Is there a stigma to only wear a cap?

[mjr]

Get cycling glasses. 1000% more useful than a plastic hat. Get a fly or a piece of muck/grit in your eye whilst at speed and you'll regret not wearing a pair.

I wear them (corrective) but still get stuff in my eyes occasionally, but I blink fast enough most of the time.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Why?! Unless you like potential eye pain?

C'mon @vickster you're normally quick to spot them

 

[CanucksTraveller]

Wear what you like.

There is a judgemental minority who get a feeling of virtue by berating other cyclists about the "need" to wear a helmet as they pass.

They are c*nts and should be treated in the same way you would a neighbour who tells you how to bring up your children.

I don't know if you've noticed but there's an equally judgemental minority who get a feeling of virtue by berating other cyclists about their choice to wear a "plastic hat" or to look like an "anthromorphic dildo". These people are also c*nts, just from the opposite extreme of the scale.

I wear a cap sometimes, I wear a helmet sometimes too, and I (like most) don't feel the need to belittle anyone's choice. It's a shame that some do.

 

[vickster]

C'mon @vickster you're normally quick to spot them

The typo...yeah I decided to give it a wide berth this time

 

[Deleted member 26715]

I’ll be giving any type of glasses a wide birth.

Huh?

 

[vickster]

Yes sorry, I edited my post...trying to concentrate on work too

 

[mjr]

I don't know if you've noticed but there's an equally judgemental minority who get a feeling of virtue by berating other cyclists about their choice to wear a "plastic hat" or to look like an "anthromorphic dildo". These people are also c*nts, just from the opposite extreme of the scale.

I wear a cap sometimes, I wear a helmet sometimes too, and I (like most) don't feel the need to belittle anyone's choice. It's a shame that some do.

Far from equal. Only users ban non-users from events AFAIK, never the opposite.

 

[vickster]

Or is it actually the insurers who stipulate?

 

[matticus]

Are you Miguel Indurain.

In my mind's eye, Big Mig was always a cap-wearer (typically white Banesto):

I think maybe Pedro Delgado was the more likely to be seen in a headband?

 

[rogerzilla]

Greg LeMond dabbled with headbands in his earlier years. And massive Oakley ski goggles.

 

[matticus]

Or is it actually the insurers who stipulate?

Only the case for certain events, and there is plenty of insurance out there that doesn't control your clothing.

The clubs that stipulate have no excuse. BC and CUK insurance for group riding doesn't require helmets. There are even clubs with no insurance who require lids to join their group rides!

 

[matticus]

I've actually looked at entering two long-distance events recently (not races!) where the organiser decided for himself that we all needed helmets. I specifically asked the 2 guys involved. 🤦

 

[rogerzilla]

I'm the only member of work's cycling club that doesn't participate in the annual charity ride. You can guess why. I sign people in and out instead.

 

[LemonJuice]

Why?! Unless you like potential eye pain?

I don’t want to wear glasses, period.

 

[Julia9054]

Only the case for certain events, and there is plenty of insurance out there that doesn't control your clothing.

The clubs that stipulate have no excuse. BC and CUK insurance for group riding doesn't require helmets. There are even clubs with no insurance who require lids to join their group rides!

I am not completely anti helmets and will wear a helmet if I am entering an organised event that stipulates one. Though I rarely do sportives etc any more.
My local cycling club has a list of rules (nowt wrong with that) but the first rule says “You must wear a helmet. No helmet, no ride.”
The guy who started the club has a right to impose any rules he sees fit but I don’t like the tone of this so I won’t be joining.