I rode today. Did you?
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Permalink Reply by Tony Adams on
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Yeah the built in helmet visors never seem to be enough for me either. I am a wuss about both the sun and precipitation. I remove the stock visors replace them with the visor part of a thrift store baseball/seed corn cap attached with a zip tie or two. My noggin is too large to fit a cap under a helmet, and for most of year I don't want the extra heat anyway. It looks rather dorky, but a bike helmet can't really get any dorkier anyway.
Lisa Curcio 6.5 mi said:It's a Garneau road bike helmet. It had one of those visors, but I hated it. I have tried my glasses with the interchangeable lenses, but the rain still gets in behind the lenses. I have tried all different things and the baseball cap under the helmet is my best option.
Dann B (5.25 mi/8.75 mi) said:Out of curiosity, what kind of helmet do you have (road, mountain, etc)? I use a Giro mountain style with the little (detachable) brim and put the amber lenses in my glasses to keep the rain out. Seems to work a treat, I just pop the glasses off and give them a swipe with my shirt at stoplights when they get too misted.
Lisa Curcio 6.5 mi said:I wear the baseball cap under my helmet to keep the rain out of my eyes--I hate rain in my eyes. But the rest of my face gets wet. Definitely will not be growing a beard. :-)
T.K. 6.5 mi said:I wore a baseball cap for the first time, and it made a huge difference. No facials for me, Lisa. (Beards also help)
So, who is ready for winter? :)
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Permalink Reply by Lisa Curcio on
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I am going to get my new bike tonight (woo hoo!) and did not want to ride my own bike to work, so I rode Divvy! It was perfect--just what I needed and I did not have to stand around waiting for a bus! When I leave tonight to go get the bike, I am going to ride Divvy to a station about two blocks from the bike shop. I love it.
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Permalink Reply by in it to win it 8.0 mi on
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This is the first year I've had to "layer" in early August. Granted, it's just two t-shirts in the AM (some days one long sleeve), but still, WTF Mother Nature?
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Permalink Reply by Skip Montanaro 0mi on
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What, are we turning into a bunch of farmers, never satisfied with the current weather? :-)
Skip, who was happy he took the train this morning when it started raining on his way to work...
in it to win it 8.0 mi said:This is the first year I've had to "layer" in early August. Granted, it's just two t-shirts in the AM (some days one long sleeve), but still, WTF Mother Nature?
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Permalink Reply by grayn8 on
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Sheesh. I'm still schwitzing like a bubbie with coffee and no babka.
Still this am, I passed by some folks wearing jackets! And!!! I saw someone else besides me riding on Western Ave (not the sidewalk) going south as I went north. I never see people riding on western albeit lots of folks on the sidewalk.
As a side note: that giant brick pothole on the eastern side of western around 14th street across from the filming lot and by the truck dock has been paved over! Yea!!
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Permalink Reply by Elizabeth M. on
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Hehehe! "I sweat like a nun in a brothel." I always say I sweat like a whore in church. I guess they would each feel equally uncomfortable.
Hello Scarlett said:that is amazeballs that you had to layer this morning - i sweat like a nun in a brothel within the first few blocks of my trip so i was LOVING the weather this morning with no sun blazing down upon my fair skinned self.
in it to win it 8.0 mi said:This is the first year I've had to "layer" in early August. Granted, it's just two t-shirts in the AM (some days one long sleeve), but still, WTF Mother Nature?
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