any1 use goggles 4 commutin wen rain real bad

scottgeniusltd2005

hi guys,
any1 used goggles when the rain / sleet is really bad 4 commuting? if so, do they steam up worse than glasses? went out in really bad rain last night and on the downhills was pretty painful on the face plus couldn't see very well as squinting?

cheers

gtvlusso

Nope - MTFU and put matchsticks in yer eyes!

I am usually still asleep on my morning commute, so in general it is never a problem.

ChrisLS

...not goggles, but cycling glasses and yes I find they steam up and if the rain is really heavy they are next to useless. I find a peak on my helmet helps keep the rain off...

redvee

Another one for a helmet peak though you do have to keep wiping the edge as the drips can fall off at the wrong time and into your eyes.

homercles

Another vote for peaked helmet. Never got on with glasses in the rain - stop for a few seconds and they begin to mist up.

And would probably look insane wearing my ski goggles!!

il_principe

Peaked cap, much better than a peaked helmet as it'll soak up some of the rain before dripping it!

Rich158

Goggles are even worse than glasses at steeming up, and take longer to clear in my experience. I've never tried using them on the road though

singlespeedexplosif

glasses, with antifog. problem solved.

always_tyred

scottgeniusltd2005 wrote:

hi guys,
any1 used goggles when the rain / sleet is really bad 4 commuting? if so, do they steam up worse than glasses? went out in really bad rain last night and on the downhills was pretty painful on the face plus couldn't see very well as squinting?

cheers

Dude - you should take your goggles OFF when typing.

always_tyred

jashburnham wrote:

Peaked cap, much better than a peaked helmet as it'll soak up some of the rain before dripping it!

Let me guess - a red and white one?

DavidTQ

Helmet peak and cycling glasses with vents here (lidls specials), they only steam up when I come to a stop for a fair time, an averge red light isnt a problem its the big queues where I judge it unsafe to filter that cause misting, Really should get round to applying some anti fog chemical to them some time...

DonDaddyD

A peak on a cap (under helmer) or peak on the helmet itself.

Having lived most my life with glasses, I can firmly say that looking through water covered lenses isn't at all visible. If it's heavy rain I will wear cycling glasses - to protect my eyes (wrap-arounds allow air to around the lens helping to prevent the glasses from steaming up) alongwith a peak to help stop rain settling on the lenses themself.

il_principe

Always Tyred wrote:

jashburnham wrote:

Peaked cap, much better than a peaked helmet as it'll soak up some of the rain before dripping it!

Let me guess - a red and white one?

Yep, or Red/Black Red/Black/White or Red/White/Green. I have lots of caps!

DavidTQ

DonDaddyD wrote:

A peak on a cap (under helmer) or peak on the helmet itself.

Having lived most my life with glasses, I can firmly say that looking through water covered lenses isn't at all visible. If it's heavy rain I will wear cycling glasses - to protect my eyes (wrap-arounds allow air to around the lens helping to prevent the glasses from steaming up) alongwith a peak to help stop rain settling on the lenses themself.

My cycling glasses I believe already have a beading coating which makes them perfectly useable in rain, the rain reacts very differently to the lenses than it would normally on plastic or glass. I would guess it works the same way as rainex on a car windscreen, it just as effective (and rainex really is very effective when correctly applied). Basically when water hits the lense it stays as a single drop and when it runs down the lense its still a single drop no "trail" left behind. The rain drops also run off far faster as well. Its like having a set of invisible windscreen wipers

Clever Pun

jashburnham wrote:

Always Tyred wrote:

jashburnham wrote:

Peaked cap, much better than a peaked helmet as it'll soak up some of the rain before dripping it!

Let me guess - a red and white one?

Yep, or Red/Black Red/Black/White or Red/White/Green. I have lots of caps!

do you have burnt orange?

To the OP I find typing the words fully without txt spk will help everyone get a clearer vision of what's happening. on the road I still use shades/glasses but wear a peaked cap. I the winter a belgium styled one with the earflaps is great for me.

Jamey

I've never worn goggles but there are so many cool ones around that I really want to... Examples:
http://www.spyoptic.com/category/98962/ALL
And
http://www.addict.co.uk/products/sku/li ... gle_olive/

lost_in_thought

OP, I think you'll find bikeradar don't charge by the letter...

In a more helpfun vein, I second/third/whatever the recommendation for peaked caps.

DancesWithSheep

Please tell me I'm not the only person who has read this post and thought ^^^^

:roll:

tardington

They look pretty swish.

I did see a guy out wearing his time trial aero helmet, with the full face goggles, in the rain. He looked very smug! 8)

scottgeniusltd2005

sorry guys,

i didn't realize we were all english language superstars. but, thanks for the replies, a definite no then. just a simple peaked cap, that's what i have been using and it doesn't seem to be any improvements about.

thank you, ever so much.

The-Dude

Ok i've posted twice in here and twice my post has gone missing.lol. Whats going on? Is there something in my post that shouldn't be there?