What kind of headgear do you wear when commuting?

fairweatherbiker

Cloth cap - so my whippet knows which bike to follow.

seriously - a baseball cap to keep the sun out my eyes - tried shades but moving from light to shadow can mean you miss things.

ride_whenever

Usually nothing, but I'm thinking with this heat possibly a bandana might be a good idea... 8)

The Chingford Skinhead

biondino wrote:

andy83 wrote:

do you think its a good enough excuse to get a new helmet cos mine is a bit smelly???

Since I microwaved my helmet the smell has got less and less - I also make an effort whenever possible to leave it in the sun or, at least, a breeze. It's wearable again and it was REALLY rank before.

Umm, I fear (though I stand to be corrected) that leaving the lid in the sun damages the polystyrene by hardening it up - those removing the little protection that it offers.

When I had my tumble in March and sat on the A&E trolley with my shoulder in pieces the doc asked if I was wearing my helmet. I said yes. He said good. I said "but I didn't hit my head and it doesn't appear to have done my shoulder any good"

I wear a helmet - in the winter I added a buff and may do the same (when back on the bike) to counteract my body's ability to produce about 8 pints of perspiration frommy head every hour! I have seen some peak baseball type caps with reinforced innards used by some professions and have wondered if they would be a good alternative?

Stuey01

I wear a lid.
Seems ok in the summer, don't feel the need for a sweat band or cap.
In winter I wear a buff under the lid to keep my bonce warm.

Hey Jax

i can't stand my hot sweaty hair ,and one day i forgot to wear my lid, and loved the breeze through my locks and not having helmet hair at work... so i often go without when weather is hot

fossyant

A well vented helmet with a wicking scull cap under - soaks up all the sweat, and stops it dripping down my face - that is until I remove the lot at work/home... :?

cyberknight

Helmet

whether or not its actually worth wearing one the wife would kill me if i didnt haha !!

going to work is fine at 6 am its fairly cool

coming home i definetly need a sweat band as well had a scare coming down at hilll and not being able to see a thing due to eyes full of sweat

In hte winter i normally opt for a cap underneath

deffler

Helmet for me however this warm streak is making me sweat like Gary Glitter in a nursery, so im considering a sweatband underneath.

always_tyred

biondino wrote:

andy83 wrote:

do you think its a good enough excuse to get a new helmet cos mine is a bit smelly???

Since I microwaved my helmet the smell has got less and less - I also make an effort whenever possible to leave it in the sun or, at least, a breeze. It's wearable again and it was REALLY rank before.

Um.. when you say you microwaved your helmet, do you mean you microwaved the pads, or the whole thing?

doog442

bandanas...silly season :shock:

for me a helmet

the same hat i wear at minus 5 and plus 25

sweat

wipe if off with your gloves ffs ..i can assure you that your head cannot produce enough sweat to overwhelme your gloves/ hands etc

always_tyred

doog442 wrote:

bandanas...silly season :shock:

for me a helmet

the same hat i wear at minus 5 and plus 25

sweat

wipe if off with your gloves ffs ..i can assure you that your head cannot produce enough sweat to overwhelme your gloves/ hands etc

Good grief. I agree.

biondino

Always Tyred wrote:

biondino wrote:

andy83 wrote:

do you think its a good enough excuse to get a new helmet cos mine is a bit smelly???

Since I microwaved my helmet the smell has got less and less - I also make an effort whenever possible to leave it in the sun or, at least, a breeze. It's wearable again and it was REALLY rank before.

Um.. when you say you microwaved your helmet, do you mean you microwaved the pads, or the whole thing?

The whole thing - the straps and polystyrene on the inside were the culprits of pong - the pads I could wash separately. There's no metal on it so it was fine. Unless microwaves do the same damage as the sun! I need a new helmet anyway so I'm not going to be relying on this one (which is already 5 years old) for much longer.

always_tyred

I don't know enough about polystyrene, or the frequency range/intensity of a domestic MW oven to know the answer. If it came out warm, it might not be great. Mind you, I think you'd have to try quite hard... thinking aloud, ignore me...oh you were.

girv73

I'm a helmet head always, but I need one with bigger vents.

cjcp

Helmet and cap.

The cap is not to look cool (my wife assures me that I am in no way cool), but keep to the huge amounts of sweat off my glasses and out of my eyes.

Rich158

I normally wear a helmet, more out of habit than anything.

However if I'm going out and taking the bike then my inner tart makes me ditch the helmet in favour of the windswept look. Mind you it does depend upon who I'm going to meet

prawny

doog442 wrote:

bandanas...silly season :shock:

for me a helmet

the same hat i wear at minus 5 and plus 25

sweat

wipe if off with your gloves ffs ..i can assure you that your head cannot produce enough sweat to overwhelme your gloves/ hands etc

I cant get my gloves between my lid and the top of my glasses without major smearage.

I have to take my glasses off to wipe and I can't be doing with that all the time.

Agent57

Usually, I wear a helmet. That's a development from the past year or so; until then I wore nothing, or a fleece hat in winter.

Yesterday and this morning, however, I wore no headgear.

leoccp

nothing normally, cap if it's raining to keep the rain out of my eyes, fleece hat in winter.

always_tyred

prawny wrote:

doog442 wrote:

bandanas...silly season :shock:

for me a helmet

the same hat i wear at minus 5 and plus 25

sweat

wipe if off with your gloves ffs ..i can assure you that your head cannot produce enough sweat to overwhelme your gloves/ hands etc

I cant get my gloves between my lid and the top of my glasses without major smearage.

I have to take my glasses off to wipe and I can't be doing with that all the time.

Jees - how sweaty ARE you people?

shoulder_of_orion

Why isn't "a helmet to be cool" an option?
eh? oh...

jimmypippa

Always Tyred wrote:

prawny wrote:

doog442 wrote:

bandanas...silly season :shock:

for me a helmet

the same hat i wear at minus 5 and plus 25

sweat

wipe if off with your gloves ffs ..i can assure you that your head cannot produce enough sweat to overwhelme your gloves/ hands etc

I cant get my gloves between my lid and the top of my glasses without major smearage.

I have to take my glasses off to wipe and I can't be doing with that all the time.

Jees - how sweaty ARE you people?

Sweating is a sign of fitness - FACT

blu3cat

Looking at the stats so far it seems about a fair proportion of commuters use Helmets.

It makes me chuckle that the non Helmet wearers can be so vocal about the merits or lack of, of helmets.

il_principe

blu3cat wrote:

Looking at the stats so far it seems about a fair proportion of commuters use Helmets.

It makes me chuckle that the non Helmet wearers can be so vocal about the merits or lack of, of helmets.

Why?

I'm not wearing anything on my bonce for today's commute, will normally wear a cap for long rides though, in line with the sweat reasons mentioned by CJ. It was pouring off the peak on the last climb of the Dragon Ride!

blu3cat

Il Principe wrote:

blu3cat wrote:

Looking at the stats so far it seems about a fair proportion of commuters use Helmets.

It makes me chuckle that the non Helmet wearers can be so vocal about the merits or lack of, of helmets.

Why?

I'm not wearing anything on my bonce for today's commute, will normally wear a cap for long rides though, in line with the sweat reasons mentioned by CJ. It was pouring off the peak on the last climb of the Dragon Ride!

In the Helmet / no Helmet debate always seems to be fairly even amounts of posts on both sides. **

Just interested that there appear to be significantly more helmet wearers according the the oh-so-scientific survey which implies the ratio of posts per helmet wearer is less than per non helmet wearer when arguing which is better.

** not actually based on any analysis or facts, just a quick impression.

prj45

My hair.

Stuey01

Non-helmet wearers seem to be significantly more evangelical about it. I suspect because helmet wearing has become such the norm whilst cycling that non helmet wearers are in a minority in the UK.
Plus they are probably fed up with always being told "you should wear a helmet" by uninformed do-gooding non-cyclists.

Personally, I wear a helmet, that's my choice and I see no reason to argue with those who have made their own choice not to.

I do take issue with the "helmets look stupid" position some adopt, as in the context of matching lycra outfits, cotton(!) caps, gilets, roadie shoes - it's a drop in the fuck1ng ocean.

always_tyred

jimmypippa wrote:

Always Tyred wrote:

prawny wrote:

doog442 wrote:

bandanas...silly season :shock:

for me a helmet

the same hat i wear at minus 5 and plus 25

sweat

wipe if off with your gloves ffs ..i can assure you that your head cannot produce enough sweat to overwhelme your gloves/ hands etc

I cant get my gloves between my lid and the top of my glasses without major smearage.

I have to take my glasses off to wipe and I can't be doing with that all the time.

Jees - how sweaty ARE you people?

Sweating is a sign of fitness - FACT

I knew this, but I suspect it only applies within reason and I've just not noticed it all coming out of my head before.

blu3cat

Shoulder of Lamb wrote:

Why isn't "a helmet to be cool" an option?
eh? oh...

please show me one that makes me look cool. I will buy it there and then, and I wear a helmet.

Levi_501

Definately a decent lid.

Someon could be the best ider in the world, all it takes is a car driver not paying attention, and as you all know.

Lid, deffinately the way forward. It does amaze me how many people cycle without one. Madness!