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    Just zis Guy, you know?
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    I have said before that I often wear a helmet. With the weather
    improving, my recumbent back on the road, light evenings (no need for
    a headtorch) and the roads clear and dry, I have been leaving the
    plastic hat behind.

    The best bit is the ability to scratch my head when one of the poxy
    insects which infest the Chilterns around Cholsey lands on it :-)

    I freely apologise to anybody to whom I said a helmet was not
    uncomfortable. Mine is not bad, but cotton cap is infinitely better
    and does just as good a job of keeping the sun out of your eyes.

    And one less vote for compulsion, if TRL are watching.

    Guy
    --
    May contain traces of irony. Contents liable to settle after posting.
    http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk

    88% of helmet statistics are made up, 65% of them at Washington University

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  2. Danny Colyer
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    Just zis Guy said:

    I freely apologise to anybody to whom I said a helmet was not
    uncomfortable. Mine is not bad, but cotton cap is infinitely better
    and does just as good a job of keeping the sun out of your eyes.

    A much, much better job on a recumbent, ME. I bought my first proper
    cycling cap at the CT Birthday Rides last year and I love it.

    --
    Danny Colyer (the UK company has been laughed out of my reply address)
    <url:http://www.speedy5.freeserve.co.uk/danny/>
    "He who dares not offend cannot be honest." - Thomas Paine

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  3. Danny Colyer
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    I said:

    A much, much better job on a recumbent, ME. I bought my first proper
    cycling cap at the CT Birthday Rides last year and I love it.

    Bugger, actually I didn't write that. I wrote IME, not ME, and CTC, not
    CT. Evidently I still haven't quite got to grips with the shortcut keys
    in the Thunderbird spellchecker (I automatically hit alt-A to add a word
    to the dictionary, but alt-A is "replace all"😉.

    --
    Danny Colyer (the UK company has been laughed out of my reply address)
    <url:http://www.speedy5.freeserve.co.uk/danny/>
    "He who dares not offend cannot be honest." - Thomas Paine

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  4. Peter Clinch
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    Just zis Guy said:

    I freely apologise to anybody to whom I said a helmet was not
    uncomfortable. Mine is not bad, but cotton cap is infinitely better
    and does just as good a job of keeping the sun out of your eyes.

    Yup, having maintained for years to all (including myself) that there's
    no real comfort difference I found out I'd been kidding myself. The
    chinstrap and the sweatiness on warm days, especially spinning slowly up
    big climbs, really does downgrade the riding pleasure.

    Pete.
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    Peter Clinch University of Dundee
    Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Medical Physics, Ninewells Hospital
    Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK
    net [email hidden] http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/

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  5. MSeries
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    Peter Clinch said:
    Just zis Guy said:

    I freely apologise to anybody to whom I said a helmet was not
    uncomfortable. Mine is not bad, but cotton cap is infinitely better
    and does just as good a job of keeping the sun out of your eyes.

    Yup, having maintained for years to all (including myself) that
    there's no real comfort difference I found out I'd been kidding
    myself. The chinstrap and the sweatiness on warm days, especially
    spinning slowly up big climbs, really does downgrade the riding
    pleasure.

    Pete.

    Then on the descent one can't get the wind in the hair.

    This is my main reason for not using a helmet and always has been. I started
    using one when I was touring in places where one had to use one but here in
    the UK I usually choose to leave the lid at home.

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