Cycling in rain while wearing specs!

[Bob Downie]

In message <[email protected]>, Mac <[email protected]>
writes
>Hi guys!
>
>I was just wondering if any of you guys had any ideas about a slight problem
>I have when I ride to work in the rain. I wear specs and most of the journey
>to work is downhill so when it rains I cant see where I'm going properly
>which is a bit risky.
>
>Do you know of any liquid or such like that stops specs from becoming a
>hazard? I would take them off, but I cant see past the end of my arm clearly
>without them, so either way I'm a bit stuck!
>
>Your help would be most appreciated!
>
>Woady
>
>
I just wear a baseball cap with a long peak (under a helmet if
necessary). Its not perfect but it reduces the water on your glasses by
about 90%.

Give it a go, its cheap and simple.

Cheers
--
Bob Downie
Downie GeoScience Ltd.
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[Bill]

In message <[email protected]>, Roos Eisma
<[email protected]> writes
>Bill <[email protected]> writes:
>
>>As a specs wearing old fart with loads of rainy rides in the bag, I
>>don't think there is a magic solution, or at least I've never found one.
>
>For me that magic solution was contact lenses
>
>Roos


Yes of course I'd forgotten about contacts. The degree of my
astigmatism is such that contact lenses have only been an option for me
in recent years. I have tried them but the trial wasn't a success.

However you've got me thinking, the rainy season (next nine months!)
will soon be on us think it could be time to try again. Thanks for the
reminder ;-)

All the best
--
Bill

 

[Jeremy Parker]

"Mac" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hi guys!
>
> I was just wondering if any of you guys had any ideas about a
slight problem
> I have when I ride to work in the rain. I wear specs and most of
the journey
> to work is downhill so when it rains I cant see where I'm going
properly
> which is a bit risky.

Wear a baseball cap. Traditional cyclists caps are no good - the
peak isn't big enough.

Jeremy Parker

 

[Just zis Guy, you know?]

I submit that on or about Fri, 26 Aug 2005 02:46:46 +0100, the person
known to the court as Bill <[email protected]> made a statement
(<[email protected]> in Your Honour's bundle) to the
following effect:

>As a specs wearing old fart with loads of rainy rides in the bag, I
>don't think there is a magic solution, or at least I've never found one.

I find that rinsing them in a dilute solution of washing up liquid
works quite well, and of course a hat with a peak to keep the worst of
the rain off them in the first place.

And if it's really raining you fold the bike up [DIMIHAB] and jump on
the bus.

Guy
--
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"To every complex problem there is a solution which is
simple, neat and wrong" - HL Mencken

 

[Tony Raven]

Just zis Guy, you know? wrote:
>
> And if it's really raining you fold the bike up [DIMIHAB] and jump on
> the bus.
>

<needle>

How do you fold a Stinger, Guy?

</needle>
;-)

--
Tony

"I did make a mistake once - I thought I'd made a mistake but I hadn't"
Anon

 

[Just zis Guy, you know?]

I submit that on or about Sat, 27 Aug 2005 10:00:00 +0100, the person
known to the court as Tony Raven <[email protected]> made a
statement (<[email protected]> in Your Honour's bundle) to
the following effect:

>> And if it's really raining you fold the bike up [DIMIHAB] and jump on
>> the bus.

>How do you fold a Stinger, Guy?

I've managed it twice...

Guy
--
http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk

"To every complex problem there is a solution which is
simple, neat and wrong" - HL Mencken

 

[Tony Raven]

Just zis Guy, you know? wrote:
> I submit that on or about Sat, 27 Aug 2005 10:00:00 +0100, the person
> known to the court as Tony Raven <[email protected]> made a
> statement (<[email protected]> in Your Honour's bundle) to
> the following effect:
>
>
>>>And if it's really raining you fold the bike up [DIMIHAB] and jump on
>>>the bus.
>
>
>>How do you fold a Stinger, Guy?
>
>
> I've managed it twice...
>

Fold...replace....fold....replace....switch to upwrong B ;-)

--
Tony

"I did make a mistake once - I thought I'd made a mistake but I hadn't"
Anon

 

[Naqerj]

Jeremy Parker wrote:

>
>
> Wear a baseball cap. Traditional cyclists caps are no good - the
> peak isn't big enough.
>

Seconded... and with the darker nights approaching, the peak is also
useful for avoiding being blinded by those motorists who don't know what
a dip switch is.

--
Andrew

 

[Helen Deborah Vecht]

Naqerj <[email protected]>typed


> Jeremy Parker wrote:

> >
> >
> > Wear a baseball cap. Traditional cyclists caps are no good - the
> > peak isn't big enough.
> >

> Seconded... and with the darker nights approaching, the peak is also
> useful for avoiding being blinded by those motorists who don't know what
> a dip switch is.

Mebbe sewing a piece of reflective cloth to the top of the cap peak
would help teach these drivers to dip their lights...

--
Helen D. Vecht: [email protected]
Edgware.

 

[Tony]

On Thu, 25 Aug 2005 14:36:40 +0100, Tony Raven <[email protected]>
wrote:

>
>Personally I find that trying on frames is essential. Some which look
>good on the rack look dreadful on the face and vice versa. If you don't
>care at all how they look I guess it doesn't matter.

I buy glasses to improve the way I see, not the way I look. Technology
hasn't advanced sufficiently to make the latter an option.

Tony

 

[David Martin]

Naqerj wrote:
> Jeremy Parker wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Wear a baseball cap. Traditional cyclists caps are no good - the
> > peak isn't big enough.
> >
>
> Seconded... and with the darker nights approaching, the peak is also
> useful for avoiding being blinded by those motorists who don't know what
> a dip switch is.

I tend to obviously shade my eyes with my hand and veer across towards
teh middle of the road. The logic behind this is that I know that if I
pass just to the LHS of the headlights then I will still be on the
tarmac, even if I can see nothing else.

Letter to local paper coming on about numpties who cannot dip their
lights.

...d

 

[Dave Larrington]

Also sprach Jeremy Parker
> Wear a baseball cap. Traditional cyclists caps are no good - the
> peak isn't big enough.

Until one finds it trying to escape from one's gulliver at 40 mph...

--
Dave Larrington - <http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/>
If you are choking on an ice cube, simply pour a jug of boiling water
down your throat and presto! The blockage is almost instantly removed.