Wasps in your helmet...

[doog]

wasp got me last year under the helmet, 2 stings...

 

[AndyWilliams]

[QUOTE 3682962, member: 9609"]as in over your head?
the polis might think you're a bank robber and shoot you - and that will hurt more than a wasp sting[/QUOTE]

Haha get you cycling faster though. Tights stretched over the helmet I mean.

 

[the_mikey]

Wear a buff on your head, it also has a double use as a device for preventing sweat from running into your eyes.

 

[dr snuggles]

I used to have a giro indicator helmet which had a mesh bit in the front.
I've been stung on the noggin before but just kept going cos I'm a bloke.

 

[NormanD]

Maybe THIS might help

 

[waspyfecker]

Quel probleme?

Nobber obvs.

 

[Lilliburlero]

I lube my wife`s bike chain with sherry trifle and ride 4 or 5 bike lengths behind her, works a treat. Wasps love sherry trifle its like crack cocaine to them, but if you cant afford it or don`t have the skill to make it then strawberry jam will do. There are other upsides to this method, when we get home from a ride the kids get a pudding and the chain gets cleaned. You should see their little faces when we get back from an outing, priceless

 

[nappadang]

A mixture of sugar and orange juice applied liberally all over your cranial protection unit should ward off any stingy things. Try painting it yellow first to be on the safe side.

 

[buggi]

I wouldn't use a net or tights as it may get caught in it and it will be well pissed off then and it will easily sting through that. I would use a cycling cap or buff under your helmet but, in all honesty, it rarely happens. I've been cycling for 13 years and its never happened to me.

Although not as docile as bees (they are predators and bees aren't), wasps still get an underserved bad reputation. They are not as aggressive towards us as people think. They tend to hang around when we have something sweet (and who doesn't like sweet?) particularly late summer when their food source dies out, and then scared people panic and waft at them and they go into attack mode, hence their aggressive reputation. If you leave them alone or are gentle with them they will do what they want and then leave. They are actually as essential to the environment as bees are. I used to be sh!t scared of them but after finding out how important they are,I decided to give them a break and try to be more calm around them. Seemed to work, they are calmer and I'm less scared

 

[waspyfecker]

I wouldn't use a net or tights as it may get caught in it and it will be well pissed off then and it will easily sting through that. I would use a cycling cap or buff under your helmet but, in all honesty, it rarely happens. I've been cycling for 13 years and its never happened to me.

Although not as docile as bees (they are predators and bees aren't), wasps still get an underserved bad reputation. They are not as aggressive towards us as people think. They tend to hang around when we have something sweet (and who doesn't like sweet?) particularly late summer when their food source dies out, and then scared people panic and waft at them and they go into attack mode, hence their aggressive reputation. If you leave them alone or are gentle with them they will do what they want and then leave. They are actually as essential to the environment as bees are. I used to be sh!t scared of them but after finding out how important they are,I decided to give them a break and try to be more calm around them. Seemed to work, they are calmer and I'm less scared

You knows it sister.

 

[jack smith]

Limar 777 helmets have insect nets inbuilt

 

[totallyfixed]

This merely reaffirms my belief that helmets are dangerous and cycling isn't.

 

[Nb99283]

Small ipod broadcasting election coverage on helmet. Boring me to tears, MUST be even more tedious to wasps. They don't even have the vote!

 

[slowmotion]

Fill your Camelbak with lead free petrol and modify the mouth tube to accept one of these. When @waspyfecker hoves over the horizon, give him a quick squirt. Job done!
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[NorthernDave]

Try one of these...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Powerd-Mosquito-Insect-Repeller-Compass/dp/B008KXT0C8

Might also be handy if you get lost...