Why did no one warm me about....

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

So OK, why did not a single one of you recumbent (trike to 2 wheelers) warn me about parts of me that don't normally see daylight getting sunburnt!


From my thumb along the inside of my arm to the inside of my elbow... its sunburnt! not a single one of you mentioned that risk!

 

[cookie32]

I'll have to take a pass I was born with a year round tan, but I would be very cross with everyone else lmao.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

I'm an (ex-) redhead with pale skin, freckles that form a fake tan and I burn. I am rather sore today!

 

[Smokin Joe]

Well, if you dressed as a respectable young lady should while out cycling it wouldn't have happened, you shameless hussy -

 

[Scoosh]

A month ago - on a sunny day here in Embra (yes, we did have 1 ... but only 1 thus far this 'summer' ) I did a nice long 'bent ride and discovered not only tan lines but 'bent tan lines - those bits on the inside of my elbows where the bend prevents the sun from tanning.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

those bits on the inside of my elbows where the bend prevents the sun from tanning.

those be the bits I have just discovered that no-one warned me about... that and the thumbs to the wrist issue...

 

[classic33]

Never had the problem, so it never entered my head to mention it.

 

[Rural Spaceman]

I've noticed my knees not getting tanned. I think this is down to scar tissue from falling off an upwrong too many times.

 

[byegad]

Yes but the back of your legs and that crease where your knee bends aren't burnt! I used to hate that!

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Yes but the back of your legs and that crease where your knee bends aren't burnt! I used to hate that!

I'll agree with you when my sun burnt inside elbows/crease stop hurting... just in time for the sunshine tomorrow and tomorrow's ride!

 

[HertzvanRental]

I'll agree with you when my sun burnt inside elbows/crease stop hurting... just in time for the sunshine tomorrow and tomorrow's ride!

Cheshire? Go upmarket-wear a boiler suit. (Just jesting!!!)

 

[classic33]

Cheshire? Go upmarket-wear a boiler suit. (Just jesting!!!)

Fire proof and water proof it. Cover all eventualities

 

[starhawk]

So OK, why did not a single one of you recumbent (trike to 2 wheelers) warn me about parts of me that don't normally see daylight getting sunburnt!


From my thumb along the inside of my arm to the inside of my elbow... its sunburnt! not a single one of you mentioned that risk!

Yes, on my first long tour this summer I got burned the way you described, on the left hand! the right hand got burned on the topside because the "throttle" to the e-assist sits on a barend at the right hand side of the trike. The rest of my arms was protected by my jersey.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

The worst thing is sunburnt toes when you're wearing sandals.

oh, I'm sorry. That has just reduced me to hysterics. I would never have thought about that one.

Good thing I don't wear sandals on the bike/trike. I have to wear custom orthopaedics and need high ankle support as well so have to put up with being too hot in shoes/boots.

 

[shouldbeinbed]

The worst thing is sunburnt toes when you're wearing sandals

Stripey tanned feet, it's a mental image that just has to be set to music