Cycling caps under helmets

[Markymark]

Fair is my middle name

Missing a y at the end I think....

 

[jefmcg]

Except I believe I got it slightly wrong and instead of saying I desire a hat, I think i told the old lady I desired her..............a hat

Might you have said "capeau" instead of "chapeau"?

 

[jefmcg]

The helmet relies on friction between pads and hair to not move around freely. Spez seems to suggest that a hat will reduce the friction and thus allow the helmet to move around and possibly shift during an accident where it could have protected you.
I think it would be reasonably easy to figure out whether that is the case or not. You need to perform two experiments - one with and one without a cap. There is no need to heed to broad, ill-motivated rules.

Yeah, it's nonsense.

So the helmets work with bald heads, buzz cuts, superfine shoulder length adolescent hair, masses of unruly wavy hair, corn rows, an "afro", wiry steel grey hair etc etc etc** but might fail if you wear a cap?

** Odds are they didn't test it with any hair, just something like this:

 

[Bollo]

[QUOTE 4865234, member: 259"]Yes, it's an American company. The last Specialized bike I bought came with so many safety warnings that I'd probably never have ridden it if I'd followed them all.[/QUOTE]
'Merkin speedplay pedals come with so many warnings of "serious injury or death" that I suspect they might be made of plutonium and anthrax.

 

[Yellow Saddle]

 

[Tin Pot]

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?

You'll be fine.

 

[Globalti]

The idea that wearing a cap might interfere with the function of the helmet is of course baloney and is part of the myth perpetuated by manufacturers with the unwitting collusion of elfn'safety zealots, that a cycling helmet is something cleverer than simply a chunk of shock-absorbing styrofoam between your head and the road.

I tried wearing a cap under my helmet once instead of my usual buff but I found that I had to lift my head a little more to see under the peak, which gave me sore neck muscles.

 

[Markymark]

The idea that wearing a cap might interfere with the function of the helmet is of course baloney and is part of the myth perpetuated by manufacturers with the unwitting collusion of elfn'safety zealots, that a cycling helmet is something cleverer than simply a chunk of shock-absorbing styrofoam between your head and the road.

I tried wearing a cap under my helmet once instead of my usual buff but I found that I had to lift my head a little more to see under the peak, which gave me sore neck muscles.

Yet you believe the elfn'safety zealots about wearing a helmet at all?

 

[MacB]

'Merkin speedplay pedals come with so many warnings of "serious injury or death" that I suspect they might be made of plutonium and anthrax.

Nah those warnings are valid, the makers of clicky pedals know they are selling a dangerous snake oil. They just never expected such a high %age of cyclists to be so gullible.

 

[Drago]

I believe whatever is evidenced, nothing more.

On an unrelated note, I went to walk the dog the other day wearing a cloth cap under a bowler hat.

 

[Bollo]

Nah those warnings are valid, the makers of clicky pedals know they are selling a dangerous snake oil. They just never expected such a high %age of cyclists to be so gullible.

You know me Bludge, always trying to buy the game.

 

[Racing roadkill]

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 usually ride with a cap under my lid, I imagine Spesh are just covering themselves against possible litigation.

 

[Drago]

The Hipsters seem to be embracing this style.

 

[Dave Davenport]

I usually ride with a cap under my lid, I imagine Spesh are just covering themselves against possible litigation.

How do you manage that with your human cannonball style visored lid?

 

[Globalti]

Yet you believe the elfn'safety zealots about wearing a helmet at all?

No, I make my own judgement. Having banged my head on the road a couple of times and seen the texture of the road imprinted in the outer shell I have come to think that having a shell of styrofoam around my skull is no bad thing if it reduces the chances of a brain injury. I also saw how a helmet deflected a glancing blow when my son nutted a tree at speed, meaning that he was only unconscious for a couple of minutes as opposed to hitting the tree with his temple and possibly doing worse, more localised damage.