Benefit from biking glasses? - Page 4

"Buck" <j u n k m a i l @ g a l a x y c o r p . c o m> wrote in message
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> I have to ask, is the UK completely devoid of flying insects?

Absolutely not, the seasonality of the place means that certain parts - the scottish highlands for
example - have hardly any avian predators and thousands of tiny blood sucking insects.

The small beetles I mention elsewhere, I came across in the republic of Ireland, and in Northern
France - get the season and the time of day right and your car will be covered in a fine layer of
insects within an hour.

But aphids are the biggest problem. I find that without glasses you can ignore them until your eyes
stream so much it ejects them. Crushing them makes things worse.

The new bandwagon I'm on:

I had some wrap-around prescription sunglasses made, with transition lenses. They cost $300, but they eliminate dry eyes from contacts and are great for rides that start or end in darkness (which is important for those of us that leave home at 5:30am to ride bunches.) My myopia is 1.25, I'm not sure how high a prescription they can make in wrap arounds).

(FYI, transition lenses become darker as the sunlight increases).

The only drawback is you forget that they aren't always dark, and you get can get caught perving much more easily than when you're wearing normal sunnies.

Perving

I learned a new word today!!

Better than fitovers, try Cocoons. (www.cocoonseyewear.com). Optically correct lenses, which is
vital... really comfortable and 360 degrees of protection...

made by a company called Live Eyewear - www.liveeyewear.com

Kieran wrote:

> Better than fitovers, try Cocoons. (www.cocoonseyewear.com). Optically correct lenses, which is
> vital... really comfortable and 360 degrees of protection...
>
> made by a company called Live Eyewear - www.liveeyewear.com

They look like the right sort of thing. Bernie

wafflycathcs@aol.comtapeworm (wafflycathcsdirtycatlitter) wrote in message
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> >I have to ask, is the UK completely devoid of flying insects?
>
> Not in my bit. I wear shades every time I cycle. Apart from stopping the migraine trigger of
> bright light, it does stop the wildlife form flying in the eyes.
>
> Alas, this does not stop the wildlife from flying in the mouth, but I think of that as added
> protein in the diet ;-)
>
> Cheers, helen s
>

I was wondering about that during two tours in Somerset and the Welsh Marches. Just how do those
little bug(ger)s learn to find their way straight into the mouth?

I tried to keep a stiff upper lip, but that only deflected them into my lower teeth.

Is this how you all came to invent balaclavas?

Peter Storey