How do you keep glasses on your nose, if you inherited the Filipino nose? The newly adjusted Tifosis are much better than before, but I still have to push them back into place every mile or two. Note that my (drop) bars are about 2" below saddle, so I am not sitting upright.
On Fri, Jun 28, 2019 at 4:48 AM Wally Estrella <[email protected]> wrote: > Following! > > I'd love to help you out, but I can't seem to keep a pair of sunglasses > long enough to remember what even the last pair was. > > Wally 'Filipino dad + Euro mom = all of something else' in Maine > > On Wednesday, June 5, 2019 at 4:52:24 PM UTC-4, Patrick Moore wrote: >> >> Asking on the RBW list after having asked on the Boblist, in case this >> list has cycling glasses periti who don't read the Boblist. >> >> I've been using 2 pr Tifosi shades. One is photochromatic, and that one >> seems to block the wind sufficiently to keep my eyes from turning red after >> 10 miles; it also stays put securely on my Asian-ish* nose. But this pair >> doesn't get dark enough for our mile-high sun in mid summer at noon -- when >> the light makes the Santa Monica boardwalk at summer noon feel like the >> winter solstice, and I'm not kidding. I use this pair on cloudy days and at >> night. >> >> The other pair is also Tifosi, and dark enough, and this is my go-to >> pair, but it doesn't block the wind sufficiently, and it doesn't stay on my >> nose. This pair may be older, as it was at least second hand, original >> source unknown. My eyes turn red, especially on windy days which kick up >> dust and pollen; out here, we don't have twee little green grass verges, >> the sides of the roads are gravel and sand. >> >> I realize that, after saddles and bars, shades are probably the most >> personal choice in riding kit, but can anyone, particularly anyone of east >> Asian ancestry, suggest some options? >> >> I'd happily ride bare-eyed, but again, dust and pollen and wind make that >> impractical. >> >> Thanks >> >> >> *Filipino with a bit of Chinese and even a dash (so I was told) of Arab, >> plus Scots Irish English. >> >> -- >> >> >> >> >> *------------------------------------------------------------------------------------* >> >> >> >> >> >> *Still 'round the corner there may waitA new road or a secret gate,And >> though we pass them by today,Tomorrow we may come this wayAnd take the >> hidden paths that runTowards the Moon or to the Sun.* >> --- J.R.R. Tolkien >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews >> By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching >> Other professional writing services >> Expensive! But good. >> http://www.resumespecialties.com/ >> Patrick Moore >> Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/8e8fa5ae-d69a-4174-af78-9a0da199ccb3%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/8e8fa5ae-d69a-4174-af78-9a0da199ccb3%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- *------------------------------------------------------------------------------------* *Still 'round the corner there may waitA new road or a secret gate,And though we pass them by today,Tomorrow we may come this wayAnd take the hidden paths that runTowards the Moon or to the Sun.* --- J.R.R. Tolkien ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching Other professional writing services Expensive! But good. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgsZfWKyBg%3DDSFiBpbLkhqnnoOw_T4L2QkSUv3bF3SCn0Q%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
