Sniff Sniff, No More

I have been having a small issue when I ride my bike on the stationary trainer in the basement. I tend to have sinus issues on a daily basis, and over the course of the day, I go through a facial tissue or two. No biggie, except that when I am riding the bike, I never have a tissue handy. I can only sniffle so much, and at a certain point, it is just not effective anymore. When it gets to that point, up to now, I have been using the sleeve of whatever shirt I might be wearing or the back side of my bike gloves. The gloves have fleece on the back. As far as I have been concerned, the only reason why there might be fleece on the back side of a glove is to wipe something (i.e.: sweat from forehead, snot from nose, etc.). I am going on record now as saying that I can think of nothing that would fall under the "etc." in the previous example list.

Well, today on the way to work, I saw something that may change the way I ride my bike forever. I was stopped at a light when I saw the man who always rides his bike to work...at least I assume he is going to work. This guy is intense, and I'm talking mailman intense. He has all sorts of gear for any type of weather, and I have come to look at him a somewhat of a bike expert. This is based on nothing except for the fact that he is the only other person I have ever seen doing any type of endurance activity in Dover. I take that back, but the only other bike rider I have seen is an old man, and he has one of those bikes where the seat is like a lounge chair. At any rate, I observe him keenly for the 5 seconds each day when he is in my line of sight for anything that might help me be a better biker. Today all that watching really paid dividends. He rounded the corner while I sat at a light, and I got a glimpse into a technique that is going to help me immensely...the snot rocket! I can only assume that this is standard practice for bike riders. It eliminates the need to carry tissues as well as the need to dispose of/stash in pockets said tissues after they are used. This has to be the answer to my dilemma.

Of course, I need to research this a tiny bit more, but I am hopeful. This doesn't solve the problem of what to do when I am on the stationary trainer in my basement, but for now, I am going with the old lady technique...tissues up the sleeve.