Saturday, November 6, 2010

More winter mods

The advantages of limiting extra structure are significant. Structure adds cost, instability and weight. However, the rainsuit way is not problem free either. There are two main problems with the rain suit approach.

First, it's inconvenient to put on and does add some minor friction to pedaling. That, I can't do anything about.

Second, the safety visor I use has a fogging issue. However, there are helmets and visors that have built-in defoggers. They are expensive but they do exist. A visor system would require quite a bit of 12V power. So, I would need to mount a 12V battery to the bike. If I had such a 12v battery, it would also make sense to power the other accessory lights from it as well.

This approach is not beyond imagination but it's currently beyond my pocket book. So, for now, I'm staying with the original visor. While I'm underway, I just flip up a bit for the wind to carry away my exhaled breath.