Conference noted::bicycle

Any suggestions for a sun screen that holds up to 90F that
still lets your skin breath. I have tried some that I use
when going to the beach but I felt that I was going to fry
from the inside out.

Advice need...
Tom

I've tried Coppertone Sport 15 for playing volleyball on the beach.  It 
seemed to be the best that I've tried.  It's not greasy, and seemed
to hold up well under the heat and sweat.

-Rob

    If you want to get _NO_ sun, and I mean NONE, use a product 
    called Bullfrog.  It holds up for several hours.  Problem is,
    most folks want to get at least a little bit of a tan.
    
    r�

    I have usually used Johnson and Johnson #15 or Osco #15
    (obviously made by someone else) and it has stayed good all day
    (as in when I rode to Wisconsin last year).  I did get darker during
    the course of the ride but considering that I was in the sun for
    more than 100 hours, that's not surprising. 100 hrs with #15
    is supposed to be equivalent to 6.67 hrs unprotected if you
    were to believe the advertising.  Osco is now selling an
    "active" version however which is supposedly sweatproof and
    waterproof.
    
    I usually forgot to do my nose and the backs of my ears
    and it showed.
    
    ed
    (for the mathmaticians, I spent more like 150 hours riding but
    or at least outdoors but it did rain some days too.)

> I have usually used Johnson and Johnson #15 or Osco #15
> considering that I was in the sun for more than 100 hours 
> 100 hrs with #15 is supposed to be equivalent to 6.67 hrs unprotected

	Depending on the latitude and time of the year there are only 
	about three or four hours per day when the sun is high enough 
	in the sky for significant ammounts of ultraviolet to get through 
	the atmosphere.  With an SPF-15 sun block that is reduced to the 
	equivalent of about 15 minutes of mid-day sun.

	Since almost anyone can stand 15 minutes of sun there is almost
	never a reason to use anything rated higher that 15.

> If you want to get _NO_ sun, and I mean NONE, use a product called Bullfrog.
> It holds up for several hours.

	One problem with Bullfrog is that it is VERY expensive.  Remember
	that the SPF rating of a sun block is based on spreading 1 fluid
	ounce over the area of the average adult human body.  If you
	want to get the rated protection you have to use that ammount
	of sun block, and with something that comes in tiny bottles
	like Bullfrog that gets expensive.

>>	Since almost anyone can stand 15 minutes of sun there is almost
>>	never a reason to use anything rated higher that 15.

    Sorry, with red hair and a very pale skin colour that verges on towards
    the blue end of the spectrum, I am that man that can't stand 15 minutes
    in the sun. So it's an asbestos suit and a welders helmet for me... :*)
    
    Graham.

     Graham... I never pictured you with red hair - Pale skin, yes :-)
    
     Back to the note... The time of day the say is most intense is between
    10:00am and 3:00pm. Physicians recommend nothing lower than "15".
    
     Also, the sun is as intense/direct in April as it is in July. Not that
    this April was a threat to the fairest of the fair...
    
     Chip

It's OK, Graham, you can come to L'Epervier this year - we aren't getting 
more than 15 mins continuous sun at any time this year...... I blame the 
Rain-maker, who obviously had a much stronger influence than I first 
suspected.

    
    
    Yeah, but if its more than 40kms, I'm out of my depth...  :*)
    
    Graham.