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Old 02-01-10 | 05:03 PM
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scoatw
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From: central ohio

Bikes: 96 gary fisher 'utopia' : 99 Softride 'Norwester'(for sale), 1972 Raleigh Twenty. Surly 1x1 converted to 1x8, 96 Turner Burner

I TOOK A SPILL TODAY. Monday, February 01, 2010. THE Temps were about 18-20 degrees. I decided to go with the visorgogs instead of the Uvex’s. Big mistake. 30 mins into the ride the goggles are fogging up real bad. I couldn’t see. I ended up riding into the curb in front of Worthington High School. I flipped over on my right onto the concrete sidewalk and went sliding on my beautiful Showers Pass rainjacket and my $100 winter cycling pants. I’m lucky I didn’t break my right Tibula. The jacket got a nice scrap on it with a slight tear in the fabric that can be fixed. The pants came out unscathed. The bike was OK except for the computer which got jarred loose. It doesn’t work but I can fix it. Well that tells me that I should have gone with the Uvex’s instead. And I will in the future. Below 23 degrees is the cut off where I switch. I’m not as comfortable wearing the Uvex’s as I am the Visorgogs. I prefer the Visorgogs. I have a better range of vision. Almost perfect. The Uvex’s range is limited and makes me feel like I’m scuba-diving. But they work in frigid temps. The seal keeps the hot air from your breath from fogging up the lens. I’ve only used them in 10 degrees. But I’m confident that they’ll work below that.
http://www.labsafety.com/search/gogg...8/?GoButton=Go

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