what kind of hat are you people wearing?
i wear two hats at once. theyāre made by bausch & lomb. theyāre called eye hats and you just attach them to your eyeballs and you can see.
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I would just wipe my glasses every once in a while and it wasnāt too problematic. Also just stopped going on long rides in the rain.
I do remember how interesting it was to see how long you could wait until you really needed to wipe your lenses and how much more there was to see after doing that.
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I use a Walz hat and it works great, but Kyleās Seattle problems may be unresolvable. The rain in Seattle just sort of hovers as a mist for you to walk/ride into. No bill shape can save you from it.
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been getting used to riding the fargo on legit singletrack and i think i finally understand trail in a real world setting.
when i climb a regular road paved or dirt on this thing in the three biggest cogs the front end wiggles around like a worm. itās especially annoying when iām on a serious grade and there is a car coming and i adjust to make whatever room i can. i find myself turning the bars pretty drastically to make minor corrections. i try to keep myself as predictable as possible with cars back so i get nervous about that and then the car passes and itās not a big deal. i think iāve wigged a few people out though.
when i am on singletrack on this bike and in the drops (especially on rooty downhills) i feel like i can put the front wheel anywhere almost immediately. the bike just goes where i want it and the rear just follows.
iām assuming this is just life on a high trail bike? i guess i should remember this bike is way more mtb than anything else.
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cycling cap. rapha i think. also my old spesh helmet had an integrated hat brim that was kinda sw8. gets real real close to your glasses, blocking enough of the rain.
itās funny, i hear people w/o glasses saying they need to wear clear cycling glasses to keep the rain out of their eyes. i feel like it is miserable with glasses. no winning.
Randijofab linen caps are light, evaporate water quickly, and have huge bills that you can hide your glasses under.
The downside is that they arenāt cheap and they take a month or two to get to you.
However, it is likely that rain will still be a thing in 4-6 weeks, so Iād say get one of those.
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Rapha caps are decent
i wear rapha caps every time i put on a helmet and its never helped with the rain on glasses!
Itās more for Cornelia than me. I wear contacts when riding if at all possible.
The Seattle issue is real. Rain falls real slow and in tiny droplets. Any wind or forward motion carries the rain sideways so hats donāt do much.
I was hoping there was a coating or something but I guess not.
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I think this is the best, huge brim. I have one I only use for rain rides.
Also I never wipe my lenses, too smeary. I remove then bang on knee to knock big drops off.
But also I just got contacts and I think thatās the real solution for me.
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Yeah, I use a hat with a larger brim and expect to look through the top half of the glasses. You can get rain hats for runners that are waterproof-ish and breathable-ish with full size brims that will fit under helmets and that is what is did back in the day. Now I just rock a tarck cap and deal with it.
Yeah, high trail. But wheel flop and front-center also play a role in slow-speed wiggliness.
Iāve heard of folks gluing a small piece of windshield wiper to their glove to wipe them off as you ride. Far end would be goggles with roll offs or something?
Iāve tried glasses with hydrophobic coating and without, and I couldnāt really tell much of a difference. After a couple blocks itās all the same kinda wet.
Goggle wiper on the back of the index finger is a common feature on moto/ski gloves.
Iāve noticed that water beads up + blows off better when my lenses are new, regardless of coating. So maybe regularly update some Zenni cheapies?
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Ok hear me out: dynamo hairdryer
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A cap with a long brim is what I use. It keeps the amount of water getting onto my glasses at a minimum. Pace or Roule are what I have.
I also have a Skigee. I only use it for goggles. YMMV.
My helmet has a peak. It works great. Not a fan of sweaty hats.
if sheās had those glasses for awhile, it may just be time for new ones