How can I effectivly stop my face peeling off in the cold
Clever Pun
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currently I've got a buff it's great until the moisture of my breath makes it wet cold and the last two days rock solid.. it lasts about the first 4-5 miles before it's unpleasant
no MM a facemask can get ta fu<k
Has anyone else found other solutions? or got any bright ideas?
no MM a facemask can get ta fu<k
Has anyone else found other solutions? or got any bright ideas?
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Don't cover your face. Just use a buff to keep your head warm. Then cover your face in Double Base! http://www.expresschemist.co.uk/product ... enser.html
Works for me. If it's really really bitter and dry use Vaseline instead of Double Base. This is unpleasant but works.0 -
Morning to you to.
I just turn the buff every 5 mins or so given its a tube? The other bits dry quickly enough with the wind.Le Cannon [98 Cannondale M400] [FCN: 8]
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Il Principe wrote:Grow a full beard?
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MonkeyMonster wrote:Morning to you to.
I just turn the buff every 5 mins or so given its a tube? The other bits dry quickly enough with the wind.
or give you a really cold cheekPurveyor of sonic doom
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Jeepie wrote:Don't cover your face. Just use a buff to keep your head warm. Then cover your face in Double Base! http://www.expresschemist.co.uk/product ... enser.html
Works for me. If it's really really bitter and dry use Vaseline instead of Double Base. This is unpleasant but works.
so essentially grease myself up?Purveyor of sonic doom
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Clever Pun wrote:MonkeyMonster wrote:Morning to you to.
I just turn the buff every 5 mins or so given its a tube? The other bits dry quickly enough with the wind.
or give you a really cold cheek
Balaclava - too warm for all but the recent extremes, but you can pull them across your cheeks quite a lot, whilst keeping the neck and chin (and optionally mouth) covered). Although you still have an exposed face, its surrounded by warm - so its a lot better than you think once you get going. Forget the nose - its a gonner (although I have seen people with little scraps of material held over the nose by glasses in the past (xc skiing) - but anything which covers both your nose and your mouth will cause your glasses to mist up.0 -
Clever Pun wrote:Jeepie wrote:Don't cover your face. Just use a buff to keep your head warm. Then cover your face in Double Base! http://www.expresschemist.co.uk/product ... enser.html
Works for me. If it's really really bitter and dry use Vaseline instead of Double Base. This is unpleasant but works.
so essentially grease myself up?
Yeah.
You've seen the first prison scene in Hancock, right?0 -
Greasing up does the job - Vaseline is your friend.
Or this: http://www.tgstore.net/facewarmer-iii-p-2494.html
Or spray your face with Ralgex.Giant Escape R1
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Greg66 wrote:Clever Pun wrote:Jeepie wrote:Don't cover your face. Just use a buff to keep your head warm. Then cover your face in Double Base! http://www.expresschemist.co.uk/product ... enser.html
Works for me. If it's really really bitter and dry use Vaseline instead of Double Base. This is unpleasant but works.
so essentially grease myself up?
Yeah.
You've seen the first prison scene in Hancock, right?
I'd get distracted before making the full manouvrePurveyor of sonic doom
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How about something along the lines of this?
http://www.amazon.com/Seirus-Innovation ... pd_sbs_a_4
EDIT: Oops! Missed the GTF bit on face masks. I quite like mine though.0 -
This is the best stuff I have found. Works on legs, face, arms well anywhere your skin is exposed.
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I wear two buffs, one around my neck over my chin at the front pulled up at the back so it covers my ears and is held up by the other one that I fold over as a big headband to cover my ears with 3 layers. My mouth and nose are uncovered but it doesn't seem to matter with both buffs on. If I have either off though it kills.
Maybe it's a matter of keeping most of your face/head warm and blood will do the rest?Saracen Tenet 3 - 2015 - Dead - Replaced with a Hack Frame
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prawny wrote:I wear two buffs, one around my neck over my chin at the front pulled up at the back so it covers my ears and is held up by the other one that I fold over as a big headband to cover my ears with 3 layers. My mouth and nose are uncovered but it doesn't seem to matter with both buffs on. If I have either off though it kills.
Maybe it's a matter of keeping most of your face/head warm and blood will do the rest?0 -
Always Tyred wrote:prawny wrote:I wear two buffs, one around my neck over my chin at the front pulled up at the back so it covers my ears and is held up by the other one that I fold over as a big headband to cover my ears with 3 layers. My mouth and nose are uncovered but it doesn't seem to matter with both buffs on. If I have either off though it kills.
Maybe it's a matter of keeping most of your face/head warm and blood will do the rest?
Not really, i leave the top of my head uncovered (apart from hair) for cooling.Saracen Tenet 3 - 2015 - Dead - Replaced with a Hack Frame
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Nivea lotion, enriched for dry skin (extra rich moisturising lotion) or
Shea butter (no additives)
although I like MM's suggestion (just this once, mind)0 -
I put vaseline on my face. Also use a buff.FCN 2-4.
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Seriously ??? :roll:
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itboffin wrote:Seriously ??? :roll:
Face cream, leg shaving and skirt wearing, WTF next?
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Perhaps a nice matching Rapha purse :shock:Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.0