Originally Posted by
Shimagnolo
Agreed.
A couple months ago I was bombing down my favorite 9% downhill at 40+ mph, and heard/felt what sounded like a rock hit my left lens.
At the same time everything went blurry in my left eye.
When I reached the bottom I took off the glasses and saw that the entire lens was covered with mostly-transparent bug guts.
I don't know what it was, but it must have been *big*.
Thank goodness for glasses!
no argument here. anything over 20 mph or so and eye protection is a real good idea. not saying it's not a good idea at 10 mph, just that in weighing the risks (blindness from headlight glare vs blindness from catching a bug in the eye) i'll go with the bug in the eye. gonna try the mirrored clear suggestion though.