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Effing baseball caps in the Giro..

neebneeb Posts: 4,460
edited June 2019 in Pro race
It seemed that last year in the Grand Tours the casquette was holding its own against the seemingly inevitable advance of the infernal baseball cap, but in the Giro this year I'm not sure I saw a single one... CCC, Dimension data, UAE, Bora H, Movistar, Jumbo Visma, Sunweb, Bahrain Merida, Astana and (at least some of the time) Michelton Scott were all sporting baseball caps, and the other teams seemed to be mostly men without hats.

Hoping that some will be bringing out the casquettes for the Tour. Sky, Quickstep and a few others did last year if I remember, and weren't Michellton Scott wearing them too? Have they succumbed to the dark side this year? All the more tragic because a wee guy like Simon Yates looks absolutely ridiculous in a baseball cap with a giant visor (especially viewed through a wide angle lens), and so much better in a casquette!

The UCI make enough useless rules, why can't they just ban baseball caps?

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  • gsk82gsk82 Posts: 3,251
    Its worse than baseball caps. It's trucker caps.
    "Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago
  • neebneeb Posts: 4,460
    Those are the rapper-style ones with the giant flat peaks, right? Astana maybe have an excuse for one season, but the rest of them..
  • amrushtonamrushton Posts: 1,188
    These are 'podium' caps. To be worn as and when one takes to the podium. The older style casquettes are always worn brim up on TV to allow you to see the logo. But yes, podium caps do look rubbish
  • neebneeb Posts: 4,460
    I think they should just wear proper casquettes on the podium. Pretty sure several teams were doing that last year..

    Lopez had the right idea with that baseball cap wearing fan who knocked him off - maybe the podium girls could be trained to slap off podium caps? That would be really entertaining and give them a purpose.. :wink:
  • rick_chaseyrick_chasey Posts: 66,308 Lives Here
    They're called snapbacks....
    _
  • neebneeb Posts: 4,460
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    They're called snapbacks....
    I did investigate the nomenclature of the ‘orrible things but it seemed to be confused and inconsistent..
  • craigus89craigus89 Posts: 887
    Ackerman was wearing his like a casquette with the MASSIVE rim bent right upwards during an interview. Looked ridiculous.
  • poweredbyidrispoweredbyidris Posts: 668
    Craigus89 wrote:
    Ackerman was wearing his like a casquette with the MASSIVE rim bent right upwards during an interview. Looked ridiculous.

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  • greasedscotsmangreasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    How about something like this instead?

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  • RichN95.RichN95. Posts: 26,539
    Is the thread to talk about Spike Lee's cultural appropriation?

    spikeleebrooklyncap.jpg
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • poweredbyidrispoweredbyidris Posts: 668
    RichN95 wrote:
    Is the thread to talk about Spike Lee's cultural appropriation?

    spikeleebrooklyncap.jpg

    Don't forget Wesley Snipes

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  • neebneeb Posts: 4,460
    PoweredByIdris wrote:
    the-fresh-prince-of-bel-air-1x01-the-fresh-prince-project-the-fresh-prince-of-bel-air-20894402-1536-1152.jpg
    That’s almost a mitre..
  • rick_chaseyrick_chasey Posts: 66,308 Lives Here
    neeb wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    They're called snapbacks....
    I did investigate the nomenclature of the ‘orrible things but it seemed to be confused and inconsistent..

    it's pretty clear.

    Baseball cap:
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    Trucker cap:
    P+6+Logo+Trucker+Cap.jpg?$b1$ (netted back)

    Snapback cap:
    L-Letter-Snapback-Cap-black.43497_7f4.jpg
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  • bobmcstuffbobmcstuff Posts: 10,565
    Snipes and Lee are wearing those caps better than any of us could hope to...

    Man, the 90s. What a time.
  • iainf72iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    I was in NYC last week and saw a homeless guy wearing a Mercatone Uno casquette. I'm not sure if it was in tribute to the 99 Giro and Pantani.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • carbonclemcarbonclem Posts: 1,339
    Has an EF rider worn a bucket hat on a podium yet?
    2020/2021/2022 Metric Century Challenge Winner
  • greasedscotsmangreasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    Sort of...

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  • neebneeb Posts: 4,460
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    neeb wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    They're called snapbacks....
    I did investigate the nomenclature of the ‘orrible things but it seemed to be confused and inconsistent..

    it's pretty clear.

    Baseball cap:
    SD_01_T01_5092F_PD_X_EC_90?$PDP_IMAGEGRID_1_LG$

    Trucker cap:
    P+6+Logo+Trucker+Cap.jpg?$b1$ (netted back)

    Snapback cap:
    L-Letter-Snapback-Cap-black.43497_7f4.jpg
    Well, that makes some sense. But is a snapback a subtype of baseball cap, or a different type altogether? And where does the so-called "dad cap" fit in?
  • sam_anonsam_anon Posts: 153
    Don't forget this guy!

    https://images.app.goo.gl/Q2XQ9pPWuHzhpNFdA
  • rick_chaseyrick_chasey Posts: 66,308 Lives Here
    neeb wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    neeb wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    They're called snapbacks....
    I did investigate the nomenclature of the ‘orrible things but it seemed to be confused and inconsistent..

    it's pretty clear.

    Baseball cap:
    SD_01_T01_5092F_PD_X_EC_90?$PDP_IMAGEGRID_1_LG$

    Trucker cap:
    P+6+Logo+Trucker+Cap.jpg?$b1$ (netted back)

    Snapback cap:
    L-Letter-Snapback-Cap-black.43497_7f4.jpg
    Well, that makes some sense. But is a snapback a subtype of baseball cap, or a different type altogether? And where does the so-called "dad cap" fit in?

    Dad hats are similar to snapbacks but the brims are different, (a dad hat has a rounder, pre-shaped brim, less flat), the front of a dad hat is less rigid and at a shallower angle to the brim than a snapback and dad hats are usually 5 panel and snapbacks are usually six panel (the extra seam giving the front that extra rigidity).



    Just think.

    Dave Grohl - dad hat
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    Ben Thatcher - snapback
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  • rick_chaseyrick_chasey Posts: 66,308 Lives Here
    Can you tell I'm bald?
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  • TashmanTashman Posts: 3,093
    Doesn't everyone in a snapback just look a complete berk?
  • carbonclemcarbonclem Posts: 1,339
    "There's few more distressing sights than that of an Englishman in a baseball cap."
    2020/2021/2022 Metric Century Challenge Winner
  • rick_chaseyrick_chasey Posts: 66,308 Lives Here
    Am partial to a flatcap and a worker cap. Not baseball unless I'm coxing (and then it's naturally a garish yellow Tour de France cap)
    _
  • bobmcstuffbobmcstuff Posts: 10,565
    I have one of those Patagonia ones from upthread. Not bright red though, blue/grey.

    I've never worn it on the podium at the giro though ;)
  • darkhairedlorddarkhairedlord Posts: 7,178
    iainf72 wrote:
    I was in NYC last week and saw a homeless guy wearing a Mercatone Uno casquette. I'm not sure if it was in tribute to the 99 Giro and Pantani.
    Did you trade it for some oreo's?
  • ddraverddraver Posts: 25,328
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    I have one of those Patagonia ones from upthread. Not bright red though, blue/grey.

    I've never worn it on the podium at the giro though ;)

    #SkiHipster
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • bobmcstuffbobmcstuff Posts: 10,565
    #Patagucci
  • Captain FagorCaptain Fagor Posts: 739
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    I have one of those Patagonia ones from upthread. Not bright red though, blue/grey.

    I've never worn it on the podium at the giro though ;)

    That Trucker cap looks like it belongs in a BTK kit along with a stained string vest, cigarrettes or chewing tobacco, chlorophyl, zip ties, a length of rope, hacksaw and a selection of black plastic bags.
  • webboowebboo Posts: 5,240
    I went to the states in 1978 on a climbing trip and I bought my dad a baseball/ golfing cap as they were all the rage out there. He never wore it although he never chucked it away ( found it in his stuff after he died) He just kept wearing his tweed flat cap to play golf in.
    Sometimes you can try really hard to change things but you just end up looking like a knob.
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