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    Quote Originally Posted by mimitabby View Post
    ooo I thought that said helmet VISITORs....
    A little too much post-ride refreshment, eh.

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    '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?

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    i think WE need to leave the computers for a few minutes and get some oxygen into our brain cells.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kitsune06 View Post
    '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?
    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kitsune06 View Post
    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.
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    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.

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    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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    Quote Originally Posted by SouthernBelle View Post

    I can always tell when I'm tired. I start looking over the top of my sunglasses cause I'm dropping my head.
    Or maybe your sunglasses are just sliding down your nose when you're tired!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lisa S.H. View Post
    Or maybe your sunglasses are just sliding down your nose when you're tired!
    Maybe it's my long, fluttery lashes.

 

 

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