's ok, Mimi, I hadda click into the "Spring Head Coverings" thread thinking "Spring Heads...? What're those, and why is this not in the repair section?![]()
i think WE need to leave the computers for a few minutes and get some oxygen into our brain cells.
Spring Heads are those who prefer their Brooks saddles with springs.
SouthernBelle- follow the lonk I posted above...to visors that ARE loike baseball caps with the tops cut off. I don't think they'r too hard to find. I'm going to trying fitting mine on somehow this summer to keep the sun off my face.
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Actually... this is a SpringHead. The "Spring Head Cover" is what you pay before going to a show.
Gee, and I thought the springhead cover what what you put on your sprung Brooks in the rain... http://www.biketrax.co.uk/smsimg/51/...ecovercopy.jpg
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you know, Lisa, i have one of these and it isn't even water repellent.
You're better off just tying a plastic bag around your saddle if you're transporting it or leaving it outside in the rain.
that doesn't sound right. Putting a plastic bag ON your saddle, the saddle in the bag
then tie below with a twist tie.
Wow Mimi, I have a Brooks rain cover too, but I haven't had to try it out in the rain yet. Maybe I'll take it out to the kitchen sink and test it. Bummer if it's as you say- I hate wasting money like that. No sense carrying it in my saddlebag if it doesn't work. I'd be better off with a gallon Ziplock then - right? I'll check it out tomorrow....
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Well, I took Knottedyet's advice and got the Dermatone sunscreen. I bought the paste in the travel tin and also a bottle of the creme. And I love it!!! The creme works well for everyday use, even good under makeup. And I use the paste when I am riding. The paste is a bit greasy, but my face didn't burn at all. My shoulders are toast because I didn't put anything on them, but the face is fine. This might even solve the biking tan lines I get.I know a lot of you wear your tan lines with pride, but I ballrom dance and the tan lines don't go real well...
I am hoping the sunscreen means I don't need to buy a visor.
Got the Dermatone at REI.
Background: I spent a few years in South America and got some bad sun spots on my face which tend to darken every summer.
The only issue I have with a standard visor is the length of the bill. I think cycling caps have a shorter bill because of our position, more of a head down type thing. That makes it harder to peer under the bill.
I can always tell when I'm tired. I start looking over the top of my sunglasses cause I'm dropping my head.
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