Originally Posted by uoficowboy

Hey there - I commute about 10 miles each way to work Monday-Friday. It's typically a decent ride, with only a couple sections with hairy traffic.

Anyways - on Thursday on the way home the skies decided to open up on me. My glasses got covered in water and, to make it worse, the insides of them fogged up. It was late enough that everybody had their headlights on, so their headlights made a zillion little reflections in all the water in my glasses, essentially blinding me. There were times when I could only see a parked car when it was 10 feet in front of me. Not the best conditions!

Anyways - is there anything I can do about this? I need to wear glasses (I'm legally blind without them, see 20/15 with them) - but they also are causing a pretty serious problem for me...

Thanks!

Originally Posted by UberIM

Someone suggested using a helmet visor in the rain when commuting.
With glasses and poor night vision, I have found commuting in the rain at night very hard.

I placed a NorthFace goretex cap under my bike helmet this past week to help keep the rain off my glasses. Worked.

I had another unexpected positive experience with this. When a car is coming in the opposite direction and shines its lights I get blinded for a second. With the hat brim, I can shield the blinding light and see better. A big wonderful surprise.....

So, at night, now I use my hat under my helmet.......all the time..........

Thanks smart BF posters........