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What is a good fabric to protect forearms in 30+°C weather on long rides (in lieu of reapplying high-SPF creams)?
Good information Here and Here
While I would reapply at least once on a long ride, for most people a high quality high (50+) UPV sunscreen designed for sports and water use should last all day on a ...
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Style of Cycling Caps
If you need a peak/brim/visor, then a traditional cycling cap is really the best option. They generally have one panel of cloth that covers the scalp backward to the elastic at the rear. The parts ...
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Style of Cycling Caps
For sun protection of your head under your helmet during the summer, many brands make exactly the product you are looking for: You should search for terms like Cycling Skull Cap or Bike Summer ...
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Style of Cycling Caps
For riders with very short hair a triangle folded bandana tied at the back of the head works well to prevent sunburn through the helmet vents and serves the other purposes of keeping a layer of sweat ...
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What are my options for keeping my prescription eyeglasses on and adding helmet+goggles while cycling?
I have glasses, and need them for anything. Normal full-strength prescription glasses are required for me to drive, so the same prescription is appropriate for riding, about +11.5 from memory.
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Arm protection from the sun
They're basically arm warmers. They have to be close fitting to stay in place. I suspect you're not sweating as much more as you think, but it's not evaporating as quickly - her way you can easily end ...
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Sun protection clothing
Many items of quality cycling clothing from reputable brands with high SPF are available. Under-helmet caps with the sun protection are available as well.
Since this site doesn't do product ...
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Cycling glasses life span
Sunglasses have two enemies: dirt and UV rays.
The polycarbonate itself is fairly tough and can last over ten years. It’s likely to get scratched up before the UV starts to cause it to yellow or ‘...
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What is a good fabric to protect forearms in 30+°C weather on long rides (in lieu of reapplying high-SPF creams)?
There are arm and leg "coolers" that will have UPF ratings (UPF is the clothing equivalent of SPF), and lightweight long-sleeved jerseys as well. They're all polyester/lycra or polyamide/...
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Style of Cycling Caps
I'd rather stay away from the entire light mounting system safety discussion, but one solution may indeed be to replace your helmet. You can fix the comfort problem without having to get an additional ...
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Is there a facial sunscreen that won't smear all over my riding glasses?
There is head gear that would help protect your face from the sun, if that is the issue.
I hope this helps.
Da Brim Cycling Helmet Brim
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Is there a facial sunscreen that won't smear all over my riding glasses?
Mineral sunscreens sit on top of your skin, as such, can always rub off. You may want to consider a non-mineral based sunscreen that soaks into the skin. It won't be a problem once its soaked in- ...
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What is a good fabric to protect forearms in 30+°C weather on long rides (in lieu of reapplying high-SPF creams)?
Don't forget how quick the pro racers are. Their exposure is far less, so they don't need to reapply sunscreen.
It's possible you burn very easily. It's also possible you're not using enough (it ...
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What are my options for keeping my prescription eyeglasses on and adding helmet+goggles while cycling?
Intended for road use there are aero helmets with built in/removable visors (expensive example from Giro).
These can be worn with prescription glasses underneath. So not strictly goggles but a pretty ...
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What are my options for keeping my prescription eyeglasses on and adding helmet+goggles while cycling?
I wear contacts and utilize my favorite brand of safety glasses that are wrap around style and come with a strap that connects to each ear piece and tightens to my face by means of pulling the center ...
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What is a good fabric to protect forearms in 30+°C weather on long rides (in lieu of reapplying high-SPF creams)?
If you're in control of the time to go on a ride, the easiest way to avoid excessive sun exposure, yet ride during the safer daylight hours, is to determine the exact time for sunrise/sunset
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What is a good fabric to protect forearms in 30+°C weather on long rides (in lieu of reapplying high-SPF creams)?
There is now a company called Lumiton making sports apparel that converts the high-intensity sunlight in low-intensity red and near-infrared light. This has the effect of keeping your skin cooler and ...
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What are my options for keeping my prescription eyeglasses on and adding helmet+goggles while cycling?
I wear glasses. I tried getting a pair of Rudy Project sunglasses with a second set of lenses for prescription lenses (similar to the ones pictured in Criggie's post). I couldn't wear them--the rear ...
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Is there a facial sunscreen that won't smear all over my riding glasses?
faceGlove SUN FLEX
(a forthcoming variant of the faceGlove FLEX)
It has a pocket that grabs the tip of my nose without blocking the nostrils, and a bendable metal piece to hold it's shape in the ...
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Style of Cycling Caps
Sunburn is best dealt with using a very high protection sun block. If you head is getting burnt though the helmet vents, you should be applying it to you face and neck anyway.
Marino wool skull cap is ...
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What are my options for keeping my prescription eyeglasses on and adding helmet+goggles while cycling?
If you search on Amazon for "cycling helmet with visor", you will get quite a few suggestions.
This kind of offering is promising, but what is currently on the market is lacking. You either ...
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What are my options for keeping my prescription eyeglasses on and adding helmet+goggles while cycling?
When doing shoulder check, I often end up with my eye in front of the frame of the glasses. As a result, thin metal frame serves better as it does not cover the view. These "racing designs", ...
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What are my options for keeping my prescription eyeglasses on and adding helmet+goggles while cycling?
I’m near sighted and I use sports glasses with photochromic lenses.
It’s this frame which my local opticians store sold me with photochromic, vision corrected lenses instead of the default ones. It’s ...
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Sun protection clothing
To quote the Wikipedia page for "Sun Protective Clothing":
A number of fabrics and textiles in common use today need no further UV-blocking enhancement based on their inherent fiber structure, ...
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What can bald guys do to prevent helmet sunburns?
At least three manufacturers make sun skull caps for cyclists:
Assos
Zensah
Castelli
I have tried the first two, and I like Zensah more. Zensah is one size fits all. Like their sleeves, the cap ...
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What can bald guys do to prevent helmet sunburns?
There are lots of great answers already, I'll just throw out one more thing: you could check around for a cycling skull-cap with an SPF rating. One example is this one from Giro, rated at SPF 30. It's ...
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