Originally Posted by
mdphoto
Ok so I wear non prescription glasses with clear lens during the morning commute. Having an issue with the lens fogging so much so that I can't see well. Any tricks to keep them from fogging? Thanks
Originally Posted by
no1mad
Peter White has an
article on studded tires,
Bar Mitts on the bars will help with the hands, and
BF user jim from boston has great advice on how to deal with fogging classes.
Posts about winter eyewear and fogging are perennial subjects on the Winter Cycling Forum. On the last two pages of threads on that Forum are a few, including posts by me. For example:
Originally Posted by
Jim from Boston
I use safety-glasses as goggles at about 35 F and below, and I also need to wear prescription eyeglasses. I totally agree that anti-fog coatings are easily defeated by heavy vapor-laden breathing, especially at really cold temperatures. Also the strategy for trying to seal the goggles from exhalations is futile [as with regular ski goggles]. For me the ventilation provided by the wide open sides of the safety glasses reliably keeps them and my eyeglasses clear and the wide windscreen of the safety glasses keeps my eyes comfortable.
See pictures below. A special innovation is that I use a vertical strip of velcro on my skull cap to attach to another strip of velcro wrapped around the nosepiece of the safety goggles. The safety glasses are then suspended over my eyes rather than resting or pressed down on my nose. Another advantage is that the safety glasses have rigid earpieces for my eyeglass mounted Take-a-Look mirror, as opposed to elastic headbands on regular ski goggles.
I further posted:
Originally Posted by
Jim from Boston
I've posted a lot about the fogging problem, and my solution pictured below works quite well due to the wide open ventilation of the safety glasses. I've tried various coating agents, and I think they can be defeated because cyclists are working harder than motorcyclists or downhill skiers and exhaling a greater load of moist air. Also any suggested strategy to defeat fogging should describe the conditions, since it gets worse the colder, longer and harder you ride. The extremes I encounter are single digits, very rarely below 0° F, for a 14 mile commute of about 1:15 with three "moderate" hills...
I hope I don't sound confrontational, but I think fogging is one of the most dangerous conditions I encounter during winter cycling, particularly as an eyeglass wearer, so I take it seriously.
