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Date: 07 Jul 2007 08:15:34
From: RicodJour
Subject: Nose plugs during warm up?
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Watching the prologue and there was a guy warming up on the rollers
and he had white tubes/plugs sticking out of his nose. I'm used to
seeing the Breathe Right strips, but I don't know what those tubes/
plugs are for. Are they medicated to open the air passages or
something? If so, with what?
R
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Date: 11 Jul 2007 13:02:21
From: RicodJour
Subject: Re: Nose plugs during warm up?
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On Jul 10, 9:43 am, "Carl Sundquist" <carl...@cox.net > wrote:
> "RonSonic" <ronso...@tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
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> news:eu2793d39bvt2juk0o5ll9ffa3tae27lie@4ax.com...
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> > Cyclocross guys have done that forever, warmup with a wad of cotton or
> > tissue up
> > the nose with a drop of some oil on it.
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> Oil of Olbas
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> http://www.mypharmacy.co.uk/medicines/medicines/o/olbas/olbas_oil.htm
I've tried Oil of Old Lady. The application was fun, but I don't
think I could do it riding a bike.
R
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Date: 11 Jul 2007 12:54:32
From:
Subject: Re: Nose plugs during warm up?
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On Jul 7, 2:56 pm, RicodJour <ricodj...@worldemail.com > wrote:
> On Jul 7, 11:33 am, ronaldo_jeremiah <ronaldo_jerem...@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
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> > On Jul 7, 10:15 am, RicodJour <ricodj...@worldemail.com> wrote:
>
> > > Watching the prologue and there was a guy warming up on the rollers
> > > and he had white tubes/plugssticking out of hisnose. I'm used to
> > > seeing the Breathe Right strips, but I don't know what those tubes/
> > >plugsare for. Are they medicated to open the air passages or
> > > something? If so, with what?
>
> > There's some old school cycling wisdom that says if you have a cold,
> > blocking yournoseduring your warm up will raise the temperature in
> > their just enough to kill the germs you have. I'm sure it does not
> > work as advertised, but it might also get things flowing a little more
> > freely in there, which might make you feel better for a few minutes
> > afterward.
>
> I asked my nephew and he said there's either menthol or eucalyptus oil
> on the tubes - notplugs- to help clear the nasal passages. That
> makes sense to me. I wonder if they'll be banning menthol or
> eucalyptus oil...
>
> R
It's funny because one bit of advice medical folks give for fighting
exercise-induced asthma (which we know tons of the pros suffer from by
looking at their medical prescriptions) is to breathe solely through
your nose for the first half-hour or so, on the thought that air
inhaled through the mouth is dryer and thus more likely to irritate
the lungs/breathing passages.--Shayana Kadidal
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Date: 07 Jul 2007 11:56:14
From: RicodJour
Subject: Re: Nose plugs during warm up?
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On Jul 7, 11:33 am, ronaldo_jeremiah <ronaldo_jerem...@yahoo.com >
wrote:
> On Jul 7, 10:15 am, RicodJour <ricodj...@worldemail.com> wrote:
>
> > Watching the prologue and there was a guy warming up on the rollers
> > and he had white tubes/plugs sticking out of his nose. I'm used to
> > seeing the Breathe Right strips, but I don't know what those tubes/
> > plugs are for. Are they medicated to open the air passages or
> > something? If so, with what?
>
>
> There's some old school cycling wisdom that says if you have a cold,
> blocking your nose during your warm up will raise the temperature in
> their just enough to kill the germs you have. I'm sure it does not
> work as advertised, but it might also get things flowing a little more
> freely in there, which might make you feel better for a few minutes
> afterward.
I asked my nephew and he said there's either menthol or eucalyptus oil
on the tubes - not plugs - to help clear the nasal passages. That
makes sense to me. I wonder if they'll be banning menthol or
eucalyptus oil...
R
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Date: 10 Jul 2007 09:39:41
From: RonSonic
Subject: Re: Nose plugs during warm up?
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On Sat, 07 Jul 2007 11:56:14 -0700, RicodJour <ricodjour@worldemail.com > wrote:
>On Jul 7, 11:33 am, ronaldo_jeremiah <ronaldo_jerem...@yahoo.com>
>wrote:
>> On Jul 7, 10:15 am, RicodJour <ricodj...@worldemail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Watching the prologue and there was a guy warming up on the rollers
>> > and he had white tubes/plugs sticking out of his nose. I'm used to
>> > seeing the Breathe Right strips, but I don't know what those tubes/
>> > plugs are for. Are they medicated to open the air passages or
>> > something? If so, with what?
>>
>>
>> There's some old school cycling wisdom that says if you have a cold,
>> blocking your nose during your warm up will raise the temperature in
>> their just enough to kill the germs you have. I'm sure it does not
>> work as advertised, but it might also get things flowing a little more
>> freely in there, which might make you feel better for a few minutes
>> afterward.
>
>I asked my nephew and he said there's either menthol or eucalyptus oil
>on the tubes - not plugs - to help clear the nasal passages. That
>makes sense to me. I wonder if they'll be banning menthol or
>eucalyptus oil...
Cyclocross guys have done that forever, warmup with a wad of cotton or tissue up
the nose with a drop of some oil on it. Think Vicks Vaporub for pro riders.
Ron
Ron
Effect pedal demo's up at http://www.soundclick.com/ronsonicpedalry
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Date: 10 Jul 2007 08:43:55
From: Carl Sundquist
Subject: Re: Nose plugs during warm up?
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"RonSonic" <ronsonic@tampabay.rr.com > wrote in message
news:eu2793d39bvt2juk0o5ll9ffa3tae27lie@4ax.com...
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> Cyclocross guys have done that forever, warmup with a wad of cotton or
> tissue up
> the nose with a drop of some oil on it.
>
Oil of Olbas
http://www.mypharmacy.co.uk/medicines/medicines/o/olbas/olbas_oil.htm
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Date: 07 Jul 2007 15:33:39
From: ronaldo_jeremiah
Subject: Re: Nose plugs during warm up?
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On Jul 7, 10:15 am, RicodJour <ricodj...@worldemail.com > wrote:
> Watching the prologue and there was a guy warming up on the rollers
> and he had white tubes/plugs sticking out of his nose. I'm used to
> seeing the Breathe Right strips, but I don't know what those tubes/
> plugs are for. Are they medicated to open the air passages or
> something? If so, with what?
>
> R
There's some old school cycling wisdom that says if you have a cold,
blocking your nose during your warm up will raise the temperature in
their just enough to kill the germs you have. I'm sure it does not
work as advertised, but it might also get things flowing a little more
freely in there, which might make you feel better for a few minutes
afterward.
-rj
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