Dealing with glare

[DataDan]

Just so we're on the same page, my cam caught a bit of it.

That's direct sunlight, not just glare. A tinted visor won't help with that.

I highly recommend the tape solution. After you've experimented a little to get it positioned right, you can dip your head to block the sun, but normally it doesn't interfere with vision.

To avoid ghettoizing your helmet you can get much more elaborate than I did with the helmet pictured in my previous post. If you don't like the colors available in the Scotch Plastic Tape I mentioned previously, you can also use Scotchcal automotive striping tape, which offers a vast selection of colors. A good auto body supply store should be able to hook you up.

 

[Mr Pepsi]

Mr Pepsi, pics would be cool!

Everyone else, thanks for the ideas I'm gonna try 'em and see what works best!

I didn't ride today but I'll get them tomorrow.

 

[Mr Pepsi]

I didn't ride today but I'll get them tomorrow.

Ok forget waiting. They sell these, but they are cheaper at Golden Gate Cycles.

 

[louemc]

I was coming over 9 this evening into the setting sun, and as I came around this 1 turn the sun hit my visor and blinded me. I held my line and kept my eyes wide open and searching, but I couldn't see. The turn radius changed, and so I blew the DY.

Is there any good way to fight glare when you can't avoid riding into the sun? I was wearing a light smoke visor with a pair of orange tint goggles under the visor, so it's not like it was painfully bright, but it still blinded me.

Sure there is a good way.

I don't like any of the commercial ways, they aren't good enough.

Problem with commercial solutions, they (the people making it) want to appeal to the largest number of buyers possible.

What you can do (and your life can depend on your doing it) is free and easy (easy enough).

I ride into the Sun that is right at the level of the road, on most every ride.
I'm going East in the morning, and West in the late afternoon.

I make my own Sun block for the face shield.

First cut a 2" wide strip of paper, long enough to span the face shield. Attach that strip in a position to get the curve at the top traced (for cutting the curve to fit the curve of the shield), and draw a curve on the bottom edge of the strip, to blend right as well.

Now with curves cut top and bottom attach that pattern to tape ( I use Gorilla black tape) that is pulled off the roll far enough to be worked with.

Make a mark in the (long part to be the center of the strip across the face shield) and a mark in the center of the face shield to match marks to, and cut the tape to the shape of the pattern, and carefully align this tape strip to the shield as your putting it on.

Then if you do it well, smile big

 

[rodr]

I used some "Gila Super Limo Black Static-Cling" window tint film that blocks 95% of sunlight. Applied an inch-high strip across the inside top of my visor per directions. I think this is better than tape because you can still see through it.

This was a 6.5-foot roll so I have plenty left. If anyone wants a piece and will be passing through Fairfield, PM me.

 

[Diezel]

This was a 6.5-foot roll so I have plenty left. If anyone wants a piece and will be passing through Fairfield, PM me.

to you.

I already suggested they could head to a tint shop and pickup a piece of scrap (which they will gladly hand out - and like i said if you slip them a couple of bucks they'll put it on your visor for ya)... But I guess people over looked that post.