Rode Suzy to Work Today

[ajensen]

It was 27 degrees (about -3 c). I rode my GS500f to work and was not really cold. Of course I am only 10 minutes or so away and go no more than 45 mph (accurate). I have been riding for 55 years and have not had a fairing or even a windshield on a bike before. I added a Laminar Lip to the windscreen and it works well--protects the torso from direct wind blast. The only problem is that my glasses and face shield fog up badly. Any suggestions?

[Watcher]

What helmet are you using?

Anything with an available pin-lock shield would be the ultimate in anti-fog, but there are several products on the market you can apply to lenses to help.

Also helps if you have some kind of face mask that captures your breath like a balaclava.  Breathing through the nose is better than through the mouth, if you do end up mouth-breathing try to breath downward.

[J_Walker]

I love pinlock shield on my HTC, too bad they are about as soft as jello. riding with your visor up kills them with scratches. and are expensive to replace [considering what they are..]

[qcbaker]

I have a bottle of anti-fog stuff for my scuba mask, I wonder if it would work at all if I applied it to the inside of my visor... I might try it on my spare clear just to see if it would work.

[ajensen]

I had to look up what a pin lock face shield is. It looks good, but my problem is with the glasses and inside the shield. qcbaker, I'm really curious about the scuba mask anti-fog. Watcher--thanks for the suggestions.

[Kookas]

Yeah, you can get anti-fog sprays for glasses pretty easily - I did a lot of looking into it when I cycled with glasses, but I really wanted anti-rain and that wasn't so readily available. I don't wear any glasses or anything like that anymore though so can't tell you much more, unfortunately. I do keep my helmet visor from fogging up just by keeping it open (only cracked when riding quick), I'm a big fan of the fresh air anyway so it works for me.