Is this just me ? I swear my sweat is significantly more salty when I ride outside than inside.
Is there a reason for this ?
Is there a reason for this ?
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Re: Sweat more salty outdoors than in [7401southwick]
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7401southwick wrote:
Is this just me ? I swear my sweat is significantly more salty when I ride outside than inside. Is there a reason for this ?
Outside the more rapid evaporation of the water component of your sweat concentrates it more than indoors. On a low humidity day I will often have "salt crusts" build around my temples without any obvious fluid sweat present because it's evaporating as quickly as it's being secreted.
Hugh
Genetics load the gun, lifestyle pulls the trigger.
More airflow means more evaporation. The salt doesn't evaporate, so it stays behind. The resulting salt concentration goes up, up up!