mickle
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Wear a cycling cap or a helmet equiped with a visor.
Not enough time to invent a solution
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Angelfishsolo
A Velocipedian
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- Cwmbach, South Wales
IIRC Rain-X only works when traveling at 30mph plus and the faster the speed the better.
I live with this issue also and have yet to find a suitable solution to the problem. The peak on my lid does very little to help and I usually end up looking over the top of my specs when it rains. I am fortunate in that that the world just looks a little less sharp without my specs but it still causes headaches after a long ride. Might try the baseball cap idea (remembering to spray it with Nikwax 1st)
I live with this issue also and have yet to find a suitable solution to the problem. The peak on my lid does very little to help and I usually end up looking over the top of my specs when it rains. I am fortunate in that that the world just looks a little less sharp without my specs but it still causes headaches after a long ride. Might try the baseball cap idea (remembering to spray it with Nikwax 1st)
jasper said:
remking
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Angelfishsolo said:
Okay, so there IS a problem. We all know that the hardest part of innovation is finding the problem that needs to be solved. Yes, we all know about contact lenses.. but they are not for everyone. I will be contemplating how to fix this problem..
Mortiroloboy
New Member
scoosh said:Long-peaked cap under helmet worked for me during a very wet Glasgow-Edinburgh 51 miler last year. Not perfect but remarkably effective - and it was fair stoatin'
Looked marginally better than the glasses
Yep, cotton peaked cap like the pro's wear, works for me.
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
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- South Manchester
If you fix it - do let me know.
I got soaked today, with cycling glasses and inserts - so 4 panes for the water to stick to. Washing Up liquid to clean the lense and then rinse off is enough to stop fogging - you just have to live with the rest. I use rain-x on the car side and rear window (saloon - no wiper) and you have to be going some for it to work effectively, although, it does stop big globules building up, and makes all round vision better - not sure how it would work on sports glasses or ordinary ones - don't use if you have one pair of glasses..please !
I got soaked today, with cycling glasses and inserts - so 4 panes for the water to stick to. Washing Up liquid to clean the lense and then rinse off is enough to stop fogging - you just have to live with the rest. I use rain-x on the car side and rear window (saloon - no wiper) and you have to be going some for it to work effectively, although, it does stop big globules building up, and makes all round vision better - not sure how it would work on sports glasses or ordinary ones - don't use if you have one pair of glasses..please !
swee'pea99
Legendary Member
Radical solution, but effective - lazer surgery.
remking
New Member
- Location
- Eastleigh, Hampshire
Right, I've been inside an old CD player and I have managed to identify the laser component. Trying to get some electricity to it now.. wish me luck. I'll let you know how I get on.
Angelfishsolo
A Velocipedian
- Location
- Cwmbach, South Wales
I'm pretty sure that if you do that you'll end up seeing the world through a prism.
Angelfishsolo
A Velocipedian
- Location
- Cwmbach, South Wales
Then I shall happily stand corrected. I still think I shall pass though just in case, as I only own one pair of glasses.