Sweat from Cycle Helmets some better than others?

baileyjb

Hi
I currently have a specialized Lid and finding in the summer sweat from my bold head drips directly into my eyes, When I was on holiday I hired a bike and the helmet that came with the bike (forgot to make a note of the make) the sweat seemed to roll more to the side. So not directly into my eyes.
Does anyone know if some helmets are better designed for sweat to flow away from your face than others? Looking to get a new lid as the weather is getting better.

Thanks

bbrap

Sweat band (a la John McEnroe)

darkhairedlord

I've been collecting sweat from cycle helmets for a while now; I sneak up and take swab at the cafe.
Some is definitely better than others!
I have quite a collection now, but my parole officer is not so impressed.

rnath

Wear a cycling cap under your helmet.

Matthewfalle

rnath wrote:

Wear a cycling cap under your helmet.

I was just about to say this - great advice: chapeau in fact!

rick_chasey

Grow your eyebrows.

Matthewfalle

You can also get sunnier with a little sweat band thing above the eyes built in.

darkhairedlord

if you ride a little faster it will evaporate: You're just not fast enough!

HoHoHoBlueGiant

I used to have this problem until I got my Lazer Blade helmet. Because of the retention system, the pad on the forehead is like a built in headband and goes nearly half way around the helmet.

Other makes I've used (Giro, LAS) always had a gap between the front pads which allowed sweat to run like a torrent over my sunglasses as soon as I tipped my head down.

baileyjb

Thanks for that. Hadn't looked at the Lazer blade before.

fudgey

Some helmets, Met for one i think use a gel pad at the front so sweat doesnt soak in then rain down your face in a waterfall of eye stinging agony.

Or you could just carry on with your current skid lid and now and again turn your head to the side and press the helmet into your bonce to squeeze out the sweatiness.

team47b

Fudgey wrote:

Some helmets, Met for one i think use a gel pad at the front so sweat doesnt soak in then rain down your face in a waterfall of eye stinging agony.

Or you could just carry on with your current skid lid and now and again turn your head to the side and press the helmet into your bonce to squeeze out the sweatiness.

Hmm like a sweat rocket for those on your wheel

Garry H

Vaseline

webboo

Halo sweat band under your helmet will stop any sweat running down in to your eyes. I used be forever having to take off my glasses the squeeze my helmet to get the sweat out and repeat numerous times on my ride.
Halo sweat band and its like I'm no longer a sweaty sod.

trivial_poursuivant

My old Evade was a bad helmet for sweat dripping onto my shades or in my eyes . I have a Bontrager Ballista now. Much better but still get very salt stained chin straps

sungod

never had the problem with giro helmets ionos/aeon

with the kask protone it was a problem due to the shape of the front pad (really poor design ihmo), simply fixed by pulling the pad off and refitting with the centre higher than the edges

Dorset_Boy

Put some lip salve across your forehead just above your eyebrows!

ayjaycee

It really all depends on how hot you run and how much you sweat. Personally, I use either a Specialized Prevail or Airnet and don't seem sweat excessively in either (and certainly not enough for it to run down into my eyes). That could be because I don't run very hot, just don't sweat as much as some or that the helmets are particularly well ventilated but I don't know which. What I do know is that I had a Boardman helmet a few years ago (I think it was the then version of the Pro Carbon) which I found practically unwearable in the summer because it got me so sweaty. I eventually got fed up with it and bought the Spesh Prevail - problem solved.

DeVlaeminck

Only time I've found this was a problem was abroad so cycling in 30 degree heat plus. I did the Marmotte one year and by the end my eyes were stinging - last time I did it I bought a little Castelli sweat band from one the local shops near the start and it was fantastic I'd go with that solution - cap would work too but I find that a little hot in high temperatures.

gimpl

I have one of these https://www.cyclestore.co.uk/walz_wicking_cap-ID_66429 and it works wonders. Protects my noggin from the sun through the vents and stops the sweat/suncream running into my eyes.

Matthewfalle

£9.85 for a hat! Blimey, you must be rolling in it.

Head (see what I did there?) to Prendas - much better value.

gimpl

Matthewfalle wrote:

£9.85 for a hat! Blimey, you must be rolling in it.

Head (see what I did there?) to Prendas - much better value.

Instead of a £7.50 cotton jobby that holds all the sweat in. I am certainly rolling in it if I can afford the extra £2.35. I might have to forego that piece of cake next time I stop for coffee. I wonder where else I can economise to help me out. Now I'm really sweating

Matthewfalle

oh dear oh dear oh dear .......

debeli

I have a solution that has worked for me for many years.

I am nervous about writing it on here, but do so innocently and in the hope that it will be taken as one of several possible options.

I wear either a casquette or a woolly hat under my helmet, depending on the season.

I then ride off without putting the helmet on.

I do not suffer with sweat in my eyes.

Also.... worn beneath a helmet or without a helmet, a casquette offers the option of flipping the rim up or down, depending on the position of the sun in the sky and other meteorological variables.

gimpl

Matthewfalle wrote:

oh dear oh dear oh dear .......

Indeed, indeed, indeed.....

fenix

I winter I have a windproof skullcap underneath the helmet.

In summer a bandana or buff thing.

I do sweat like a piggywig.

Caps are a good option if its raining as the peak keeps the rain off your shades.

chippyk

I sweat like Julian Assange on a CIA flight to Sweden, and it's a casquette under the crash hat for me.

chippyk

Debeli wrote:

I have a solution that has worked for me for many years.

I am nervous about writing it on here, but do so innocently and in the hope that it will be taken as one of several possible options.

I wear either a casquette or a woolly hat under my helmet, depending on the season.

I then ride off without putting the helmet on.

I do not suffer with sweat in my eyes.

Also.... worn beneath a helmet or without a helmet, a casquette offers the option of flipping the rim up or down, depending on the position of the sun in the sky and other meteorological variables.

What? You don't wear a helmet? You're mad, you'll die to death.