flies while biking

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Elizabloob
Elizabloob Posts: 16 Member
edited April 2016 in Fitness and Exercise
Hi, how do you guys protect yourself from random flies hitting your face while you bike? lol, i had three bonk right into my cheeks last week and its gross plus it hurts!! I also have trouble with dust when it's really windy outside.

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  • denversillygoose
    denversillygoose Posts: 708 Member
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    I keep my mouth closed.
  • EvgeniZyntx
    EvgeniZyntx Posts: 24,208 Member
    edited April 2016
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    mud.jpg

    Flies?

    (get a pair of cycling glasses)
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 33,969 Member
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    Move to the West coast. We're pretty much bugless out here.
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,811 Member
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    _MistahJ_ wrote: »
    The extra protein is just an added bonus to riding a bike.

    Make sure you log it - house fly is in the food database.
  • deckers67
    deckers67 Posts: 12 Member
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    It may be where & when you ride. Here in Nebraska, the trails through the trees will get you a lot more bonks on the face from bugs than the urban trails or city streets. And if you're riding at dusk or after dark, count on double.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,874 Member
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    It just comes with the territory...wear some shades. And yeah...you haven't lived until you've had a bee stuck in your helmet.
  • mom23mangos
    mom23mangos Posts: 3,070 Member
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    sijomial wrote: »
    _MistahJ_ wrote: »
    The extra protein is just an added bonus to riding a bike.

    Make sure you log it - house fly is in the food database.

    That's awesome.

    I'm in Houston and ride along the bayou. I have a big issue with swarms of nats, especially at dawn. I wear my glasses when riding and resort to vigorous head shaking when necessary. LOL
  • CJ_Holmes
    CJ_Holmes Posts: 759 Member
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    I am planning to get clear or light yellow sunglasses just as eye protection. I get them flying into my eyeballs at dusk a lot and it's awful. No much you can do about getting hit in the rest of your face!
  • twixmilkshake
    twixmilkshake Posts: 7 Member
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    Embrace it dude
  • RebeccaLansdown
    RebeccaLansdown Posts: 101 Member
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    Welder's mask? Jk
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
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    Full helmet like this one!

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  • rsclause
    rsclause Posts: 3,103 Member
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    Not first hand but I hear a swarm of bees is awsome
  • hill8570
    hill8570 Posts: 1,466 Member
    edited April 2016
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    A true biker can identify bugs by both texture and taste.

    Sorry, can't really help much with bugs big enough to hurt...you must have some seriously hefty flies in your neck of the wood -- glad I only have to deal with the little'uns.

    For dust and the little suckers, sunglasses or clear safety glasses (depending on lighting).
  • Elizabloob
    Elizabloob Posts: 16 Member
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    hahaa thanks for the replies, guys

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