Low sun angle
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@Tim Kelley 31722 wrote:
He was in the Buff! http://bikearlingtonforum.com/showthread.php?2986-What-to-do-about-the-hair&p=30887#post30887
Just “a” Buff. Btw, I probably would’ve gotten your joke during the ride if I wasn’t half dead already and just trying to survive.
The main reason I wear it though actually is because it looks really stupid if I don’t do something with it. I’ve seen photos of myself with my hair all over the place mid-ride and it looks like a wind sail or something. Probably not very aero either.
@Dirt 31720 wrote:
Reason #17 why I hate vvill. He’s the only person I saw at the end of the Alpine Gran Fundo that had PERFECT hair after 104 miles and 11,000 feet of climbing.
Ivanka Trump was right.
@eminva 31813 wrote:
The caps under the helmet don’t make your head hot in the warm weather? I’ve always just bought a helmet with a visor, but that kind of limits your selection of helmets, so I might consider other options next time. I just thought the cap would make my head heat up.
Thanks.
Liz
In terms of “heat,” my head doesn’t feel any hotter, and my impression is that I sweat just as much without a cap as I do with one (with or without a visor). Having something under my helmet has become routine for me. When I use a cotton cap in the summer, it seems it is soaked and dripping after a fairly short time. I have some coolmax caps by headsweats that seem to control the moisture flow better. They also have soft brims, but I haven’t had an issue with them and the wind as mentioned about a wool cap above. I find that a cycling cap’s visor is much more efficient and versatile for blocking the sun (or headlights) than a helment visor. You can adjust how the cap sits on your head and getting closer to your eyes so that you aren’t having to dip your head down as you ride. I prefer to have only one visor at a time, so if I am wearing a visored cap, I want a visorless helmet (helps reduce drag
). Of course, I frequently see helmets worn with the visor sticking almost straight up, either because the helmet is tilted back or the visor is improperly seated.Why don’t people just move or change jobs so they’re riding west in the morning and east in the evening?
I live in Falls Church, and work two days a week in DC and three in Reston. I do say that it’s much less stressful riding with the sun at your back going to Reston than into it going to DC. I’ve felt very uneasy on the Custis trail looking straight at the sun with all the deep shadows from the sound wall.
@kcb203 65682 wrote:
Why don’t people just move or change jobs so they’re riding west in the morning and east in the evening?
I live in Falls Church, and work two days a week in DC and three in Reston. I do say that it’s much less stressful riding with the sun at your back going to Reston than into it going to DC. I’ve felt very uneasy on the Custis trail looking straight at the sun with all the deep shadows from the sound wall.
Agree that custis is terrible at sunrise/sunset.
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