who here smokes?

[JayKosta]

I usually smoke 1 or 2 cigars per week - NOT while riding.

For me, cigars are an excellent way to relax, and be calm & thoughtful.

I also play French horn, and I don't smoke earlier in the day if I'm going to play later - the smell of the smoke gets into the horn.

I haven't noticed any decrease in riding performance due to smoking.

Jay Kosta
Endwell NY USA

 

[Black-Balled]

I was a smoker for a decade and raced for about2 yr while smoking.

Moving up to faster classes required stoppin that.

Now I don't smoke but maybe 5x a year, usually when approaching drunkenness.

And I am not in race shape.

 

[Midnightfright]

I smoked for a couple of years when I was younger mostly weed to be honest but when i was about 18 I wanted to get "buff" so started weight-lifting and some roid-head at me gym told me in his words " that S**t speeds your metabolism and will make skinny like a computer geek!" " DO YOU WANT TO BE A COMPUTER GEEK! WITH YOUR LITTLE APPLE MAC" "just what I thought wee man listen too me and u will go far" needless to say I changed gyms but he did scare me into stopping.

 

[Parrulo]

My dad smokes, and my grandfather did, but I don't, but that's not to say I haven't tried a puff or two, but that's about it. I'm impressed Parrulo you smoke durries (Aussie slang for cigarettes) and you still drop your mates when you ride.

neither me friends nor my are exactly top riders if you know what i mean. we would very likely beat 99% of this forum on a drinking contest but i reckon we would get dropped by about 100% of the people here on a ride

we are not drunk but what is life without partying hard every now and then?

i smoke cigarettes and the odd cigar when playing poker nothing else.

i am also very picky with what i smoke, SG ventil is the only brand i smoke anything else including famous brands like marlboro and camel are pathetic compared to the mighty ventil lol seriously i love ventil while everything else tastes like burned paper . . . i doubt i would smoke anymore if ventil were to be gone from the market.

 

[Black-Balled]

neither me friends nor my are exactly top riders if you know what i mean. we would very likely beat 99% of this forum on a drinking contest but i reckon we would get dropped by about 100% of the people here on a ride

we are not drunk but what is life without partying hard every now and then?

i smoke cigarettes and the odd cigar when playing poker nothing else.

i am also very picky with what i smoke, SG ventil is the only brand i smoke anything else including famous brands like marlboro and camel are pathetic compared to the mighty ventil lol seriously i love ventil while everything else tastes like burned paper . . . i doubt i would smoke anymore if ventil were to be gone from the market.

Ahh, children.

Challenge me when you get another 20yr of training...both the bike and the bottle!

 

[Semper Fidelis]

Ahh, children.

Challenge me when you get another 20yr of training...both the bike and the bottle!

I hear ya. Good to be young.

 

[Parrulo]

Ahh, children.

Challenge me when you get another 20yr of training...both the bike and the bottle!

I hear ya. Good to be young.

i may be young but i already have nearly a decade of partying hard experience (yes i started to go out at night and drinking at around 13 . . .)

i reckon my liver loses a couple years of life every year on the first week of may alone (academic week)

i am not saying i would beat you guys but i would certainly put up a fight

now can we stop measuring penis sizes please?

 

[Michielveedeebee]

I can't drink for **** Can't smoke either When I inhale I cough for 5 minutes as well so guess I'm a pretty healthy lad

 

[Parrulo]

or a wimp . . .

 

[Havetts]

I dont smoke regularly, basically one or two cigs on a party in the weekends. People always say they get addicted pretty fast to cigs but I've never had that trouble ever. But when you haven't smoked in a while and smoke a cigarette its nice but I don't ever feel the need to smoke a cigarette, its just for some relaxation.

I can drink pretty well too - better with beer than with spirits though . I don't ride my bike anymore seeing I have no buddies to ride with but I notice my condition has gone backwards, but not because of smoking but more by doing nothing at all .

 

[Amsterhammer]

I live in Amsterdam.

 

[Midnightfright]

i may be young but i already have nearly a decade of partying hard experience (yes i started to go out at night and drinking at around 13 . . .)

i reckon my liver loses a couple years of life every year on the first week of may alone (academic week)

i am not saying i would beat you guys but i would certainly put up a fight

now can we stop measuring penis sizes please?

Bring it on I weigh 97kg and am half Irish half Scottish

 

[Parrulo]

Bring it on I weigh 97kg and am half Irish half Scottish

weight isn't everything when it comes to drinking, your bloodline would be a little more troublesome tho

i honestly love beer but can't get drunk drinking it. . . it makes me pee a lot and i barely feel the alchool. last time i got slightly drunk with beer i had to drink like 25 beers+ a few shots for it to work.

what really love to drink is Havana 7 with some coke. and a cigarette to go along with it ofc. also like mojitos and caipirinhas

 

[Midnightfright]

weight isn't everything when it comes to drinking, your bloodline would be a little more troublesome tho

i honestly love beer but can't get drunk drinking it. . . it makes me pee a lot and i barely feel the alchool. last time i got slightly drunk with beer i had to drink like 25 beers+ a few shots for it to work.

what really love to drink is Havana 7 with some coke. and a cigarette to go along with it ofc. also like mojitos and caipirinhas

I was really only joking don't drink at all now except for straight wild turkey at special occasions. I do a lot of weight training and along with me road time my body just can't cope plus Im always trying to keep my body fat percentage as low as possible.

 

[Havetts]

weight isn't everything when it comes to drinking, your bloodline would be a little more troublesome tho

i honestly love beer but can't get drunk drinking it. . . it makes me pee a lot and i barely feel the alchool. last time i got slightly drunk with beer i had to drink like 25 beers+ a few shots for it to work.

what really love to drink is Havana 7 with some coke. and a cigarette to go along with it ofc. also like mojitos and caipirinhas

Beer doesnt get me drunk either, the thing with beer is that because of the quantity you have to drink to get slightly drunk is huge, so often you feel sick just cause your stomach is so damn full. Plus the peeing, horrible .

Personally my favorite mix is Jack Daniels with coca cola, but if you really want to get f*cked up drunk do this; its called a Russian headbutt - have a glass of beer + a wodka shot, throw the wodka into the beer and shake it once with your hand on top of the glass and then just shot it away at once, believe me that really gets you drunk very fast.

 

[Parrulo]

Beer doesnt get me drunk either, the thing with beer is that because of the quantity you have to drink to get slightly drunk is huge, so often you feel sick just cause your stomach is so damn full. Plus the peeing, horrible .

Personally my favorite mix is Jack Daniels with coca cola, but if you really want to get f*cked up drunk do this; its called a Russian headbutt - have a glass of beer + a wodka shot, throw the wodka into the beer and shake it once with your hand on top of the glass and then just shot it away at once, believe me that really gets you drunk very fast.

i used to the that with absinthe. it is called a submarine same thing but instead of vodka is done with absinthe i have once made a bet with a friend of mine on who could drink a 0.5l jug(i think this is the right word) of beer with 2 absinthe shots inside in 1 go, it was nasty for him lol i managed(just barely) to hold myself. ofc that night had been long and it continued for a few more hours . . . i still can't believe i spent 50€ that night

 

[kielbasa]

My first cigarette was at 8, last at 14. That was the first time I tried inhaling.

 

[Parrulo]

My first cigarette was at 8, last at 14. That was the first time I tried inhaling.

ya every1 makes a fool of himself the first time they inhale

 

[Havetts]

i used to the that with absinthe. it is called a submarine same thing but instead of vodka is done with absinthe i have once made a bet with a friend of mine on who could drink a 0.5l jug(i think this is the right word) of beer with 2 absinthe shots inside in 1 go, it was nasty for him lol i managed(just barely) to hold myself. ofc that night had been long and it continued for a few more hours . . . i still can't believe i spent 50€ that night

Haha, wow and I thought Beer + Wodka was a mad combination. Beer + Absinthe . But you have a few of those evenings a year, when you decide to drink in for when you are going to the city and then end up being so drunk that the group as a whole cant leave our mates' house .

But back on topic - regarding smoking, as Amsterhammer said he lives in Amsterdam, I live close to Rotterdam so 'ofcourse' I've 'smoked' too.

 

[kielbasa]

ya every1 makes a fool of himself the first time they inhale

Some remove all doubt with a second try.

 

[usedtobefast]

nothing store bought.

 

[Alpe d'Huez]

LOL! Love the beer+absinth comment. Whoooo!

Don't smoke. Tried it when younger. Not my thing. But not part of the anti-smoking gestappo either. Do your own thing. A part of my id sees a certain nostalgic allure to it.

 

[Zam_Olyas]

Once in a while i have a joint and malana **** is the best.

 

[craig1985]

i used to the that with absinthe. it is called a submarine same thing but instead of vodka is done with absinthe i have once made a bet with a friend of mine on who could drink a 0.5l jug(i think this is the right word) of beer with 2 absinthe shots inside in 1 go, it was nasty for him lol i managed(just barely) to hold myself. ofc that night had been long and it continued for a few more hours . . . i still can't believe i spent 50€ that night

I went to a nightclub in Japan, it was about $50 to get in, but all you could drink, let's just say it was rather messy the next day. But I couldn't keep up with you and your buddies, I would probably end up dead. You drank 25 beers in one night, what are they 2% alcohol? I can get Super Bock from a store near where I live.

 

[L'arriviste]

I smoked cigarettes for eight years, through most of my twenties. And I enjoyed it. Stopped at my third attempt after moving into a non-smoking top floor apartment.

Still miss it occasionally on sunny evenings in a beer garden - and they say that feeling never leaves you - but you can't justify smoking alongside any sort of programmatic exercise, it's just silly.