smoking before rides.
05-23-09 | 05:01 PM
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05-23-09 | 05:10 PM
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What's really funny is many of those hipsters are ultra-left-anti-corporate-activist types who will boycott corporations with glee but who have no problem giving Philip Morris $5 a pack. 
05-23-09 | 06:06 PM
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What is up with the girls pegged jeans? I mean, what's up with dudes wearing them? Man, I am so out of style.
When I first started riding again last yr, I came across I a guy I will never forget . A guy was sitting in front of Starbucks with his buddy. He had a brand new Pinny Prince with Record and a full Assos kit toking on a cig. I guess it's not just the fixie kids.
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05-23-09 | 08:26 PM
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They are doing resistance training for their lungs ..... It's best to smoke before and during training rides. Then don't smoke on race day and you'll feel much faster !
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05-23-09 | 08:29 PM
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Like botto, there are times when I miss my smoky treats.
But after 23 years as an ex-smoker, not too much. But still. You'd think that cigarettes would never smell good to me.
Sigh.
But after 23 years as an ex-smoker, not too much. But still. You'd think that cigarettes would never smell good to me.
Sigh.
05-23-09 | 08:36 PM
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10 years since I quit and it's one of the best things I've done. What I find the most shocking is how I could have smoked to begin with since it's essentially declaring war on your lungs.
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05-23-09 | 08:40 PM
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21 years this august since I quit - and they still smell good to me, too.
05-23-09 | 08:46 PM
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i dont smoke and never have but i love the smell of parliaments for some reason.
05-23-09 | 08:53 PM
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I'm close but backwards...35yrs smoking and 2 not now and I did 50 miles last Sunday. It feels a lot better. Chantix it's my drug of choice
05-23-09 | 10:33 PM
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I used to light up before and after rides, even when I was racing. It wasn't part of my "training regime" but I felt invincible when I was a kid.
25+ years smoking, 2+ years not smoking.
I may feel better but I still miss the smokes sometimes. I found smoking very enjoyable.
25+ years smoking, 2+ years not smoking.
I may feel better but I still miss the smokes sometimes. I found smoking very enjoyable.
Last edited by rollin; 05-23-09 at 10:37 PM.
