Running Nose Poll
 

As the election polls close in the USA, runny nose season begins in earnest! I'd like to ask how you riders handle the drip?I carry a handkerchief (snot rag) mostly because I can't do a good air shot (snot rocket) How do you all take care of this problem.
Is it really a problem if you ride solo where no one knows your name?
Thanks and Cheers!

gm

Never been an issue for me.

My problem is usually the opposite -- painful congestion rather than dripping or running. I take way too much Sudafed but nothing else works. I also use Flonase, saline irrigation, generic Zyrtec, etc., as well as an asthma inhaler, but only real pseudoephedrine relieves the painful congestion.

I have to spit a lot from coughing during asthma attacks. I try to wait until I'm not around anyone. Pretty easy on my rural rides, and much of the MUP. I don't worry about it as much when riding in traffic. If it gets a driver's attention away from their phones that's usually a good thing.

Ima let y'all sort that out, all I know is if your nose runs and your feet smell ,then you're built upside down,,,,,

I can not do the snot rocket either. On two of my bikes I keep a a small snot rag in a pouch on the top of my top tube by the head tube. On my old road bike I keep it in a small frame bag that straps in where the top tube meets the seat tube.

I also started wearing cheap cotton work gloves from the dollar store. I cut the fingers off for warm weather, and buy big stretchy ones to go over my cold weather gloves. This turns every glove into a full nose wiper.

I am sorry, canklecat, that you have the opposite problem. I suffer your symptoms when I don't ride, and that is one of the motivations for me to bike commute to work.

Since I mostly ride alone I can fire a snot rocket like it came out of a launch tube. Yes I do look around so I don't nail anyone else.

Yep it's a problem with me alright, drives me crazy! I always stuff 5-6 kleenex tissues in my pocket before the ride (typically 45 miles). Sometimes they arent enough and I have to add some crumpled up TP balls I get at a bathroom along the way. It's a particular PITA when I've got heavy winter cycling gloves on. :bang:

I bring a pocket size kleenex packet with me. Sure, i could do a snot rocket...but if i can have a tissue, thats my first choice.
When i was driving home the other day down the road with the MUP along side it, i saw a cyclist do a huge snot rocket...I'd hate to accidently ride over that lol, but i get it...

That's why they put the terry cloth patch on gloves. Use it.

Tissues stuffed into pocket before riding, alternate between nose-wiper, uh, I mean glove, and tissues.

A couple of years ago I almost tore my nose to shreds when I went to wipe my nose with my gloves on. I hadn't notice when I bought them that they had tiny rubber squeegees sewn into the sides of the pointer fingers. I'd bought them in a ski shop and the squeegees were most likely for wiping goggles. OUCH!!!! Now when I buy a pair of cycling gloves I always give them the (clean) nose-wipe test.

That is what the soft part of cycling gloves by the thumb is for.

I don't have a snot problem any more, since I gave up overly processed foods, dairy, flours, white sugar, and such. No more hayfever in the springtime, either. Come to think of it, I can't even remember the last time I had a cold.

I get really tired of having a runny nose until April. It usually isn't too bad for me, just really tiresome. I know someone that wears a handkerchief on his wrist, but I think that's for sweat.

I had a bad cold when I rode a long ride this year. The snot was so bad I finally started wearing a knee warmer on my wrist. It barely worked. That was probably a ride I shouldn't have gone on though, it was so warm at 4 in the morning I was soaked in sweat. Really miserable.

Snot rockets and the back of the glove thumb, designed specifically for wiping on most athletic gloves. Wash the gloves weekly...um, if I remember, which I usually do.

I use snot rockets for propulsion!

suck it up, spit it out..

just let it drip til the end of the commute...? mmm...tasty :p

And wear glasses so your eyes and nose doesn't run.

Congratulations! I would like to eat that healthy but am too lazy for the most part.

There is an individual in my team car whose only job is to wipe my nose.

Froomey? That you?

I blow into my hand, sling off the bulk, and wipe my hand on my butt. (my riding togs, not my naked butt*). I've I've remembered to put a microfiber towel (face-washing size) in my shirt back pocket, I used that.

I wash my stuff after every ride (and air dry it all to minimize wear). Wipe my handlebars off frequently with a wet towel, and let dry.

*Philly has a Naked Bike Ride. I don't know if I've ever heard of a bicycling concept that appeals less to me. Uncomfortable, and there'd be no spandex to wipe my hand on. Yuck!

I have this problem regardless of temperature. After about 50 miles or 4 hours it starts to develop. Sometimes I have a paper towel or bandana on hand, but if I don't I look for nearest big leaf and blow my nose on that, and then wipe my hands off with another leaf.

Soft paper towel (Bounty) stowed in jersey pocket. Fresh one for every ride.


Blowing loogies or rockets (air hankies) seems a bit uncivilized, no matter what you call it.

Snot rocket if I'm alone. Ditto if with others who are not bothered by that. If not sure, back of glove.