fog - Cycling Mob: Road Cycling, Mountain Biking and More

11-01-2004, 04:01 PM

I'm in western South Carolina, so I shouldn't complain about weather.
But today (fall break!) I went out about an hour later than I intended
because of thick fog, and still had almost an hour and a half riding in
the fog before it cleared. It wasn't that wet--the road was dry. But I
had water droplets constantly collecting on my glasses, and I hated
stopping and wiping them on my jersey tail. I'm very nearsighted, so
doing without the glasses isn't an option. Does anyone have any
suggestions? Is there any kind of absorbant cloth that I could wipe the
outside surface of my glasses with as I ride that would improve my
vision rather than make it worse?

It was in the mid 60s but with a chill in the air when I set out so I
wore a long sleeved jersey and a vest with a windproof front. My vest
is flourescent yellow-green and there was enough sun coming through the
fog that I think I was pretty visible. The trouble was I felt like I
was in a steam bath going up hill and it was chilly going down hill.
The hills aren't that long here, so it seemed I was constantly adjusting
zippers.

The last hour of my ride it was beautiful: sunny and in the 70s. So I'm
just starting to try to figure out how to dress for this intermediate
weather we are going to have a lot of here.

Pam

11-01-2004, 04:31 PM

pam_in_sc wrote:

> I'm in western South Carolina, so I shouldn't complain about weather.
> But today (fall break!) I went out about an hour later than I intended
> because of thick fog, and still had almost an hour and a half riding
> in the fog before it cleared. It wasn't that wet--the road was dry.
> But I had water droplets constantly collecting on my glasses, and I
> hated stopping and wiping them on my jersey tail. I'm very
> nearsighted, so doing without the glasses isn't an option. Does
> anyone have any suggestions?

Contact lenses! Or LASIK! When your glasses are so covered you can't see
through them, taking them off is the only solution. However, it has to be
really wet for this to happen.

> Is there any kind of absorbant cloth
> that I could wipe the outside surface of my glasses with as I ride
> that would improve my vision rather than make it worse?

Anti-fog wipes are available, so you might try those. Ask your optometrist.

Matt O.

11-01-2004, 04:31 PM

pam_in_sc wrote:

> I'm in western South Carolina, so I shouldn't complain about weather.
> But today (fall break!) I went out about an hour later than I intended
> because of thick fog, and still had almost an hour and a half riding
> in the fog before it cleared. It wasn't that wet--the road was dry.
> But I had water droplets constantly collecting on my glasses, and I
> hated stopping and wiping them on my jersey tail. I'm very
> nearsighted, so doing without the glasses isn't an option. Does
> anyone have any suggestions?

Contact lenses! Or LASIK! When your glasses are so covered you can't see
through them, taking them off is the only solution. However, it has to be
really wet for this to happen.

> Is there any kind of absorbant cloth
> that I could wipe the outside surface of my glasses with as I ride
> that would improve my vision rather than make it worse?

Anti-fog wipes are available, so you might try those. Ask your optometrist.

Matt O.

11-01-2004, 04:31 PM

pam_in_sc wrote:

> I'm in western South Carolina, so I shouldn't complain about weather.
> But today (fall break!) I went out about an hour later than I intended
> because of thick fog, and still had almost an hour and a half riding
> in the fog before it cleared. It wasn't that wet--the road was dry.
> But I had water droplets constantly collecting on my glasses, and I
> hated stopping and wiping them on my jersey tail. I'm very
> nearsighted, so doing without the glasses isn't an option. Does
> anyone have any suggestions?

Contact lenses! Or LASIK! When your glasses are so covered you can't see
through them, taking them off is the only solution. However, it has to be
really wet for this to happen.

> Is there any kind of absorbant cloth
> that I could wipe the outside surface of my glasses with as I ride
> that would improve my vision rather than make it worse?

Anti-fog wipes are available, so you might try those. Ask your optometrist.

Matt O.

11-01-2004, 04:31 PM

pam_in_sc wrote:

> I'm in western South Carolina, so I shouldn't complain about weather.
> But today (fall break!) I went out about an hour later than I intended
> because of thick fog, and still had almost an hour and a half riding
> in the fog before it cleared. It wasn't that wet--the road was dry.
> But I had water droplets constantly collecting on my glasses, and I
> hated stopping and wiping them on my jersey tail. I'm very
> nearsighted, so doing without the glasses isn't an option. Does
> anyone have any suggestions?

Contact lenses! Or LASIK! When your glasses are so covered you can't see
through them, taking them off is the only solution. However, it has to be
really wet for this to happen.

> Is there any kind of absorbant cloth
> that I could wipe the outside surface of my glasses with as I ride
> that would improve my vision rather than make it worse?

Anti-fog wipes are available, so you might try those. Ask your optometrist.

Matt O.

11-01-2004, 04:47 PM

Matt O'Toole wrote:
> Contact lenses! Or LASIK! When your glasses are so covered you can't see
> through them, taking them off is the only solution. However, it has to be
> really wet for this to happen.

I never could bear the thought of contact lenses, and my nearsightedness
is still getting worse (sphere in the worse eye is now -7, which means
my uncorrected vision is roughly 20-700) even as I need stronger
bifocals. Not to mention astigmatism (-2.5). I know they now have
contact lenses that can handle astigmatism, but after having the world
slope up on one side for two days when the axis of my astigmatism
prescription was changed, the idea of something that could shift in
position even a little sounds awful.

I can see through the water drops, perhaps a little better than through
fogged glasses, but it just isn't fun to ride that way.

Pam

11-01-2004, 04:47 PM

Matt O'Toole wrote:
> Contact lenses! Or LASIK! When your glasses are so covered you can't see
> through them, taking them off is the only solution. However, it has to be
> really wet for this to happen.

I never could bear the thought of contact lenses, and my nearsightedness
is still getting worse (sphere in the worse eye is now -7, which means
my uncorrected vision is roughly 20-700) even as I need stronger
bifocals. Not to mention astigmatism (-2.5). I know they now have
contact lenses that can handle astigmatism, but after having the world
slope up on one side for two days when the axis of my astigmatism
prescription was changed, the idea of something that could shift in
position even a little sounds awful.

I can see through the water drops, perhaps a little better than through
fogged glasses, but it just isn't fun to ride that way.

Pam

11-01-2004, 04:47 PM

Matt O'Toole wrote:
> Contact lenses! Or LASIK! When your glasses are so covered you can't see
> through them, taking them off is the only solution. However, it has to be
> really wet for this to happen.

I never could bear the thought of contact lenses, and my nearsightedness
is still getting worse (sphere in the worse eye is now -7, which means
my uncorrected vision is roughly 20-700) even as I need stronger
bifocals. Not to mention astigmatism (-2.5). I know they now have
contact lenses that can handle astigmatism, but after having the world
slope up on one side for two days when the axis of my astigmatism
prescription was changed, the idea of something that could shift in
position even a little sounds awful.

I can see through the water drops, perhaps a little better than through
fogged glasses, but it just isn't fun to ride that way.

Pam

11-01-2004, 04:47 PM

Matt O'Toole wrote:
> Contact lenses! Or LASIK! When your glasses are so covered you can't see
> through them, taking them off is the only solution. However, it has to be
> really wet for this to happen.

I never could bear the thought of contact lenses, and my nearsightedness
is still getting worse (sphere in the worse eye is now -7, which means
my uncorrected vision is roughly 20-700) even as I need stronger
bifocals. Not to mention astigmatism (-2.5). I know they now have
contact lenses that can handle astigmatism, but after having the world
slope up on one side for two days when the axis of my astigmatism
prescription was changed, the idea of something that could shift in
position even a little sounds awful.

I can see through the water drops, perhaps a little better than through
fogged glasses, but it just isn't fun to ride that way.

Pam

11-01-2004, 05:00 PM

"pam_in_sc" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
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> I'm in western South Carolina, so I shouldn't complain about weather. But
> today (fall break!) I went out about an hour later than I intended because
> of thick fog, and still had almost an hour and a half riding in the fog
> before it cleared. It wasn't that wet--the road was dry. But I had water
> droplets constantly collecting on my glasses, and I hated stopping and
> wiping them on my jersey tail. I'm very nearsighted, so doing without the
> glasses isn't an option. Does anyone have any suggestions? Is there any
> kind of absorbant cloth that I could wipe the outside surface of my
> glasses with as I ride that would improve my vision rather than make it
> worse?

Have some other surface for the water to collect on. Sunglasses that fit
over your glasses, or light ski goggles. Wipe with an antifog treatment.

The water forming on your primary focusing surface is the problem.

Pete