viq

How do you deal with #biking when air quality is bad, versus hydration? Simple answer is "wear a mask", but then instead of sipping from bottle as you ride, you need to stop, take everything off (possibly including helmet), then gear back up before continuing. "Don't bother with a mask" is also an option that exists, but, well. Anyone has any advice?

@bikenite #BikeNite #BikeNiteQ #cycling

May 19 at 4:23pmWeb
Show threadMegan Lynch (she/her)May 19

@viq @bikenite Not necessarily. SIP valves can be put into your masks and I find they work very well.

You may not be able to drink on the fly as much as with a water bottle and no mask, but you will not have to stop and take everything off. You just stick the straw in the bottle, then the straw into the valve and you're drinking.

https://sipmask.com/

(BTW, BikeNiteQ is for the moderator. If you want to propose a question for chat, it's BikeNitePQ.)

#BikeTooter

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Safely drink in public spaces without removing your mask or compromising your health. The SIP Airtight Drinking Valve can be installed on any mask and custom fit to your mouth!

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Show threadviqMay 19
@meganL @bikenite it needs to be a pretty hard straw to go through the valve, I think 🤔 Which makes me worried about safety of drinking while in motion. Or am I wrong?
But either way, even stopping to get a sip without having to take everything off would be an improvement.
Show threadMegan Lynch (she/her)May 19
@viq @bikenite What you buy from them includes their straws. But they're not especially hard. They're smaller gauge.
Show threadviqMay 19
@meganL @bikenite oh, sorry, my first time interacting with BikeNite, I wasn't aware that's how it works
Show threadMegan Lynch (she/her)May 19

@viq No worries. It's not like the context of the hashtag is obvious when it's auto-populated. #BikeTooter or #Cycling are more general-purpose bike hashtags but there are a lot.

BikeNite is a hashtag and group that handles the (a)synchronous weekly chat on community-submitted bike topics. 7 are picked each week and tooted out on Fridays. More info here:

https://sfba.social/@ascentale/116580842337871971

Show threadMegan Lynch (she/her)May 19

@viq I tried to ask for and compile some of the major cycling hashtags here:

https://mas.to/@meganL/116382527995865401

Show threadtadzikMay 19
@viq Never tried it, but maybe a camelbak-like hydration hose thing could fit under a mask? Obviously that breaks the mask-seal, but I guess it's better than nothing.
Show threadNate AllenMay 19
@viq @bikenite I have a silicone mask from a company called Airhead, and it is hinged so that you can open the front of it to drink, etc. Unfortunately, however, they seem to have gone extinct. I think a good search term might be "active mask".
Show threadGemma ⭐️🔰🇺🇸 🇵🇭 🎐May 19
@viq @bikenite I would use a hydration bladder with a drinking tube. You can shove the tube up under your mask, drink, then pull it back out.
Show threadPhil (ascentale)May 21
@viq thanks! I will tag this #BikeNitePQ for Friday