Thanks, all. I scored 2 Rapha winter caps in a “VL” — very large — size at a good price.
I agree that layering is good and I hope the Raphas, like my Walz but not my Pearl Izumi, will be large enough to cover my Outdoor Research winter skull caps. I do have a Buff and a much better Varusteleka neck gaiter as well as a wool balaclava that they should indeed accommodate. The Randi Jo caps look very nice, but the price for the Raphas was too good to pass up. 35 years ago I had a Chinese-made but still very, very nice shearling hat with wooly earflaps that folded up and strapped in place until you needed to lower them. I wish I had kept it, but I was young and hot blooded and thought, I’ll never need a hat this warm in *Albuquerque* winters. The State Trooper hat from *Fargo* is an inferior replacement, but it works — I sat outside on my back patio on Friday morning at 20*F air temp per the thermometer on my shaded front porch but in the dazzling (even in winter) southerly mile-high sun wearing that hat, the light down jacket, and a heavy LLBean sweatshirt over a cheap t-shirt, and I was comfortable despite small breezes. This morning a dressy navy Varusteleka watch cap kept my ears warm at ~20*F as I walked the dog. But I like my winter cycling caps to have brims. My “trooper” hat isn’t as elaborate as this one, but it’s close. [image: image.png] -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgst03XvNhDbmuNnYSQXnH9xiLH3yTtSbhz105FUpTTEgw%40mail.gmail.com.
