Warm and Cozy Winter Bike Commutes (or any time you want to stay warm!)

Step 5 Head

Now, this step is crucial. The wind will try to bite at your face more than anywhere else and it is hard to see if your eyes are watery or shut.

The first thing you should do is position your scarf or buff so it covers the bottom half of your face and nose and your ears.
Next, put on your hat so that it, too covers your ears (double insulation, boo ya!)
Next comes the helmet. You will probably have to loosen it up so as not to strangle yourself with all the layers.
Finally, strap on your ski goggles, covering all the skin on your face. You may need to expose your nose if your goggles don't vent well, otherwise they may fog up.

There you go! This should keep you nice and warm for the winter. So bundle up and get outside!!!

Comments

[thonosv]

 Dude, that is SO COOL!!!   I'm kinda like like your goggle!  :]

[doodleneiman]

thanks for the tips:i have found that treating both my glasses and  the ski goggles with anti fog drops (used for swimming goggles) work just fine.

[nomadic bowman]

shouldn't you put the goggles on before helmet

[madmedix]

Use antiperspirant on your hands to stop the cold too before those mitts go on; stops the evaporation of water through the skin. Also pick up a gore-tex skull cap; wear this on your melon first, then a medium thick hat (seamless is best) then pull on the brain-bucket. You can go headfirst into the winter's north wind with this setup.

[rigtenzin]

I have lots of trouble with my goggles fogging. Your description implies that some goggles prevent fogging. Maybe I need to open my wallet and spend some bucks to get new goggles. Do you have any brands or models to recommend? Mine are old ski goggles from 1990 or so. Thanks.

[urbanambush]

fogged up lenses is a sign that your sweating...when its below -40 this fog can cripple your lenses by turning rock hard -- then you try to scratch the ice off and its over. Oakley goggles from my experience always screw up when super cold, so i pulled out my 27 year old smiths that I wore when I was a kid and they actually kicked arse, so its not a price thing (ANTI-FOG SPRAY). the real trick to foggy lenses is to not over dress- let your body maintain a "cool" temperature. If you do want to overdress taking off your hat or gloves to cool off...you can also punch out some extra vent holes at the top of the lenses. never put the goggles on a sweaty forehead always put over hat if theres no snow on it.

[thomco02]

A lot of the new ski goggles vent really well and have a coating on the lenses to prevent fogging. I have Scott goggles and have had good luck with them. But you cannot go wrong with any of them, really. Thanks for the comment!

[the_mad_man]

get double lenses. i use them for skiing and they have never fogged up at all for me.

[themonkeyz]

The best tip I had to prevent fogging is to put your scarf UNDER the goggles. Since I do this I've almost never had troubles. But don't forget to put your goggles up when you stop and you are getting hot.

[the_mad_man]

i hate putting my goggles up. coz i were a helmet and the foam gets all wet from the melting snow on it (damn global warming)