Peak or no peak - that is the question

[PeteT]

Do you wear a peak on your helmet, as supplied in the box, or not? It seems to be a MTB thing, but I'm a (very) confirmed roadie and yet always wear the peak; it helps keep the sun out of my eyes in conjunction with sunglasses, and helps keep the rain out of them too. yet I get very strange looks from some other roadies.

So, roadies, peak or no peak? If you do - any particular reason? If you don't - what's your reasoning (apart from not wanting to look naff)?

(P.S. I thought about putting this in the 'helmet debates' section, but it wouldn't let me post there for some reason - so it's here).

Cheers all.

 

[oliver]

i didn't - only because my peak was a bit mis-coloured for the helmet - so i didn't put it on - i then sat on it and broke it to realise the yellow film to keep it nice, was still on it (hence the mis-matched colour!)! - but on my old helmet i love the peak coz if you didn't put your glasses on it still gave you some protection

 

[Theseus]

No helmet, but my cloth cap has a peak.

 

[tigger]

No peaks! They look naff and reduce your visibility. Cool shades and road helmets for me... even offroad

 

[Broadside]

I spend 95% of my riding time on my road bike. I use a peak year round; in the summer it gives a bit of shade without needing tinted lenses; in the dark i can dip my head to block out light from oncoming bright car headlights to preserve my night vision and in the rain my glasses get a little bit of shelter. I don't like how the peak looks but they do have their advantages...

 

[HLaB]

If I'm on the town bike I sometimes wear a peak, it reduces the amount of spray on my glasses. I don't like one on a road bike though, being less upright I used to get a sore neck constantly lifting my head enough to see. I don't actually know where my peak is these days, I tend to wear a cycling cap to protect the glasses these days. I prefer to have nothing though that blocks my visibility.

 

[AnythingButVanilla]

I wear a ridiculously expensive Yakkay helmet which has a cover with a peak and my other cover for it makes my helmet look like a fedora. Sad but true.

 

[Merida]

Only time I ever used a helmet was for downhill, and until I got a full face I used to wear the peak. I would never wear it on the road though the mount of aero you would lose and the fact you could wear sunglasses instead seems to negate the reasons for having a peak. O f course my personal preference is a cap

 

[John the Monkey]

I spend 95% of my riding time on my road bike. I use a peak year round; in the summer it gives a bit of shade without needing tinted lenses; in the dark i can dip my head to block out light from oncoming bright car headlights to preserve my night vision and in the rain my glasses get a little bit of shelter.

Same reason I used to wear one - a cap is way better though, ime, than a helmet peak.

 

[GTTTM]

is that what that strange shaped piece of plastic that came in the helmet is...........

 

[youngoldbloke]

Obey! Rule #35 / No visors on the road

 

[VamP]

I use a shitty MTB helmet, left over from days gone by. I am not a huge lover of helmets, but as they are a requirement for most competitive events, I use this. It had a peak, which I took off for a time trial a while back, and never put back on. Not sure where it is TBH. Don't miss it.

My significant other keeps telling me to buy a new one, in a colour that matches my bike(s).

Yeh, that's not gonna happen.

 

[Hacienda71]

I voted sometimes depends on the weather, because there wasn't an option for I have two helmets one for the road bike and one for the mtb.