so what's the best scent?!?

[spiderman]

i don't know why
but there seem to be particular scents
that have hit me hard this year!
january: salt
february: exhaust
march: rain
april: grass
may: lilacs
june: russian olives...
the olive trees are so sweet,
i've changed my route at noon
to take in the greatest number of trees possible!

[93legendti]

The beach! (Seinfeld content)

[MartyE]

freshly mown hay on a FM road.

it's the smell of early summer


marty

[Ken Robb]

citrus trees in bloom are hard to beat.

[dirtdigger88]

http://images-jp.amazon.com/images/P/B0009EVIZ8.09.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

sorry I couldnt resist :rolleyes:

Jason

[Jiwa Jiwa]

Triflow

Sharpies

Gasoline

[Lunar Probe]

420, imho.

[paulh]

I love the smell of napalm in the morning!

[Blastinbob]

Eucalyptus after it rains.

[sevencyclist]

The smell of Prolink gets me excited about the ride.

[Tailwinds]

I miss riding through the orange groves in Central Florida in the Spring. I also miss the smell of the beach.

But -- the lilacs and fresh air here in Colorado don't suck!

I missed the smells of sunscreen and sweat when I couldn't ride a few years ago.

[bcm119]

I miss the smell of eucalyptus in SoCal, although -horrors- its an invasive species.

Lately around here I've been riding past mint fields... makes me want a mojito. And often on a soft summers evening, if the wind is just right, well... they don't call this place Cow-vallis for nothing.

[toaster]

Certainly not the best, just what my nose is used to detecting: roadkill.

Though my reading vision has deteriorated my sense of smell is as good as any turkey vulture.

[slowgoing]

Evergreen trees in the mountain air.

[Too Tall]

May - Wild Wisteria along the C&O Canal
June / July - Magnolia GrandiFlora

[Russell]

the air after it rains
freshly shucked oysters
an Indian spice market

[arsegas]

My favorite cycling smells include: the dry vineyard smell, laurel tree (bay leaves), and wet pine needles

[Lunar Probe]

Bread in the oven!

[Fat Robert]

tough call

dogwood in bloom

or

all the cow pastures around here

(score -- one of my AP students raises cattle...he has 50 head, his dad a few hundred...all of the cattle around here are grass-fed, and most of the land is for cattle -- cotton and soybeans are a distant second togther. they know all the other cattle farners, so I talked to them about how to find some no-hormone, grass-fed, local beef. got the hook up, bro)

[Lunar Probe]

Ah, the scent of the God(s), burnt flesh.

[Grant McLean]

post ride beer

g

[Kevan]

Hey, I ride through Greenwich CT on a regular basis.