Issue 146: In Prais...
 

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Issue 146: In Praise of Petrichor

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Mountain biking smells aren’t just of damp shoes and disappointment. There’s joy to be found in the company of a good trail nose. Words by Chipps, pho ...

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https://singletrackmag.com/2022/12/in-praise-of-petrichor/


 
Posted : 14/12/2022 7:00 am
 Gunz
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It has a name! The smell I have drawn deep into my lungs since my first youthful rides and which has kept me company through the intervening Winters, thank you.


 
Posted : 14/12/2022 9:45 am
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Early 90s MTBing smells for me were GT85, cold(!) pine forests, strangely long cigarettes, petrol and damp/mouldy/sweaty track mitts.


 
Posted : 14/12/2022 4:47 pm
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It has a name!

the chemical responsible is called Geosmin.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geosmin


 
Posted : 14/12/2022 5:18 pm
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Yep. GT85 is what mountain biking smells of.


 
Posted : 14/12/2022 5:31 pm

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