Sunday, December 8, 2013

Motorcycle Glasses & Mechanics gloves (Trip to WallyWorld)

A buddy at work is winter bike commuting for the first time this year and was having trouble with his sunglasses fogging up.  Asked me how I handled that. Well, I've been riding without eye protection, mostly because I don't like the cold plastic on my face, but my contacts have been drying out and acting up in our sub-freezing weather.  I told him I was thinking of getting some ski goggles.  I searched online, and found bicycling goggles are available, too, so was going to look into those.

Then yesterday I wandered into the motorcycle aisle at Walmart, and stumbled across some motorcycling sunglasses for $14. 


They have some foam padding which I thought might help with keeping the cold out, and have an anti-fog coating. I got the clear ones, but they also have ones with colored lenses. I also picked up a pair of Grease Monkey Gorilla Grip gloves. I was just thinking about getting a pair of mechanics gloves for repairing flats in the winter, and coincidentally these were in the same aisle as the glasses.  I can fit my hands with glove liners on inside so maybe can keep my hands dry and a little warm if needing to make emergency repairs.

The glasses look a little dorky, so they're right up my alley. (Debbie said they make me look like Barry on Storage Wars.)  They seem to have a wide field of vision.  Will give them a try tomorrow, I think I might like the size and fit of these better than goggles.  Next thing you know, I'll be shopping for accessories at the Harley dealership.



6 comments:

  1. My glasses fog up when I stop at red lights. So I don't stop at red lights any more.

    Just kidding.

    Back in my ice hockey days I had to use an anti-fog spray on my glasses and it worked pretty well. Haven't used anything on my winter commutes because my glasses clear quickly after I get moving. Check out anti-fog on any of the hockey forums and you'll find cheaper solutions such as Pledge, shaving cream, and shampoo.

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    1. hmmm, so a little "lemon pledge while you're biking". sorry, couldn't help myself (not everybody's old enough like me to remember those commercials)

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  2. As a seriously cheap (thrifty) shopper, I used to have a pair of $5 safety goggles from General Store. They got pretty scratched up and I finally gave up on them--currently riding without eye protection but also have the problem with contacts drying out.

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  3. I didn't think I'd really get much use out of these glasses, but they're actually working out pretty good. Have some trouble fogging when I stop, but my contacts are better.

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  4. I'm still working out the glasses thing for the winter. I tried swimming glasses which was a disaster. For now I'm using sunglasses. Obviously I'm new here. One of Hanks blog friends.

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    1. I thought about trying swimming goggles, so I'll just cross those off the list of options.

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