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Do dee doo doo...

I was driving back to college today in my cage thinking how great it'll be once I can buy my own bike and make that same run (cool air, long stretches of road, no cops, good mix between highway, city, and backroads..3 and a half hours).

And as I was driving I noticed the sun was in my eyes, habitually lowered my visor thing (it folds up, usually has a mirror in it, no idea what the proper name is.) to block the sun.

A while down the road I was adjusting it to account for the sun being an arse and moving (actually I just turned but I'll blame it on the sun) and then I realized...

How do you prevent the sun from blinding you when riding in late evening? Are the visors dimmed? Are there inserts you can use? Or do you just have to go blind? Or not ride to the west? (or east dependent on time of day).

tinted visor might help, just remember to chage back to clear when it gets dark. If glare on the visor is the issue you can lift your visor up when riding into the sun (kinda like sticking your head out the car window to deal with windshield glare in a car)

Some helmets also come witha slide-down sun visor like a fighter pilot.

Check it - http://www.motorsports-network.com/prod ... helmet.htm

I don't think tinted faceshields help all that much when your heading directly into the sun. I have one on my helmet and it's good for general glare reduction, but it's no match for direct sunlight. Addtionally, riding into the sun will illuminate every little scratch and imperfection on your faceshield. It can actually be worse than no visor at all.

When I have to go directly into the sun, I lift my (tinted) faceshield, then duck my head down until the sun is blocked byt the part of the helmet that is just above my eyes. Generally using the top part of the face opening like you'd use a sun visor in a car.

Lot of open-face helmets have a pretty decent sun visor. May look at something like that.

A good pair of sunglasses will allow you to ride directly facing the sun without even squinting. Shop around and get a good pair.

I don't know about anybody else, but I just ride with my eyes closed.

If you're cheap like me you can just use your hand to block it, but that gets tiring after a while.

bennettoid wrote:I don't know about anybody else, but I just ride with my eyes closed.

I do this... or use my tinted shield, I find if I squint a little it's good enough, and I only have a medium tint. I'd be tempted to get a dark tint, but I use the same helmet on night rides soooo medium it stays.

TechBMW wrote:Some helmets also come witha slide-down sun visor like a fighter pilot.

So.. would a fighter piltos helmet work? cuz that would look so cool, I want one.