Re: [RBW] Cold weather hats with brims that keep your ears warm

[rltilley]

Rapha used to sell a “deep winter” cap or something like that. It was similarly shaped to a cycling cap but insulated and with ear flaps. Kept my head cold when I visited NYC in February one year. Temps were in the single digits with heavy winds. Robert Tilley San Diego, CA Sent from my iPhone On Jan 25, 2025, at 5:47 PM, Patrick Moore <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote:  Curious what others wear on their heads to keep scalp and hears comforable when the temps drop below freezing. Watch caps/tuques/knit caps are warm, but I prefer something with a short brim to block sun and wind. I’ve got a several-model-years-old Pear Izumi stretch synthetic cap that is good to just below 40*F at our relatively high winter morning humidity levels but when temps approach freezing I need more ear protection. I also have an old Large Walz wool caps with ear flaps that is big enough to cover an Outdoor Research synthetic skull cap, and that works well down to the low 20s (when it approaches 20*F I wear a ND State Trooper’s hat from Fargo), but I’d like to get another winter cycling hat that has a brim and keeps my ears warm down to the upper teens, whether with or without the skull cap. I don’t like hoods. Note: I do not wear a helmet. Does anyone have a suggestion? URL? Aside: to vent: riding south this afternoon I came across a rather fat young man riding north on a small ICE motorcycle, tho’ he wasn’t going more than 25 mph. I felt the urge to do something but the encounter was too short for a plan. I daresay that any plan would have been fruitless or counter-productive anyway. Stupid city council who a few months ago legalized all kind of electric-assist 2-wheelers on our car-separated bike paths. I’m curious what others might do in this kind of situation: yell? Throw yourself athwart his path? Take an iPhoto and call the cops? Sign gravely and go on your way? Make fun of him on a bicycle discussion list? He wasn’t as fat as this, but he was short and on a small ICE motorbike with longish dark hair and beard. <image.png> -- Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Executive resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, letters, and other writing services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- When thou didst not, savage, know thine own meaning, But wouldst gabble like a thing most brutish, I endowed thy purposes with words that made them known. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfguuiheAjuJmhaSg98XwaOkA7b-C82xfq2fzB1s7_E1e%3DQ%40mail.gmail.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/11DF3A9E-440B-42FC-B7DE-D930094B2E71%40gmail.com.