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I take it you've had asthma before??
I've had pretty mild asthma all my life. I don't use a brown inhaler but I take 1 puff of my blue (salbutamol or ventolin) inhaler before most rides. My asthma tends to be slightly worse in the cold too. I also tend to really make a conscious decision to take a few deep slow breaths as soon as I wheel my bike out the front door. After that I'm normally Ok and can go as hard as I like without a wheeze. Its if I go off hard straight away with no inhaler puff first, I get a wheeze. Or get over excited if I'm racing someone..