Helmet visors

[Celeste]

I use a UVA and UVB sunscreen protection from SkinCeuticals. A spf30 for daily stuff and a spf45 sweat proof for saturday ride training day and reapply it at least once during the ride.

One tip about sunscreen...MAKE SURE IT IS NOT EXPIRED!! If you have had it a while or from last year or last season...toss it and get new. Yup, I learned this the hard way. That's why I now spend a bit more on the good stuff with an expiration date well over a year. To me, it is totally worth it.

What ever you use just be sure it protects you from UVA and UVB rays. It should say on the tube.

Don't have any advice on the hat/visor situation though. Sorry.

[emily_in_nc]

Another idea: Buy a helmet with a visor and wear it on sunny days and save the roadie (no-visor) helmet for solid overcast days (still wear sunscreen!) and winter days when the sun is much less strong or when you don't mind wearing a cap or beanie under the helmet.

I used to always wear non-visor roadie helmets; thought the visored helmets were for mountain biking only and "uncool" for road riding. Then, I started mountain biking. I had to buy a new helmet since I'd crashed my non-visored road helmet, so I bought a helmet with a visor. Man, I loved that visor!!! I had no idea idea how much it would help with glare on sunny days, and when riding trails, at least once it actually protected me from a hanging branch. I wouldn't wear a helmet without a visor now - on the road or mountain biking.

Having a second helmet isn't such a bad thing either, since if you do ever crash and hit your head, you should replace your helmet, so that gives you an instant backup = no days off the bike til you can replace your helmet!

Emily

[mimitabby]

okay, back on task.
I bought a helmet with a visor, thinking if it was annoying I would remove it.
It isn't annoying at all. I like it!