 Your nose runs like a tap in the winter as soon as you get on your bike??
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 cold & wind? grim but true - i've learnt the art of snotting while riding. still a bit of a spray rather than solid but im still learning ;p
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 Ads, how do you do that?!! I would just end up snotting all over myself! Roadies are really good at it, I always worry that the wind will be blowing the wrong way one day though and it will blow into me!
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 It's all in the technique Claire. Although when it goes wrong, you know about it...
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I will ask my roadie friend to teach me.
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Hold one side of the nostril and blow out the other. Just turn your head slightly as you do it. Practice makes perfect 
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yep bikescooby is a wise woman. i also use the hold one nostril and blow facing the other way technique.... i have unfort had bad results using this in the wind though. (yark!) the expert roadies can do pure solids that can take out flies mid flight i hear. 
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ha ha great replies on how to get rid of it, that i am very good at...I just wish it wouldn't happen in the first place!
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You have to blow rather than wipe otherwise you look like Rudolf by the end of the ride - or is that just me?
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surely the consistency isn't down to whether you're a roadie or not but the contents of your nose though Ads!?! Maybe they just have faster snot expelling velocity due to more practice?
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oh claire you really are showing your novice snotting experience here.... all such a fine art that dependant upon the angle, the pressue holding and blowing plus wind speed/speed on bike - these factors AND personal flair all change how the end product is launched thus its consitency. tut snigger
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I think a lot of it is confidence in your snotting ability - I tried once, and cos I was a bit worried about the whole procedure, I did a puny little blow and the snot went hardly any distance, and just landed on my hand!!!! GROSS! I will practise more to make you happy Ads, maybe you can give me a demo at the Christmas ride 
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 Aim for something really far away; even though you may have no chance of hitting it, you should at least manage to clear your own arm. 
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what about the slug trails on your gloves from wiping your nose...yeuck
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lol! thats why i wash mine after every ride. grim arent we! claire - keep pratising dude. i'll mentor you on the peak xmas ride if your still struggling to reach over the length of your arm ( as dirtdiva mentions as a good measuring tool )
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I think if we practise snotting on the Christmas ride we may swiftly find we are on a ride just the two of us!
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You two can stay at the back...
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 I hate snotting and have never tried but wash my gloves as much as possible otherwise you can impetigo (nasty!)
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ok ok no snotting on the xmas ride. boo
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 Hold one side of the nostril and blow out the other. Just turn your head slightly as you do it. it's a useful weapon to use on cars that get too close to you on your commute aswell
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