Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - Any body where face masks in the morning?

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evilcryalotmore
05-18-10, 06:09 PM
Masks?


xavier853
05-18-10, 06:15 PM
I had this silver skull mask that I wore around campus for most of the winter. I got it for halloween.

(but I don't think thats what you mean :P )

Xgecko
05-18-10, 06:18 PM
I did in the winter but I'm guessing that's not the type of mask you are referring to

I wore a Respro on a motorcycle in Japan....

http://www.respro.com/resources/products/sportsta-mask.jpg


evilcryalotmore
05-18-10, 06:26 PM
I did in the winter but I'm guessing that's not the type of mask you are referring to

I wore a Respro on a motorcycle in Japan....

http://www.respro.com/resources/products/sportsta-mask.jpg

Where do you get respro's?

Xgecko
05-18-10, 06:38 PM
I got mine in a cycling shop in Yokohama but....amazon sells them

thompsonpost
05-18-10, 06:49 PM
Where? Nyuk, nyuk.

Leukybear
05-18-10, 07:29 PM
http://www.denbigharmysurplus.co.uk/army-stores/balaclava004.jpg

Yeah sometimes I forget to take it off from the night before.... :lol:

cc700
05-18-10, 07:38 PM
^so you are into some kinky **** fantasies, huh?

sars!

Leukybear
05-18-10, 07:41 PM
^so you are into some kinky **** fantasies, huh?

sars!

Nah just dishing out some hard justice. :notamused:
http://comps.fotosearch.com/comp/OJO/OJO210/burglar-ski-mask_~pe0065909.jpg

seventythree
05-18-10, 08:30 PM
I had a Kabuki 151499 mask i'd worn
while riding me Bridgestone Kabuki SST.

It matched the headbadge spot on.

bike and mask both gone now.


Nothing worn now besides me ivy "newsboy" cap upon
me surly or SE PB or Pashley Guv'nor.

PedallingATX
05-18-10, 08:32 PM
mask? wtf? NO

Snacklord
05-18-10, 08:50 PM
I wear a plain grey Merino Wool 'buff' on cold nights.... keeps the ears, face, and neck nice and warm....
it's like a long knitted tube or sorts, I usually double it up over itself....

http://www.planetbuff.com/Features,-Benefits-%26-Uses/c4/p39/Merino-Wool-Features,-Benefits-and-Uses/pages.html

I know the website domain name sounds gay as hell, but check out their products....
you can also find them on ebay, which is where I purchased mine....

the_don
05-19-10, 07:18 AM
Yeah, respro riding and I wear medical masks on the train too.

powers2b
05-19-10, 07:51 AM
I used to wear a neoprene ski maks while commuting in CLE.
Now that I am in TX I have to wear this to maintain my supple features:
Seeing the world through cucumber lenses helps me to navigate traffic while reducing wrinkles.

Enjoy

hairnet
05-19-10, 09:28 AM
love the cool morning air

Ken Cox
05-19-10, 05:54 PM
I ride in very cold weather, and I have experimented with face protection.

I find my nose and cheekbones take the cold the worst.

Global Vision Big Ben Over-the-Glasses Goggles sufficiently cover my nose and cheekbones and make it possible to ride down to minus 15 F.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000KDD81K/b1store-20

At those temperatures, you need anti-fog stuff:

http://www.amazon.com/Cat-Crap-Anti-fog-Cleaner-EK/dp/B0009A1XJI

Ask me about gloves.

Chief Brody
05-19-10, 07:06 PM
Ask me about gloves.

Ken - Tell us about gloves?

dookie
05-19-10, 07:10 PM
powers, tell us about CLE.

Ken Cox
05-19-10, 11:21 PM
Ken - Tell us about gloves?

I have spent a fortune on high tech gloves, including Pearl Izumi Full Lobster gloves, and nothing worked...until...

an inexpensive wool liner glove, like Smart Wool glove liners for $18 ($14 if you shop around)

https://www.smartwool.com/default.cfm#/Mens/Accessories/-/_/389/

with those cheap cotton-poly white gardening gloves over the top, $5 for a dozen pair

http://www.wasserstrom.com/restaurant-supplies-equipment/Product_312520

will keep my hands comfortably warm down to 0 degrees fahrenheit, if I have good bar tape to keep my handlebars from acting as a heat sink.

The cotton gloves wash up nice, or you can throw them away, and they protect the wool liners from snags and abrasion.

I have no idea why this combo works as well as it does, even in the rain, but it does.

Plus, the white gloves make your hands and you much more visible; and, if the gloves get too warm, just take them off and they fit easily into a pocket.

And the white gloves alone, without the liners, make cool mornings and nights pleasant without over heating.