Road under helmet caps, retro cool or very jey?

yes to cycle cap under helmet, also have an merino wool flatcap jobbo that’s tip top for cold days. Can’t use a buff over my ears as it snarls up all the metal work, rings and flesh tunnels in the side of my head. 😀

besides which my big ear tube is like a mini bull roarer. At the right speed you get an ace whistle/hum if it goes quiet I’m riding fast enough. 😆

It’s a look that disappeared for years.
To me it will always be a grotty wet dirty day bit of kit, and a bit continental looking.
A bit too hot on hot days, bit pointless having all those expensive vents in your lid really?
I’m looking to buy my first ever ever set of cycling glasses, everyones wearing them, even in the fog and rain?

I have loads of them (well no idea how many) if you don’t have much hair to soak up sweat or insulate they are essential.
They are one of those things that non users fail to see the point of until you use them, I have buffs and scull caps but they don’t have a movable peak so I don’t use them anymore.

I have a very jey purple Rapha winter cap I picked up cheap on ebay cos it looks hideous.

However, it is ridiculously warm, and kept the snow out my eyes today, so I’ll happily look like a plonker as it serves it’s purpose.

If I wanted to look cool I wouldn’t wear cycling kit or ride bikes as badly as I do…..

I’m looking to buy my first ever ever set of cycling glasses, everyones wearing them, even in the fog and rain?

Just make sure you try them on with a helmet, its surprising how different / laughable some riding glasses can look without a helmet.

I’m looking to buy my first ever ever set of cycling glasses, everyones wearing them, even in the fog and rain?

Try Bollé safety glasses – I swiped a pack from work but are £6-8 on eBay. Nice not having to worry about scratching/breaking/losing expensive specs.

They are one of those things that non users fail to see the point of until you use them

Not a view shared by nearly every pro in the world.

They were popular when I started, but were worn sans helmet. Now more of a podium bit of kit.

Wonder why they died out on the pro-tour? (though I have seen pics of contador wearing one in the rain)
Most of the riders in my club wear them for practicle reasons though maybe not when racing (unless it’s really shitty)

Philippe Gilbert , winner of the 2012 World Road Race Championships. Demonstrating its usefulness in inclement weather.

Current favourite for under my helmet is this

Clicky here

Scares the Jesus out of walkers when you jump out from behind a tree on a bridle way in the middle of no where

you need somewhere to keep your pork pie

Oi Brakes, thats not a cycling cap he’s wearing, but he does make that baseball cap look small on his head!

m y god, I followed a roadie wearing that kit yesterday. He was a bit skinnier but couldn’t shake a mountainbike off his wheel.

Well done you 8)
You are my freeride hero, keeping the roadie scum in the gutter where they belong.

Damn straight. Where they belong.

You were lucky that you weren’t following me cos I would have dropped you swiftly .

Really?

Yup, an onlooker would have thought you were track standing.

It so smacks of “look at me, I know my road riding”.

Rapha do them yes?

in the rain, practical, otherwise, guilty of trying too hard.

Looks silly but what cycle attire doesn’t?

Are they still made from cotton? Makes ALL arguments for them retarded if so.

Looks silly but what cycle attire doesn’t?

exactly.
I refuse to wear lyra shorts because of what they look like, but then I wear a cycling cap.
trying too hard? bog off, maybe you’re just thinking too hard.