Cycling caps under helmets

[steveindenmark]

I wear a golf visor under my helmet. The visor is longer than a cycle cap and so keeps the sun out of my eyes, my glasses dry if its raininf and my head cool.

 

[Gravity Aided]

I use a cycling cap under the helmet, or I wear one of those towel type things that evaporate sweat and cool your head. If my helmet slides around, I adjust the straps.When I wear helmets. Almost any mass start or group event requires helmets o'er here.

 

[postman]

The cap protects your head, the helmet protects your cap. I'd probably ditch the helmet and just wear the cap as you'll get the same protection and look much cooler. I have a number of cycling caps and it's a well recognised fact that I'm the coolest member on this forum.

I doff my hat to you sir.

 

[Tanis8472]

I doff my hat to you sir.

Chapeu

 

[Nigel-YZ1]

If you're a Yorkshire person, is cycling in a flat cap more aerodynamic?
It may clash a bit with the lycra, but I just sorta wondered

 

[Milzy]

If you're a Yorkshire person, is cycling in a flat cap more aerodynamic?
It may clash a bit with the lycra, but I just sorta wondered

My whippet ran off with mine while I was drinking real ale.

 

[vickster]

Well the only reason I have a cycling cap is so that I could own some Castelli kit but only have to pay 12 quid.

Socks ftw

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/castelli-rosso-corsa-9-cycling-socks-1

but what's so special about Castelli, everyone wears it...

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Ditch the helmet, wear the cap. Simples.

 

[mjr]

If my helmet slides around, I adjust the straps.

The standards don't allow the straps to do up tight enough to stop it sliding around when worn over a slippy layer, in order to avoid the straps being a strangulation hazard if the helmet shatters in certain ways.

 

[PaulSB]

I'm bald. I've worn a cycle cap for many years as it soaks up sweat which otherwise runs in to and stings my eyes, keeps me warm in winter, shades my eyes from sun and my glasses from rain. A great piece of multi function low cost kit.

I'd never realised or considered it might interfere with the efficiency of my helmet. I've smashed two high quality helmets and a good friend one, each time when wearing a cap.

I'm not sure what to make of this but find it hard to believe a flimsy piece of material has much impact on the efficiency of a helmet? I'm bald, the friend I refer to is a young woman with long hair worn in a ponytail. How do manufacturers account for this in the design?

My cap of choice is made by Buff and is not a traditional cycling cap. I love it; soft, lightweight, dries quickly, packs away in pocket easily, reversible, two colour all for about £15.00

 

[Alex1982]

I brought a cycling cap a while but I haven't used it much. I was going to wear it under my helmet, but I noticed that in the helmet manual, it states not to wear anything like a cap under the helmet as the helmet may loosen or come off. Is it really not a good idea to wear a cap under your helmet (plenty of cyclists do that) or are Specialized just covering themselves for every remotely possible eventuality?

I use it for summer use as it helps stop sweat raining down into my eyes

 

[Ron-da-Valli]

I wear a buff under my helmet in summer & a thermal skull cap in winter. I have seen audax photos of riders wearing "Benny" style woolly hats with a helmet perched on top, not actually covering the head at all!

 

[captain nemo1701]

I brought a cycling cap a while but I haven't used it much. I was going to wear it under my helmet, but I noticed that in the helmet manual, it states not to wear anything like a cap under the helmet as the helmet may loosen or come off. Is it really not a good idea to wear a cap under your helmet (plenty of cyclists do that) or are Specialized just covering themselves for every remotely possible eventuality?

I ride Specialized and have their helmet. Rubbish about the manual - how can something strapped to your chin become loose if you wear a cap under it?. I wear my riding skull cap in cold winter weather, helmet stays on perfectly. Sounds like the Spesh lawyer was just going through a list of possible freak claims.

 

[FishFright]

Specialized have a long history of ass covering quasi legalise. A good few years back my mate had a Rockhopper with paperwork that pretty much said riding it off road was verboten,

 

[mjr]

how can something strapped to your chin become loose if you wear a cap under it?

By having a lower co-efficient of friction than having nothing in the way, and being easier to compress or tear in a crash than what the helmet was designed to be pressed against. It ain't just Spesh who advise against it. Maybe they're all following each other, but it seems like most buyers are happy to comply or are ignoring usage instructions, which has been suggested as a reason why helmets don't deliver a real-world outcomes benefit, but I doubt that.