Lung protection?

[newbie2012]

what is it with aucklanders moaning about shit today?
You live in a smoggy shit hole, and guess what, being that you add a vehicke to the road, that smoggy shit is your problem and fault.

Take the fucking bus.

lol, seems you hit a nerve there. But that's what us moaning JAFAs do. It's like a trademark, 2/3rds of the kiwi population would be disappointed if it was otherwise.

You keep your open sweeping roads, we'll keep our clogged motorways and become slow speed lane splitting experts (incidentally, while wearing our gas masks).

PS Still waiting for the handle-mounted espresso machine to be released, you guys got any up north ?

[Akzle]

esspresso? Thats like coffee, right?
You and your bloody latès and traffic.

[BMWST?]

He Doesnt lol, Akzle is a dope smoking homosexual who rides an ancient bike, Akzle needs constant re affirmation of his presence on this earth, this is why he reps 20 people a day and has such a high post count vs length of KB membership count

..........and shit

[BMWST?]

i dont think those paper masks will be worth it for exhaust gases

[awa355]

A billion chows' cant be wrong.

[FJRider]

Try holding your breath.

I tried that ... once ...

I found avoiding big cities helps ...

[strandedinnz]

Just following up on my own post .. I got myself a Respro Techno mask, and the difference it makes is HUGE!

Admittedly it's a bit of a squeeze under the helmet but it does filter out the bulk of the crap I'm inhaling.

[Thomo84]

Yeah, I bought myself a Respro mask when I was living in London. The pollution there is an absolute nightmare, and I found it made a huge difference, too. Then again, someone recently told me that the most dangerous particles are actually incredibly tiny and make it through most masks, so I wouldn't be too optimistic...

[unstuck]

This thread has to be a pisstake right? Seriously, you live in a city and worry about air pollution. FFS.

[Akzle]

Yeah, I bought myself a Respro mask when I was living in London. The pollution there is an absolute nightmare, and I found it made a huge difference, too. Then again, someone recently told me that the most dangerous particles are actually incredibly tiny and make it through most masks, so I wouldn't be too optimistic...

forced hepa filtration and oxy enriched hood, yo.
http://www.rimbach.com/cgi-bin/Artic...HazMat-PPE.jpg

[Akzle]

This thread has to be a pisstake right? Seriously, you live in a city and worry about air pollution. FFS.

wouldnt say that too loud. Youll end up mates with quasi

[Scouse]

Hi there,

I do 200km a day on the bike and sometimes the exhaust fumes can get a bit much, the long stretch of filtering between Albany and the bridge is where most the fumes get sucked in :-(

Anyone recommend a decent filter mask that would go under the helmet ?

Hermetically sealing my helmet would help but would lead to other issues ....

Thanks!

Have you tried a oxygen mask?

[Quasievil]

wouldnt say that too loud. Youll end up mates with quasi

IOnly a select few can be mates with me, you barely scraped in

[unstuck]

wouldnt say that too loud. Youll end up mates with quasi

No worries.
I will befriend anyone, shit, I even kinda like you for some reason.
But then I am a bit of a twizted mofo.

[strandedinnz]

This thread has to be a pisstake right? Seriously, you live in a city and worry about air pollution. FFS.

Nope .. I don't live in Auckland, but I do work there (necessary evil) ... hence the 200km a day riding I mentioned in the first post, my bike isn't garage jewellery like a lot of peoples and I commute further in a day than most people do in a week, so I thought I'd ask what sort of filters are around to block a lot of the crud from going in my lungs (not keen on sounding like I gargle with broken glass).