[RBW] Re: Tip for riding in the rain with eye glasses...

2013-01-26 Thread M D Smith
My helmet is a Bell Metro, which has a small brim which keeps a lot of the rain off. But my main way of dealing with precipitation is to carry an extra bandana in my pocket and give the glasses a quick wipe every few minutes. Works with mist, too. Cheers- Mike in Htfd, CT -- You received

[RBW] Re: Tip for riding in the rain with eye glasses...

2013-01-25 Thread Edwin W
Check out this accessory: http://pathlesspedaled.com/2012/12/review-da-brim-rezzo-visor/ Like splats, ponchos and the like: dorky and practical. Edwin love the poncho, haven't been splatted yet Williamson -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW

[RBW] Re: Tip for riding in the rain with eye glasses...

2013-01-25 Thread leeyut1988
that's funny, i stopped wearing contacts 12 years ago because i had so many problems with contacts and bike riding. My eyes were drying out from all the wind and that's even when I was wearing fancy bolle and oakley sunglasses. Dry eyes and wind equals the contacts flying out, losing them and

[RBW] Re: Tip for riding in the rain with eye glasses...

2013-01-24 Thread Michael
I wound up taking off the glasses and riding bare eyed. Only bummer is that my rear-view mirror is stuck to the inside of my left glasses lens and therefore cannot see behind me when glasses are off without twisting my head around. -- You received this message because you are

[RBW] Re: Tip for riding in the rain with eye glasses...

2013-01-24 Thread William
I use a cycling cap as well as a glasses umbrella On Thursday, January 24, 2013 11:59:48 AM UTC-8, René wrote: One of my unstated goals for this year was to ride and commute even if it's raining. I'm overcoming a whole bunch of mental barriers and I'm mostly well equipped now to ride

[RBW] Re: Tip for riding in the rain with eye glasses...

2013-01-24 Thread Charlie
I do not ride in the rain. BUT : Just read about wearing sun glassea to see better when driving a car in the rain. and try Rain-X on the glassses, used to use it on racecar helmet shields in the rain.SportsCarClub of America = SCCA races in the rain.Open wheel cars with no windshield. Charlie On

Re: [RBW] Re: Tip for riding in the rain with eye glasses...

2013-01-24 Thread Lyle Bogart
+1 on Rain-X. On 24 January 2013 18:26, Charlie charliepe...@verizon.net wrote: I do not ride in the rain. BUT : Just read about wearing sun glassea to see better when driving a car in the rain. and try Rain-X on the glassses, used to use it on racecar helmet shields in the