Smelly Club Riders
07-23-09, 08:49 AM
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My helmet reeks most of the time. I actually take it in the shower with me pretty regularly, but there's only so much you can do...
Fortunately here in FL I am not alone. Pretty much everyone reeks by the end of a hard ride.
Fortunately here in FL I am not alone. Pretty much everyone reeks by the end of a hard ride.
07-23-09, 09:51 AM
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07-23-09, 10:11 AM
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Sun tan lotion? Really? Honestly? That **** doesn't even smell bad, I always get stuck with that one stinky BO smelling person on group rides. It's always on the hard rides too where we're strung out and I can't move up. How is it I can go out and smell like a damn Abercrombie & Fitch on the hardest rides, and someone always has to smell like a diaper full of damn Indian food?
I hate this sport.
I hate this sport.
07-23-09, 10:43 AM
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I have the same thing. Lucky us.
My old boss was a massage therapist and she used to give me a massage after long rides. According to her I did not stink but smelled like the outdoors.
Making my massage therapist pass out would be a wonderful way to loose my discount.
My old boss was a massage therapist and she used to give me a massage after long rides. According to her I did not stink but smelled like the outdoors.
Making my massage therapist pass out would be a wonderful way to loose my discount.
07-23-09, 10:45 AM
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I have the same thing. Lucky us.
My old boss was a massage therapist and she used to give me a massage after long rides. According to her I did not stink but smelled like the outdoors.
Making my massage therapist pass out would be a wonderful way to loose my discount.
My old boss was a massage therapist and she used to give me a massage after long rides. According to her I did not stink but smelled like the outdoors.
Making my massage therapist pass out would be a wonderful way to loose my discount.
07-23-09, 10:58 AM
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07-23-09, 11:39 AM
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you're not complaining about body odor. you might consider telling those 2 individuals that their laundry detergent and suntan lotion have strong odors. those things are easy to change. if you were complaining about body odor that would be a delicate thing to address, but you know what? addressing it with them privately would be better than their being subjected to "avoidance" by their co-riders. I can see them becoming very uneasy from that kind of treatment, whereas, being told they need to shower before riding, etc would be much more humane. even if they quit the group from embarrassment - their next group would benefit from your honesty.
07-23-09, 12:04 PM
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07-23-09, 12:17 PM
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I wish... my most memorable Stinky Rider experience was several years ago when I was participating in a progressive training cycling skills class, where over the course of 12 weeks riders learned how to paceline safely, confidently, and correctly
...which meant no passing or dropping back!
If you got stuck anywhere behind Mr. Stinky (not just directly on his wheel but anywhere downwind) you were screwed...since not breathing during a club ride is pretty foolish.
This guy absolutely reeked of nasty eyelid-melting BO. We would have killed for some coconut oil!
...which meant no passing or dropping back!
If you got stuck anywhere behind Mr. Stinky (not just directly on his wheel but anywhere downwind) you were screwed...since not breathing during a club ride is pretty foolish.
This guy absolutely reeked of nasty eyelid-melting BO. We would have killed for some coconut oil!
07-23-09, 02:12 PM
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07-23-09, 02:13 PM
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07-23-09, 05:34 PM
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I unfortunately remember Smelly Cat from when it first aired. Hadn't seen it for a while.
07-23-09, 08:42 PM
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a certain racer got diahrea during a race and the peloton took turns squirting his arse with our bottles to keep the smell down.
nothing compares to that.
nothing compares to that.
07-23-09, 09:36 PM
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LOL at this. I could've sworn I saw on here a discussion about a lady who had heard about going to bathroom while on the bike and decided she'd try it for a change. Well, she didn't pee but crapped herself while riding and nobody wanted to ride behind her for the rest of the ride (and it was a 80-100 mile ride). I'd love of it somebody could point me back to that post, I need another chuckle on it. Wherever I read it they actually had a link back to I believe a California board where the woman posted her story herself and it was verified by other members of the board as being legitimate. I'm still laughing just thinking about that post!
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