Re: Lidless
- From: Simon Brooke <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 07:00:14 +0100
in message <1150410253.23399.0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Martin Bulmer
('martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx') wrote:
I forgot to throw my helmet in the car when I went for a drive with the
non-cycling wife. I hadn't forgotten the bike, luckily, so I ended up
doing the 30 mile ride home lidless. As the sun was out, and I am a
slap-head, I dug my sun hat out of the panniers. This is the first
lidless ride since I resumed cycling 11 years ago, so as I rode I
pondered the comparisons. First, the "head-heater" thing. I found the
hat seemed warmer because there was no air flow over my head, but I
didn't get sweat in my eyes. It felt odd to feel insects impacting on
my forehead both with & without the hat. The hat was good for up to 24
mph, at which speed it attempted lift-off. This isn't too much of a
problem for me, my average speed for the ride was 13mph, so I only had
to remove the hat for the downhills. When the hat got sweaty, it got a
bit looser too, and the critical lift-off speed fell accordingly.
If the cap is threatening to lift, turn it round so the peak is at the
back.
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simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/
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