Warning: Cycling can cause lung disease

davej

Sorry about the misleading title

So there I was cycling down the Alfie Byrne Road on the way to work yesterday morning when I came across a Woman cycling ahead of me. She had one hand on the handlebar and the other up to her mouth...because she was puffing away on a cigarette ! Classic.

Davej

Bicyclegadabout

I smoke 30 a day.

zzzzzzzz

Bicyclegadabout wrote: »

I smoke 30 a day.

Yeah - i used to be a courier and still managed to choke down 20 a day...some while cycling

GBX

Bicyclegadabout wrote: »

I smoke 30 a day.

On yer bike??

youcancallmeal

I like stories

milod

I saw a guy in the Phoenix park last summer cycling with a fag in one hand. He stopped at the cafe near the zoo and propped the fag in one of the slits on his helmet while he locked up the bike - bleedin' genius...

Bicyclegadabout

Nah, I like to have use of my hands. But you should hear me when I get off the bike. My spluttering reverberates throughout Dublin 6.
Also at traffic lights actually. I'm fine while cycling, it's when I stop that the problems happen.

Ciaran500

Remember seeing a old man cycle up the hill beside my house with a fag in his mouth, sweat pouring out of him and he could barely breath. Stopped at the top, took two big drags and continued on his way

irishmotorist

I remember when I was a chizler walking up my road one evening, I saw a bloke sniffing something - presumably glue or aerosol or something - out of an inside pocket in his jacket while cycling down the path.

I don't think he had a bell on his bike aswell!

Bicyclegadabout

Ciaran500 wrote: »

Remember seeing a old man cycle up the hill beside my house with a fag in his mouth, sweat pouring out of him and he could barely breath. Stopped at the top, took two big drags and continued on his way

Exercise opens up the lungs and clears out bad stuff from them. Ironically this has the effect of making the “hit” of nicotine from a cigarette more powerful.

Rob_l

Bicyclegadabout wrote: »

Exercise opens up the lungs and clears out bad stuff from them. Ironically this has the effect of making the “hit” of nicotine from a cigarette more powerful.

Also because your out of breath you will take deeper breaths so again you get a bigger hit of nicotine from the puff

vektarman

Ciaran500 wrote: »

Remember seeing a old man cycle up the hill beside my house with a fag in his mouth, sweat pouring out of him and he could barely breath. Stopped at the top, took two big drags and continued on his way

I assume this is a cigarette in his mouth we're talking about?

Planet X

I remember, years ago, when I was working in a petrol station, sunny Sunday afternoon, a bloke drifting by, no hands, rolling one up.
Concentration!

bobtjustice

Planet X wrote: »

I remember, years ago, when I was working in a petrol station, sunny Sunday afternoon, a bloke drifting by, no hands, rolling one up.
Concentration!

That most certainly takes some sembalance of talent and indeed insanity.:D
Pity he didn't apply his power of rolling to his pedals, he most certainly would be a road champion at this stage

Canis Lupus

I see people smoking and cycling all the time.

A: I don't see how it can't wait. Ciggies are way more enjoyable when you're relaxed.

B: I can't understand how they manage to cycle. As a recent smoker (4-5 weeks off now) I remember how fecking hard it was to do any sort of exercise after/during a smoke. You feel like utter crap.

Personally I'm waiting to see someone shoot up whilst on a bike Now that would be newsworthy.

The_B_Man

Canis Lupus wrote: »

Personally I'm waiting to see someone shoot up whilst on a bike Now that would be newsworthy.

or make a sandwich with all the trimmings!!

I'd also accept somebody doing a jigsaw!

or.....

somebody driving a car while cycling!! i'd be well imrpessed then!

Gavin

The_B_Man wrote: »

somebody driving a car while cycling!! i'd be well imrpessed then!

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