Smoking & riding at the same time
10-11-09 | 04:35 PM
#101
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10-11-09 | 05:02 PM
#102
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Now we know that the smokers are in NYC and at least one of them rides a bicycle!
10-11-09 | 05:18 PM
#104
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I think treespeed is the kid at school handing out oxycontin to his classmates telling them it is safe because it is medicine from a doctor.
10-11-09 | 05:33 PM
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10-11-09 | 08:02 PM
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20,679 physicians can't be wrong.
These doctors sound like the predecessors to the medical pharmies pushing the H1N1 vaccine today. Create mass hysteria, push a vaccine, make a buncha million bucks. Probably/maybe nobody gets hurt in between. Ya, life is good. Now, where's that cigar...
These doctors sound like the predecessors to the medical pharmies pushing the H1N1 vaccine today. Create mass hysteria, push a vaccine, make a buncha million bucks. Probably/maybe nobody gets hurt in between. Ya, life is good. Now, where's that cigar...
10-11-09 | 10:26 PM
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I always thought filters were made from fibreglass but apparently I've always been wrong. As an earlier poster said, they're cellulose acetate that can take a while to break down: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cigarette#Cigarette_litter
Cigarette filters are made from cellulose acetate and are biodegradable[38][39], however depending on environmental conditions they can be resistant to degradation. Accordingly, the duration of the degradation process is cited as taking as little as 1 month to 3 years[38] to as long as 10–15 years.[39]
This variance in rate and resistance to biodegradation in many conditions is a factor in littering[40] and environmental damage.[41] It is estimated that 4.5 trillion cigarette butts become litter every year.[39] In the 2006 International Coastal Cleanup, cigarettes and cigarette butts constituted 24.7% of the total collected pieces of garbage, over twice as many as any other category.[42]
Cigarette butts contain the chemicals filtered from cigarettes and can leach into waterways and water supplies.[43]
This variance in rate and resistance to biodegradation in many conditions is a factor in littering[40] and environmental damage.[41] It is estimated that 4.5 trillion cigarette butts become litter every year.[39] In the 2006 International Coastal Cleanup, cigarettes and cigarette butts constituted 24.7% of the total collected pieces of garbage, over twice as many as any other category.[42]
Cigarette butts contain the chemicals filtered from cigarettes and can leach into waterways and water supplies.[43]
10-12-09 | 07:25 AM
#109
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10-12-09 | 09:48 AM
#110
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10-12-09 | 09:50 AM
#111
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The city here will take my used bicycle tires and recycle them. They won't take automotive tires, but they do take bicycle tires.
Besides, automotive tires can be recycled - its just a little bit of a complex procedure, still much better then stockpiling them, or throwing them into landfills.
Besides, automotive tires can be recycled - its just a little bit of a complex procedure, still much better then stockpiling them, or throwing them into landfills.
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10-14-09 | 01:09 PM
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I see an older gentleman smoking his pipe while riding his bike on the River Road Bikepath (yes, he has a beard; no, he doesn't ride a recumbent. He's not wearing tweed, either.)
10-17-09 | 04:54 PM
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10-18-09 | 12:27 AM
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I ride at times while smoking. I usually enjoy a smoke after a nice long ride while drinking a beer, but then again I'm a smoker and a commuter and then some. I do enjoy the odd looks from people when i'm smoking and riding my bike or about to ride it, usually i figure their perception of a bicycle is that it is a toy or recreational equipment and not a tool/transportation.
10-18-09 | 07:18 AM
#116
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It`s tough to light a cigarette while riding because in order to ride no hands I have to be going fast enough for the wind to make lighting difficult. I just pull over or wait for a red light.
When I`m done with my smoke, the butt goes into my pocket until I pass a trash can- same thing that happens with all my cigarette butts. Since the last place I could smoke indoors went nonsmoking, the only place I ever use an ashtray is in my truck. For the guys who want to go neck punching, have at it. Smokers are already subject to enough harrasment without the litterbug aspect and the large numbers of our dwindling group who toss butts around aren`t helping anything.
Yes, cigarette smoke smells nasty to me and I`m a full scale smoker. It smells almost as bad as cigar smoke. Tough- a lot of things smell bad. Just don`t draft me (you`ll be late to work if you do, anyway).
For what it`s worth, I`ve tried nonsmoking for brief periods of time and it sucks. I don`t know what the rest of you see in it. Well, the prospect of saving five bucks a day sounds pretty good. Yeah, yeah- I know it`s bad for health. I don`t disagree, but nonsmoking just feels soooo bad I don`t want any part of it if I can help it.
When I`m done with my smoke, the butt goes into my pocket until I pass a trash can- same thing that happens with all my cigarette butts. Since the last place I could smoke indoors went nonsmoking, the only place I ever use an ashtray is in my truck. For the guys who want to go neck punching, have at it. Smokers are already subject to enough harrasment without the litterbug aspect and the large numbers of our dwindling group who toss butts around aren`t helping anything.
Yes, cigarette smoke smells nasty to me and I`m a full scale smoker. It smells almost as bad as cigar smoke. Tough- a lot of things smell bad. Just don`t draft me (you`ll be late to work if you do, anyway).
For what it`s worth, I`ve tried nonsmoking for brief periods of time and it sucks. I don`t know what the rest of you see in it. Well, the prospect of saving five bucks a day sounds pretty good. Yeah, yeah- I know it`s bad for health. I don`t disagree, but nonsmoking just feels soooo bad I don`t want any part of it if I can help it.
10-18-09 | 07:27 AM
#117
pedalphile
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10-18-09 | 07:29 AM
#118
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20,679 physicians can't be wrong.
These doctors sound like the predecessors to the medical pharmies pushing the H1N1 vaccine today. Create mass hysteria, push a vaccine, make a buncha million bucks. Probably/maybe nobody gets hurt in between. Ya, life is good. Now, where's that cigar...
These doctors sound like the predecessors to the medical pharmies pushing the H1N1 vaccine today. Create mass hysteria, push a vaccine, make a buncha million bucks. Probably/maybe nobody gets hurt in between. Ya, life is good. Now, where's that cigar...
Influenza is bad for you. Get vaccinated for seasonal and H1N1 this year.
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10-18-09 | 07:42 AM
#119
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getting runned over by a cage is bad for you. better ditch the bike.
i abhor smoking, but not as much as i abhor the anti smoking nazis.
if lighting up gives you pleasure, god on you. just please don't throw your butts on the ground.
i abhor smoking, but not as much as i abhor the anti smoking nazis.
if lighting up gives you pleasure, god on you. just please don't throw your butts on the ground.
10-18-09 | 08:07 AM
#120
I abhor those that abhor the anti smokers.
10-18-09 | 08:59 AM
#122
Nothing beats self abhorring.
