely. They are also full of other junk i.e. chemicals, paper, etc.