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Can't Use Helmets in the Sun????
Taunto wrote:
Tony Raven wrote: John Forrest Tomlinson wrote: So WTF do I know about helmets? Please give me some more advice -- I haven't experienced enough in cycling. I've noticed that there is generally a division between those who question the efficacy of helmets who tend to use their real names and those who are staunch believers in helmets who go by pseudonyms like Ozark and Sorni and Strange Quark. I wonder why that would be? They fell off their bike without a helmet, and can't remember who the **** they are. I never use a helmet but not for the reasons most might think. I wear a baseball cap with the bill to keep the sun from coming over the top of my sunglasses into my eyes. If I could find a helmet with a sun visor on the front I might consider wearing one. Mid day sun hurts my eyes, especially the light that comes around the corners of my sunglasses, and has sometimes interfered with my ability to see where I am going. There's a different point of view for you. Bill (real name) Baka |
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Can't Use Helmets in the Sun????
Tony Raven wrote: I've noticed that there is generally a division between those who question the efficacy of helmets who tend to use their real names and those who are staunch believers in helmets who go by pseudonyms like Ozark and Sorni and Strange Quark. I wonder why that would be? Part and parcel of the lack of civil behaviour, lack of appreciation of fact as a foundation of dialectic, and lack of any pretense to stick to the point. |
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Can't Use Helmets in the Sun????
Bill wrote:
I never use a helmet but not for the reasons most might think. I wear a baseball cap with the bill to keep the sun from coming over the top of my sunglasses into my eyes. If I could find a helmet with a sun visor on the front I might consider wearing one. Mid day sun hurts my eyes, especially the light that comes around the corners of my sunglasses, and has sometimes interfered with my ability to see where I am going. There's a different point of view for you. Bill (real name) Baka Bill, there are a gajillion helmets with visors on the front -- plus of course many people wear a "sun visor" (cap or actual visor) under their helmet. The only reason not to on a road bike is that sometimes it's hard on the neck having to lift the head in order to see under the visor. Shouldn't be a problem on your purple girl's Huffy (or whatever you're riding these days)... Sorni |
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Can't Use Helmets in the Sun????
Bill Sornson wrote:
Bill wrote: I never use a helmet but not for the reasons most might think. I wear a baseball cap with the bill to keep the sun from coming over the top of my sunglasses into my eyes. If I could find a helmet with a sun visor on the front I might consider wearing one. Mid day sun hurts my eyes, especially the light that comes around the corners of my sunglasses, and has sometimes interfered with my ability to see where I am going. There's a different point of view for you. Bill (real name) Baka Bill, there are a gajillion helmets with visors on the front -- plus of course many people wear a "sun visor" (cap or actual visor) under their helmet. The only reason not to on a road bike is that sometimes it's hard on the neck having to lift the head in order to see under the visor. Shouldn't be a problem on your purple girl's Huffy (or whatever you're riding these days)... Sorni Sorni, The Huffy is semi retired and I am riding my Schwinn Super Sport 700 x 25? more these days. Even with my baseball caps the visor gets in the way when I am head down and going for speed, and then a truck comes by and blasts the cap off anyway. I just haven't seen any helmets that meet my personal preference, and a large part of that is keeping my eyes protected from UV rays, which are a lot more damaging than science is letting on. Bill Baka |
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Can't Use Helmets in the Sun????
On Fri, 30 Jun 2006 22:55:44 GMT, Bill wrote:
Taunto wrote: Tony Raven wrote: John Forrest Tomlinson wrote: So WTF do I know about helmets? Please give me some more advice -- I haven't experienced enough in cycling. I've noticed that there is generally a division between those who question the efficacy of helmets who tend to use their real names and those who are staunch believers in helmets who go by pseudonyms like Ozark and Sorni and Strange Quark. I wonder why that would be? They fell off their bike without a helmet, and can't remember who the **** they are. I never use a helmet but not for the reasons most might think. I wear a baseball cap with the bill to keep the sun from coming over the top of my sunglasses into my eyes. Doesn't that make your neck hurt. At least get a cycling cap with the small bill. If I could find a helmet with a sun visor on the front I might consider wearing one. Perhaps 60% of the helmets on the market come with one. 80% of the rest can have one fitted and almost all can be worn over a billed cycling cap. None of this means I think you need a helmet, just that you don't need any excuse (much less this one). Ron Mid day sun hurts my eyes, especially the light that comes around the corners of my sunglasses, and has sometimes interfered with my ability to see where I am going. There's a different point of view for you. Bill (real name) Baka |
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