Riding headache

13ADL1X

Does anyone else suffer from headaches due to the wind getting their ears cold?
If so what do you do to combat it?

I've tried a wooly hat under my helmet and one of those Lycra headbands but they seem to cause spots on my forehead from where the sweat gets trapped on my skin. I thought about earmuffs but am too vain to put up with the way that would look.

It's literally doing my head in!

Anonymous

use a muff, you just have to put up with the sweat spots, I'm afraid.

Bmjboy

If your out on your own, try an Ipod! (not literally!) just the earphones in your ears!

My missus has the same problem as we regularly cycle along a beach, so there is almost always a constant side wind. She started listening to her ipod which technically plugs your ears, and shes had no complaints since.

13ADL1X

I tried that but still tend to find that the cold dreeps down my ears and then the headache comes.
I'd rather not start plugging my ears with cotton wool coz its a bit "school swimming trip"!

I suppose I could just invest in some face scrub and deal with the teenage look complexion.

Bmjboy

Ive got some proper seinheiser earplug-type earphones - all I can hear is my own breathing with those things in and the ipod off!

Nothing gets in past those bad-boys!

You could wear a full face helmet, but might look a little odd popping to the shops!

Anonymous

I was just going to mention a full-face helmet

neeb

Try one of those Buff things instead of a woolly hat. The material is very thin but just having your ears covered makes a huge difference. You can position it so that it is back from your forehead and it fits under the helmet without re-adjusting.

cjw

There is a sealskinz windproof underhelmet lycra scull cap thingy that covers your ears. But it does get very hot.

Konahed

Grow your hair long.

supersonic

yeehaamcgee wrote:

use a muff, you just have to put up with the sweat spots, I'm afraid.

Genius, lol!

Surf-Matt

I wiggle mine back to warmth again.

Try surfing in February in a howling Easterly wind - now THAT is proper cold ear syndrome.

carlosthejackal

Earplugs? The foam ones that expand into your ear canal. I've used 'em in the past when I've been on nights and have been great for keeping the noise out when I've been trying to sleep in the day (along with blackout curtains!), but I've n idea how well they'll keep the cold out.

toasty

Thought of getting a buff myself, earphones is a bit risky as it's pitch dark from about 8:30pm again now and I ride on the road quite a bit in the week. We live deep in the country, you get a bit of sensory deprivation around here when you can't see or hear anything (not to mention run over :P).

I do sometimes wear earphones, makes it a bit more interesting. Cheap open ear ones though so I can still hear traffic.

carlosthejackal

Toasty wrote:

you get a bit of sensory deprivation around here when you can't see or hear anything

You are taking your sunglasses off when it gets dark aren't you?