hat and beard
Maximum Pace
- Apr 3, 2012
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I have a 60 kilometer round trip commute on a road conjested with all manner of trucks and heavy industrial machinery at all hours of the day. The air along the route is about as disgusting as can be, and recently I've begun to worry that huffing and puffing the stuff for at least two hours every day might off set the health benefits of cycling. I'm reluctant to give up this route since much of it is actually on a quite wide and relatively empty bike path that runs parallel to the road, and is about 20 minutes faster than every other way.
I've seen pollution masks in Y's and the like and was wondering if they really work. Anybody use one? Is a normal combini mask just as good? I'm a little skeptical as to whether they're capable of blocking the nasty stuff in car exhaust, but I'm willing to give anything a try.
Any opinions / advice would be much appreciated.
-- Beard
I've seen pollution masks in Y's and the like and was wondering if they really work. Anybody use one? Is a normal combini mask just as good? I'm a little skeptical as to whether they're capable of blocking the nasty stuff in car exhaust, but I'm willing to give anything a try.
Any opinions / advice would be much appreciated.
-- Beard