Bugs & Cycling

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  • sillygoosie
    sillygoosie Posts: 1,109 Member
    Cyclists just learn to deal with it. They end up in your eyes, up your nose, and in your mouth. I've come home with them inside my shirt or sports bra. Bugs and cycling just seem to go together!
    ^^ This. I've come home with quite literally THOUSANDS (and no, not an exaggeration) of gnats dead and stuck-to me. My wife or kids take the hose to me with one of the pressure/jet settings before I can come in the house, lol.

    The only thing that bothers me anymore is if a bee or wasp gets into my jersey (if unzipped), or into one of the air-vents on the helmet - that's never a good experience.

    I caught a wasp in my sports bra last year and got a nice boob sting. Last weekend I was riding and felt something come through my helmet and smack my head. I didn't think much of it until later down the road I felt some tickling in my hair. Stopped and ripped my helmet off. Sure enough, I had a bee in my bonnet. Luckily the impact of hitting me in the head rendered him useless to sting me.
  • dochologram
    dochologram Posts: 4
    http://www.bicyclefacemasks.com/index.html

    Received and email form this site today.
    orders placed. I'll let you know how it goes.

    quote
    Thank you for your e-mail
    Yes we are still selling the masks and helmet covers. And we now have the masks in reflective print, along with one new design. We just haven't photographed and put them on our web site yet They can reflect light up to 1/2 mile.
    We will also have other new products coming soon.
    Keep watching
    Thanks
    GobFinch enterprises
    Rob
  • dochologram
    dochologram Posts: 4
    OK find a solution.

    http://www.seatosummit.com/products/display/9

    13 bucks at ****'s sporting goods.
    Just pull over your helmet and tuck in the front of your shirt.
    Worked like a charm. Easy to get a water bottle under.
    I wear glasses and my bike helmet has a visor.
    I'm still waiting on the other one I posted because I can see how having something stiff that sticks away form you can be more comfortable.
  • CharlotteAnneUK
    CharlotteAnneUK Posts: 186 Member
    http://www.bicyclefacemasks.com/index.html

    Received and email form this site today.
    orders placed. I'll let you know how it goes.

    quote
    Thank you for your e-mail
    Yes we are still selling the masks and helmet covers. And we now have the masks in reflective print, along with one new design. We just haven't photographed and put them on our web site yet They can reflect light up to 1/2 mile.
    We will also have other new products coming soon.
    Keep watching
    Thanks
    GobFinch enterprises
    Rob


    Excellent - Hope it goes well and you enjoy cycling as much as I. I have even started to road cycle and that was something I never thought you'd EVER catch me doing.

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