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Anti Pollution Masks

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  • December 31, 2019 at 10:22 am #30374
    mancsi

    I commute daily 22 miles there and back Stockport to Salford Quays and have done for 10+ years.

    Recently I was admitted to hospital with Pneumonia and Viral Flu. The nurses were saying alot of cyclists had been admitted with serious infections and chest issues. I am fit and healthy but I am starting to worry about this traffic laden commute.

    Yesterday I was behind a bus for 6 minutes doing around 32mph. Stopped at the traffic lights became dizzy disorentated and immediately felt sick.

    Upon getting home I was sick twice and went to bed and had an awfully restless sleep. Has anyone used a pollution mask? Any recomendations?

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  • December 31, 2019 at 1:48 pm #954183
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    Rick_Rude

    I’d be done if I did 32mph
    I’d be done if I did 32mph for 6 minutes. I can only hold 30 for about a minute.

    December 31, 2019 at 1:15 pm #954181
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    Xenophon2

    I don’t see any type of mask

    I don’t see any type of mask that’s effective at stopping small particles work on a bike if you like to go fast, breathing resistance will quickly become inacceptably high.  Don’t know if you’ve ever been in the military but if yes:  remember running whilst wearing a gas mask?  Further, the particulate filters will do nothing to stop noxious gases (nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide….).

    Maybe you just overdid it yesterday, 32 mph is a good clip, even behind a bus (which will have exposed you to plenty of exhaust gases, among which carbon monoxide that might explain some of your symptoms (I’m not a medical doctor, I hasten to say).

    I commute every day and my solution is to simply accept a longish detour (8 km extra one way) that largely allows me to escape traffic.  Obviously that’s not an approach that’s feasible for everyone.

    December 31, 2019 at 12:51 pm #954179
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    CXR94Di2

    By taking a less busy route
    By taking a less busy route or quiet roads will significantly reduce vehicle pollution exposure.

    I personally dont commute or go outside in winter. I train in-doors.

    Another option would be an ebike so reduce the deep breathing effort and lessen pollution drawn deep into lungs.

    Mask will do naff all. You’re talking about particulates of 2.5 microns in size. Only a full breathing mask to filter out 2.5 or smaller will work. Darth Vader cycling

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