haha, i think so, too. i am extremely bored at work, so i will prattle on if allowed.

after i fold, label, and stamp 500 newsletters, i get to do the same thing to 500 annual appeals.

jackpot!

I get to go in to work from 5pm-12am today. YAY! Stupid pseudo day off ...

http://www.botac.com/paulbubgog.html

cheap and screams '***' marginally less.

[although i've seen them tinted pink from other places.]

fsnl
sparky

I guess you could always try skydiving goggles as well.

those look like something out of spaceballs.

Speaking of ironic portrayals of socially sanctioned dominant masculinity. In case you didn't know, Rick Moranis just cut a country album. What a genius.

I wear expensive glasses, for seeing, and they offer no wind protection.
Year round, warm or cold, I wear the Global Vision Over The Glasses Goggles to which I've linked below.

http://www.globalvision.us/menupages...s/bigbencl.php

This morning I rode 14 miles to work in nine degree F darkness.
I could not have done it without goggles.

I use an anti-fog cloth called Clarity Fog Eliminator.

http://www.visioncareproducts.com/34/acc_fog.html

It works.

For gloves, I've tried everything.
Presently I wear Pearl Izumi's Inferno Glove:

http://highgearbike.com/site/itemdet...t=3rdcharacter

I wear a very light polypropyline liner underneath the Infernos and I wear one size larger (XL) than I need, which keeps the gloves from restricting blood flow to my finger tips.
I have learned to periodically swing my relaxed hand downward, in order to force more blood into my fingertips, and if I do that these gloves keep my hands warm.
Nothing else comes close.
I got mine on sale at a Pearl Izumi outlet for half price.

As time goes by, I find myself wearing more and more Pearl Izumi clothes.
My other stuff winds up in the closet or a drawer, and the Pearl Izumi gets worn and it works.
I wait for sales.

glad this thread came up... I'm in my first week of attempting to wear contacts and I just used an old pair of ski goggles that I had (used to teach skiing at UofWyo) to head over to Williamsburg... pretty good!

I always ride around with a some cheap wrap around safety glasses I picked up at Home Depot. Cost me all of 5 bucks. I'd be careful about ordering stuff from Botac. Their reputation isn't really good online. There are some horror stories about them.

I'm going to offer another vote for the safety glasses from hardware stores. I have an orange pair that really works pretty good. I don't use them too often during the winter, because they fog up. I could probably use the anti fog stuff on them and that would help a lot. A word of warning on that stuff - I used some automotive version on a pair of prescription lenses a couple years back. There was some sort of coating (UV maybe?) on the lenses that kind of disintegrated afterwards. It made looking out of those lenses kind of bad after that.

I'd just wear my normal glasses when riding, but I have really bad eyesight, so I have to go with small lenses or they'd weigh a ton. That means almost no peripheral vision. So it has to be contacts. Typically I don't wear anything over my eyes unless it's below 10F.

When it's below 0F, I do have a set of ski goggles remarkably similar to shants'. I also have a more, um, normal looking pair that I got from a bike shop. The bike shop ones do nothing, except for fog up. The ski ones are better, 2 panes and vents. The only problem is that they are tinted a fairly dark orange, so riding at night (when it's coldest) can be a little interesting. Also, when it's that cold, I rock a silver snowboarding helmet. It has earflaps and a little buckle thing on the back for the strap of the goggles. That's a lot more comfortable than putting the strap under your helmet.

This morning was cold as a welldigger's a$$ here (8F, feels like -2). My eyes managed to deal with no goggles. However, it was by no means a comfortable ride. I'm gonna need some wool socks, wool glove liners, and a balaclava next time it gets chilly like this.

huh? again, in english maybe? you may have read too much french critical theory. really.

kencox, thanks for the great links for us visually challenged folk. i can't wear/stand contacts cuz i can't touch my eyeball. what's up with that anyways. great thread.. i cry like a baby in any weather when i ride.

"Lightweight goggle worn by many of the top drivers in auto racing. "
Maybe in the '70's or earlier..
http://www.pitstopbooks.com/books-mi...-earnhardt.jpg

excuse me, you seem to have mistaken my really-not-all-that-remarkable english vocabulary for french.

When it's cold out, I tear up like a guest on Dr. Phil, so I bought some motorcycle goggles. I had some cheap woodshop goggles, but I scratched them and broke them. I like the motorcycle goggles, though they take some of my peripheral vision away.

Squint. Actually, one eye froze shut, so get some decent shades. I rock the Smith Sequels and yellow lenses.

That happened to my brother once. His wife made sure he didn't ride to work for a few days until the weather warmed up, and he ended up getting a pair of goggles...

The way I understood it is "the word '***' is used widely to describe men that do not look manly enough for the person offering up the insult. so '***' gets used to describe things that aren't necessarily 'gay' but it still *means* gay"

IOW, more things are now gay.

Skiers *might* be gay because they wear the same goggles.

Anyway...shants...do you lose much periph. vision from those things?

I wear clear "safety" wraparoundish glasses that I found in my toolbox. But my ride to work is short (20 min) and so far it hasn't gotten down below 23-25F.

actually, not true. I wear sunglasses in the AM and the clear ones at night. Unless I am just going to the bar in which case I arrive in similar state to the one you described (i.e. kilo of weed effect)

and those bubble things are ridiculous. cheers to anyone who is willing to rock them tho

just use some swimming goggles. they block out wind and water and protect your eyeballs. would that make you more of a '***' than ski goggles? who cares... but it'll definately be dorky though.

I prefer a welders mask, keeps my entire face wind free and scare off would be pedestians crossing my path.

about peripheral vision in the goggles, i actually made a point of checking this and i lose no more than 2 degrees on either side. i definitely didn't notice any loss while riding.

<--------the french are "gay" anyway.