I sweat about 100 times more than the average person, and when I rode my bike water would just be pouring down onto my sunglasses, resulting in my riding through a rainstorm even on clear blue days.
So here's how I fixed it.
1. I took my high end helmet and removed the liner/sponge.
2. I picked up one of these Halo headbands from the bike shop. It redirects the sweat away from the brow. Was almost good enough alone with my previous sunglasses, but not quite. http://store.haloheadband.com/Default.asp?Redirected=Y
3. I bought a pair of Oakley Flakjackets. The cool thing is I used the military discount, in which I paid $55.00 for what would have cost $140.00. Colors are limited to black and grey, and fewer lens choices (although you can buy a lens that will block IR laser light). If you have a military ID you can buy them. Site is...
https://secure.usstandardissue.com/inde ... N=71339932
Just rode on the sweatiest day of the year so far, a day to make Cool Hand Luke proud. Nary a drop of water on the lens, but sweat-soaked everywhere else. Rock and roll.
Keeping the sweat out of your eyes while biking
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Re: Keeping the sweat out of your eyes while biking
Oh yeah. That just delays the downpour until it is soaked. Key is to not soak up the sweat. Get it to flow off away from the eyeballs.CP wrote:You didn't just try a bandana under the helmet?
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Re: Keeping the sweat out of your eyes while biking
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I should look into that. I've found that since I started shaving my head that hair is very helpful in directing sweat. With a shaved head sweat just follows gravity and your only defense is your eyebrows.nafod wrote:Oh yeah. That just delays the downpour until it is soaked. Key is to not soak up the sweat. Get it to flow off away from the eyeballs.CP wrote:You didn't just try a bandana under the helmet?
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Re: Keeping the sweat out of your eyes while biking
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Had a chance to use some when I used to bike a lot. Awesome. Thought it would be bullshit gimmicktry, but worked like a charm.
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Re: Keeping the sweat out of your eyes while biking
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I purchased a Halo headband and it works as described. Cheap and effective for keeping sweat off the glasses or out of your eyes - especially if you're bald.
I use it for YRG and kookballs.
Only negative I've found is that when I rinsed it out in the shower, black dye was dripping all over the place. Be careful if you put it in the washer or your summer pastels could be ruined.
I use it for YRG and kookballs.
Only negative I've found is that when I rinsed it out in the shower, black dye was dripping all over the place. Be careful if you put it in the washer or your summer pastels could be ruined.
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Re: Keeping the sweat out of your eyes while biking
Post by Shaun B. O'Murnecan »
Never thought about it for YRG and KBs. I swear I sweat HCl at times. Wudda thought the whole bending over thing would defeat their purpose. So no problems with bent positions or LCing?DrDonkeyLove wrote:I purchased a Halo headband and it works as described. Cheap and effective for keeping sweat off the glasses or out of your eyes - especially if you're bald.
I use it for YRG and kookballs.
Only negative I've found is that when I rinsed it out in the shower, black dye was dripping all over the place. Be careful if you put it in the washer or your summer pastels could be ruined.
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Re: Keeping the sweat out of your eyes while biking
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I'm not a profuse sweater but zero problems with YRG and snatching IME.Norman U. Senchbau wrote:Never thought about it for YRG and KBs. I swear I sweat HCl at times. Wudda thought the whole bending over thing would defeat their purpose. So no problems with bent positions or LCing?DrDonkeyLove wrote:I purchased a Halo headband and it works as described. Cheap and effective for keeping sweat off the glasses or out of your eyes - especially if you're bald.
I use it for YRG and kookballs.
Only negative I've found is that when I rinsed it out in the shower, black dye was dripping all over the place. Be careful if you put it in the washer or your summer pastels could be ruined.
I still use a towel to mop up head sweat from time to time. So far it's kept 100% of the sweat off of my glasses.
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