Wiping nose/eyes/lips

[Eurygnomes]

Yep...you guessed it.

How on earth do you wiggle your fingers into your face when your fingers are numb, gloved up and should be wrapped around the handlebars...to wipe the tears that are streaming from your eyes?

And how do you keep your lips moist (I've found that lip gloss works...but there's also a patch of lipgloss left behind on the inside of my helmet which comes off on my hair each time I remove it...)?

Gah. This riding is not for a glamcat...

[John]

twist the throttle .

Do you not have a full face helmet? Because all those symtoms suggest that you have an open face? Or is this just when you are riding at low speed with the visor up?..

Vassiline (sp) would be good for the lips, tears - get some sunnies.

I dunno I am a showoff I ride with no hands or one hand all the time in a despirate attempt to pull chicks, it works until they see my face "OH MY FUCKEN GOOD YOU FREAK" .... I am done..

[T.I.E]

just a question why would i have tears streaming from my eyes?

[T.I.E]

twist the throttle .

Do you not have a full face helmet? Because all those symtoms suggest that you have an open face? Or is this just when you are riding at low speed with the visor up?..

Vassiline (sp) would be good for the lips, tears - get some sunnies.

I dunno I am a showoff I ride with no hands or one hand all the time in a despirate attempt to pull chicks, it works until they see my face "OH MY FUCKEN GOOD YOU FREAK" .... I am done..

arrrgggghhhhhh it's you noooooooooo run run run

[Ixion]

Yep...you guessed it.

How on earth do you wiggle your fingers into your face when your fingers are numb, gloved up and should be wrapped around the handlebars...to wipe the tears that are streaming from your eyes?

And how do you keep your lips moist (I've found that lip gloss works...but there's also a patch of lipgloss left behind on the inside of my helmet which comes off on my hair each time I remove it...)?

Gah. This riding is not for a glamcat...

I usually ride visor up round town. I got a pair of "sunglasses" with almost clear lenses (you could use clear glass "fake" ones I guess, just didn't know where to get them). These stop the wind irritating my eyes. You can get quite glamorous ones. I got mine from Farmers, about $30.

Never had any problems with lips, but I'd suggest one of the neck warmers being sold on the site (see Online Trading). they are very good.

[crashe]

Yep...you guessed it.

How on earth do you wiggle your fingers into your face when your fingers are numb, gloved up and should be wrapped around the handlebars...to wipe the tears that are streaming from your eyes?

And how do you keep your lips moist (I've found that lip gloss works...but there's also a patch of lipgloss left behind on the inside of my helmet which comes off on my hair each time I remove it...)?

Gah. This riding is not for a glamcat...

First off give up being a glamcat....
You are riding a bike.. not driving the Rolls Royce..

Seriously thou, try these ideas:

Tears - Wear sunnies during the daytime..
At night wear clear safety glasses.

Lips - wear either a neck warmer or scarf/bandana up around your mouth.

Hair - You must have long hair - Tie it back/up.

I ride most of the time with my visor up... and I wear sunnies the whole time.
I also always wear a bandana/scarf around my face up to the nose... sometimes over the nose.. that really protects the lips.

Is your helmet too loose that you get lipgloss on the inside of your helmet?

[Eurygnomes]

Nope, I must just have big sticky outy lips... It's only when I wriggle my mouth a little because I'm getting hamster cheeks from the helmet (which is nice and snug and comfy) that my lips graze the inside of my helmet.

I can't give up being a glamcat. I tried GA, but after I brought lip gloss for all the other attendees they threw me out. Sheesh...it was just a little sparkle is all!

I actually wear glasses - but I think the frames are smaller than my sunnies so wind gets past them. I only had trouble this morning and that's the only difference I can find. It's too dim for sunnies in the late wellington afternoon...unless I get clear ones as suggested and bring my contacts in. Sheesh...this is hard!

I don't go fast enough to put my visor all the way down - unless pillioning. I should, I know, I just don't like having my visibility occlouded in anyway (intentional pun).

[Ixion]

Nope, I must just have big sticky outy lips... It's only when I wriggle my mouth a little because I'm getting hamster cheeks from the helmet (which is nice and snug and comfy) that my lips graze the inside of my helmet.

I can't give up being a glamcat. I tried GA, but after I brought lip gloss for all the other attendees they threw me out. Sheesh...it was just a little sparkle is all!

I actually wear glasses - but I think the frames are smaller than my sunnies so wind gets past them. I only had trouble this morning and that's the only difference I can find. It's too dim for sunnies in the late wellington afternoon...unless I get clear ones as suggested and bring my contacts in. Sheesh...this is hard!

I don't go fast enough to put my visor all the way down - unless pillioning. I should, I know, I just don't like having my visibility occlouded in anyway (intentional pun).

Some visors (I know, not all) will allow you to crack them open just a wee bit, which is enough to stop fogging, but still prevents whistling winds. Also I find an imporvment if I deliberately leave a small gap betwixt the bottom of thehelmet and my neck covering (collar, neck warmer etc). So there is some ventilation through the helmet. But mine is old and cheap and does not have the elaborate and clever venting systems built in

[Keystone19]

I don't go fast enough to put my visor all the way down - unless pillioning. I should, I know, I just don't like having my visibility occlouded in anyway (intentional pun).

Does that mean that you are fogging up when you have the visor down?

You could try using antifog on the inside of the visor and rain-ex on the exterior. In the shitty weather we are having at the moment I have to put more anti-fog on every time I go out the door. But it works a treat so long as you apply it evenly. This should allow you to leave the visor down all the time. When it's raining I don't bother lifting the visor until I'm inside otherwise the water will run down the inside and you'll lose the antifog protection.

[justsomeguy]

Just ride faster..... soon you will have to concentrate on the road and you will forget about all the little distractions...

[placidfemme]

lol

Lip gloss is just as good as vasaline... I had the same problem... really dry lips after a ride and buring dry lips during a ride... try not to lick your lips (even if the lip gloss [chap-stick or lip ice whatever you call it] tastes good lol)

You could use a bandana, scarf or face thingy (um... neck warmer) that also helps...

As for the running eyes... glasses/sun glasses or use your visor...

lol John stop scaring the chicks away alright... gotta be something worth coming to Whangarei for when we go to visit Sam's family *makes stubborn face*

[John]

lol John stop scaring the chicks away alright... gotta be something worth coming to Whangarei for when we go to visit Sam's family *makes stubborn face*

Are you a natural comedian? Or has it taken practise

[Will]

Watery eyes - could be an allergy. Every once and a while I get a case of streaming eyes. Just put it down to something in the air that I have passed through and am allergic to it.

[Ixion]

Watery eyes - could be an allergy. Every once and a while I get a case of streaming eyes. Just put it down to something in the air that I have passed through and am allergic to it.

Traffic cops. I'm allergic to them.

[placidfemme]

Are you a natural comedian? Or has it taken practise

*keeps practising*

lol sometime or other we might be heading up that way to visit Sam's folks... you may know them (dear god) lol they're kinda weird (now hestitant to tell you who they are incase you do know them and tell them I said that)

*runs and hides*

*is allergic to cops as well*