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  1. Original post
    Just Zis Guy
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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
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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]
    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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