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05-23-17 | 08:03 AM

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cyccommute

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Quote:

Originally Posted by BobbyG

After 24 years of commuting with headbands, last summer I bought a Halo brand headband. It has a rubber "band" that sits above the eyes and acts as a gutter to shunt moisture outward away from the eyes. It works very well. I'm sorry I didn't try it sooner.

Halo Headband at REI

Yup. Old terry cloth sweat bands are just reservoirs for sweat and they will burst at any moment. I've had the equivalent of the Jonestown flood cascading down into my eyes at the least opportune moments. Nothing stings more then several gallons of salt water poured into your eyeballs

And glasses always go on the inside of the helmet straps! You don't want to be flinging your $200...in my case more like $700 Rx ...glasses off your head when you take off your helmet. You really don't want to be flinging your glasses off into the Port-a-Potty like a guy complained about at the first rest stop on a 100 mile ride

I'm not sure I would go in after mine.

Of course, the calculus is a bit different if you have to wear glasses as opposed to choosing to wear them. But still, inside the straps keeps them from (icky) watery grave.

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