Have you tried Rain-X on cycling glasses?
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TriSooner posted 12 weeks ago.
None of the above, but I think I'll try it. Great idea. But then again, I never pay more than $10 for sunglasses. So if it ruins them, big whoop. Speaking of trying car cleaning products on tri gear: I tried tire slick (you know, the stuff that makes car tires shiny) on my bicycle tires. Not a good idea. Got some on the rims and for some reason, the brakes didn't work and when I cornered, both wheels slid right out from under me. Dumb ass.
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beads1985 posted 12 weeks ago.
But your bike looked shiny didn't it?
Braking is overated anyway ;-)
Nothing to it, but to do it
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UFTriGator posted 12 weeks ago.
My shiny-tire stuff says right on the bottle that you shouldn't use it on bicycle tires. Maybe that's just the engineer in me that always reads directions. :)
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jsk85 posted 12 weeks ago.
UFTriGator wrote:
My shiny-tire stuff says right on the bottle that you shouldn't use it on bicycle tires. Maybe that's just the engineer in me that always reads directions. :)
Good thing you're the nuclear engineer...the mechanical engineer in me just looks at it (everything) and assumes that I know how it works or could figure it out just by looking at it
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jtrimom posted 12 weeks ago.
jsk85Good thing you're the nuclear engineer...the mechanical engineer in me just looks at it (everything) and assumes that I know how it works or could figure it out just by looking at it[/quote wrote:
oh, I thought that's just a man thing in general
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TryScott posted 12 weeks ago.
The Rain-X I put on my car does the best when I'm going above 60. My car doesn't have a powermeter, but I'm guessing you need to push a lot of watts to go that fast.
I might have tried Rain-X on my bike helmet before. I remember trying something, and it didn't work on plastic like it did on glass. Let us know how it turns out.
I can't wait to Armor All brother's tires. I hope he doesn't get hurt too badly when the brakes don't work. :)
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J.Michael posted 12 weeks ago.
TriSooner wrote:
Speaking of trying car cleaning products on tri gear: I tried tire slick (you know, the stuff that makes car tires shiny) on my bicycle tires. Not a good idea. Got some on the rims and for some reason, the brakes didn't work and when I cornered, both wheels slid right out from under me. Dumb ass.
With the tiny contact patches on an 18 tire.....I can only imagine that it would be like riding on one big continuous banana peel.
I'll bet it's a really good balance drill.
Like trackstanding on an ice rink.
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xc800runner posted 12 weeks ago.
jsk85 wrote:
UFTriGator wrote:My shiny-tire stuff says right on the bottle that you shouldn't use it on bicycle tires. Maybe that's just the engineer in me that always reads directions. :)Good thing you're the nuclear engineer...the mechanical engineer in me just looks at it (everything) and assumes that I know how it works or could figure it out just by looking at it
Lot of young engineers in this sport. As a chemical/environmental, I just look at the chemicals contained within, determine my impact on the environment for using it (both my personal use and the manufacture of it) and usually put it back on the shelf.
As for rain-x, it depends on what sort of lenses you have. It is designed to seal pores within the material so will work just fine on glass lenses (like some prescription aviators). Plastic or composite lenses may be fine, or it may destroy the lens; I don't know, as I haven't tried it. If they are polarized or mirrored, I would recommend against it. If you have glasses with interchangable lenses, try it on the lighter ones. Worst case, you trash a set of lenses that don't work for you in the rain anyway.
Did it work, did you ruin you glasses or are you blind and now the computer speaks to you?