"pam_in_sc" 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?

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


Hi Pam,

Remember me? I'm right down the road from you in Abbeville County. I know
you're new to the road riding scene. Be advised this kind of persistent fog
we've been having nearly every morning is VERY unusual. In a decade of
riding here in the Upstate, I never recall anything like it before. So
don't do anything drastic like LASIK just because we're having a strange
spell of weather.

I wear a pair of Oakley glasses that have a prescription insert that sits
behind the outer "shield" lense. I can just do without on foggy days, but
I've heard of people using a product called Rain-X on their outer lenses.
I've used it on my car windshield and it's incredible. It just makes water
repel like crazy. Look for it at an auto parts store or at Wal-Mart.

I saw in another post that you've got a full century you're planning to do
in the near future. Which one? I have hardly touched my bike since R for
R. I passed 10,000 miles for the year on that ride and just kinda decided
I'd had enough for a while (very unusual for me).

Anyway, suggestion #1 is to wait out the fog if you can. We're invisible
enough as it is. Suggestion #2 ... get some Rain-X.

Bob C.