Smoking and Cycling?

[cyclingday]

I used to Mountain Bike with a guy who could climb like a Mountain Goat.
He was always the first to the top of a monster climb.
When we’d finally arrive at the top, he’d be sitting there smoking a cigarette and fresh as a daisy.
None of us could even fathom how his cardiovascular system could be so strong and he could be such a strong rider.
So, when I came across this old advertisement, I immediately thought of my old riding buddy, Dave.

Some of the old, Tour de France pictures show those guys, smoking and cycling.
They say, ignorance is bliss.
Maybe so?

 

[DonChristie]

Smoking after is better than smoking during! Smoke em if ya got em!

 

[fordmike65]

It's cuz they're toasted

 

[AndyA]

I used to play in old man's pickup soccer games. Many countries were represented. Some Greeks, Armenians, and Frenchmen would have a cigarette at halftime.
I don't think that we had any Argentinians, but apparently Lionel Messi has been known to have a smoke.

 

[Princeton]

Everyone smokes in France....

 

[BFGforme]

I smoke before I ride, wink, wink, then fire up a cig as I start the ride! Keeps my lungs strong!!! Hahaha

 

[Jesse McCauley]

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[BFGforme]

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Needs to get me one of them...

 

[Boris]

For some, the hobby might be smoking, and they're just out looking for nice places to smoke.

 

[Sven]

Six day racer (1932-1949 ),Cecil Yates