Snot

[deliquium]

Have just done a quick and brief search of the forum re this subject.

However, my problem is all year round regardless of temperature - it might? even be worse when warm - today was particularly bad and provoked this query.

I don't suffer from hay fever. I always wear eye protection (to prevent runny eyes, but insects mainly).

I'm fit (10,000 miles average a year, cycle daily) and hover around 10st - whether that's at all relevant I don't know.

I regularly pluck excess nasal hairs (vanity mainly).

I've noticed fellow cyclists who are more hirsute up there, don't have the same problem.

I'm 62 years old and have always suffered from this annoyance - but think it might be getting worse

Also constant phlegm is spoiling my daily cycling too

Any thoughts or advice most welcome.

[landsurfer]

Try dehydrating yourself ... that will cut down on the phlegm / snot .....
Lol
I produce huge quantities of sweat ... i just deal with it and shower after rides, and climbing ... oh yea, and just about any activity.
Except 1 ... which is strange, but good she says.
Someone with medical no-how must know what the relationship is between age, snot and hydration i expect.
Don't get nasal hair ,,, really, i don't get it ...

[NUKe]

I suffer from snot,as well in the winter when its cold and in the summer, I always put it down to mild hay fever.the phlegm could point to something else,or the same

[Paulatic]

We've all got it, learn how to get rid of it like a Pro.
https://youtu.be/58hBIWUIvEA

[Mistik-ka]

The solution for me has been a pair of wrap-around cycling glasses that eliminate eye-watering.

[deliquium]

The solution for me has been a pair of wrap-around cycling glasses that eliminate eye-watering.

I wear them - zero effect on the 'problem' for me. I've experimented with and without.

We're all weird

Which makes life so interesting

[millimole]

The solution for me has been a pair of wrap-around cycling glasses that eliminate eye-watering.

That was the cure for me too


I'm a trendy consumer. Just look at my iPad using hovercraft full of eels.

[Mick F]

Snot?
I've suffered from it all my cycling years, and it's no worse nowadays since I've become AU in the past couple of years.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alopecia_universalis
I have not a single hair on the whole of my body. Not a single one anywhere.
No nasal hair of course.

Even when I did have hair ............ and lots of it ............... I was snotty when riding.
I still am now, so it's nothing to to do with nasal hair I assure you, except it runs a bit more freely as there's nothing to catch it.

[yostumpy]

yes but WHAT to do with the snot, .........hanky or 1 fingered trumpet, after checking over your shoulder of course. ?

[Mick F]

My mitts have a nice soft area for wiping, and The One Finger Trumpet works well too.
Just check that there's no-one behind.

[eileithyia]

My mitts have a nice soft area for wiping, and The One Finger Trumpet works well too.
Just check that there's no-one behind.

I'm with Mick on this......
any sport that is outside tends to generate snot.... I believe it is partly due to the fact we breathe deeper during exercise..... so bring up snot from deeper down in the lungs.

[DaveP]

yes but WHAT to do with the snot, .........hanky or 1 fingered trumpet, after checking over your shoulder of course. ?

Bit of a puzzle really - there's nothing in the rules about it
( http://www.velominati.com/the-rules/ )

[yostumpy]

apparently the word SNOT comes from


old english.. gesnot

middle english.....snotte

[DaveP]

A fine Olde Englishe tradition then! No rules required...

[EddyP]

Sadly I too have this same problem and I am only 29 - these days I just tend to try and live with it.