Helmets Peak or not to peak ?

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  • iron-clover
    iron-clover Posts: 737
    I started off with the peaked helmet, and you're right- they do keep the sun and rain off nicely. However, when riding on the drops it got in the way of my sight, and eventually snapped and came down like a medieval knight's visor! I ripped it off completely after that.

    I've found that the edge of my helmets since keep the sun off OK as I keep them sitting relatively low, but isn't much good for the rain. This January I relented and bought a cycling cap to keep the rain out, and again the same problem of not being able to see when on the drops- but at least you can flip it up out of the way when you want to get serious- even if it is less comfortable like that.
  • iPete
    iPete Posts: 6,076
    iron-clover wrote:
    I've found that the edge of my helmets since keep the sun off OK as I keep them sitting relatively low, but isn't much good for the rain. This January I relented and bought a cycling cap to keep the rain out, and again the same problem of not being able to see when on the drops- but at least you can flip it up out of the way when you want to get serious- even if it is less comfortable like that.


    If like my MTB helmet, a road helmet is a bit more recessed and the cap flips up better and is comfy.

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