With the weather having turned somewhat I encountered a horrid sensation as I cycled home from uni. I got brain freeze through the vents on my helmet. My fleecey hat won't fit under my helmet so does anyone have any suggestions as to how best to combat this? It really hurt lol.
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Brain Freeze
(34 posts)- Started 12 years ago by Zenfrozt
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I have a thin skull cap which goes over my ears too, it's designed for running and stuff like that. Works a treat under the helmet.
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Change your user name to ZenFrost then everything will be fine.
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Buffs are cheap and adaptable
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+1 for the Buff.
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trendy (?) helmets on cyclechic website with earwarmers also winter helmets with liner (?)
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Buff. Available in a range of designs and colours to suit your every whim. Or as a handy map incase you get lost around the Meadows.
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Just to be different, I don't own a buff... Instead I use a GoreTex hood over my cycle helmet.
Robert
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Lowe Alpine trail cap with ear flaps.
http://www.gooutdoors.co.uk/lowe-alpine-trail-hat-p102902
They haven't been in stock for months.
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depends on how cold it is
I have a buff and an EBC skull cap
I tend to use the scull cap more now as its a nice fit abd covers the ears nicelyhttp://www.edinburghbicycle.com/products/revolution-essential-skull-cap
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I have a beard that I let grow out this winter so it's like my dentist is a Yorkshire Terrier and he's working on my wisdoms.
Helmet's the shell BMX kind, so not much ventilation there.
Between the two, cold so fierce it freezes breath wasn't a fuss.
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Fab thanks guys :) As always the advice is most helpful. I shall have a see what I can find buff wise.
Cheers
ZenPosted 12 years ago # -
Spokes buffs are not only good (and stylish ;-)), they're supporting a good cause...
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Buffs are good. Although at the moment I'm sporting one of these : http://www.wheelies.co.uk/p29558/Endura-Baa-Baa-Merino-Flat-Cap.aspx
That's right a Merino Flatcap.
I was wearing it under my helmet this morning and it was lovely and warm.Posted 12 years ago # -
lol @Uberuce
I did the same,shaved for the first time last week
seems i was premature!Posted 12 years ago # -
@uberuce and @custard, lol I like the idea of that and my fiance talks of the benefits but my extra x chromosome has dictated that it is impossible for me to grow such awesome facial warming furniture. That said if I were a man and could grow facial fur, I would probably sport a fabulous moustache that I could wax so that it turned up at the sides :P
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@custard, I have something similar that I picked up in TK Maxx for not much a few years ago. They often have running/hiking/snowboarding stuff there.
@ARobComp, I like the look of that but I already have too many caps. When not donning a helmet to ride (ie. most of the time) I wear one of these:
http://www.walzcaps.com/caps_wool-fourpanel.html
Mine is green wool,
which they don't seem to make any more. Seems it's part of their 'eco' range, made of organic hemp, wool, and lycra indeed!http://www.walzcaps.com/caps_organic.html
Oh and a full set beard is a good idea in windy Scottish weather. If you can grow one.
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Zenfrozt,
You only use one X at a time. The other condenses into a Barr Body. Two active Xs would cause issues. Tortoiseshell cats are a result of the random nature of female X usage. Some patches use the paternal and others the maternal X which gives rise to the different colours.
I sometimes take off the sides of face hair to present a more Klingon aspect but usually I just leave the whole thing in place. Going Klingon does feel a wee bit cold to begin with.
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The obvious suggestion nobody's made yet is just to join the club and wear your fleece hat!
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Well I did sort of have that suggestion originally. I was going to add that I have no idea if a Lowe Alpine fits under another hat.
Nobody mentioned "Wear the fox hat" either.
On Thursday, when it was still sunny, I got to the boy's school and took my Tilley hat off to find that I had Sennheisers and an unnoticed pair of reading glasses on under it. Both the headphones and reading glasses were of a folding type but neither were folded at the time.
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Tape over the helmet vents works a treat...
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Buff from decathlon six quid. Is a flexible balaclava. Nylon swim cap from John Lewis sports dept four quid just about covers ears. If you have large hair the buff is good, if short the swim cap can be good. I swing from big quaff to short flat top so both good for me
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Well thanks for that.
Your swim cap thing has me picturing the sperm from the "What Happens During Ejaculation?" section of "Everything you wanted to know about sex but were too afraid to ask".
Except on a bike.
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@WFB "....Your swim cap thing has me picturing the sperm from the "What Happens During Ejaculation?" section of "Everything you wanted to know about sex but were too afraid to ask"...."
I am so pleased I have no idea what you're talking about! Please don't explain ;-))
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@Smudge: Woody Allen film. Hilarious. Worth watching.
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@crowriver - WANT - I may have to get this sent to a buddy who is going home to the states for Easter. They look great!
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I think in this film Woody played The Reluctant Sperm, also the male half of an Italian Couple who could only enjoy coitus [Dude reference] in public spaces and a man chased by a huge breast which I believe was a story line lifted directly from a Philip Roth short story?
Woody was all in white and if we are talking negative with also the logo SPEEDO embossed on the head, then yes the likeness is good.
Only, on a bike.
N.B. this was back when Woody was funny [although the film is patchy as clearly I can only remember three of the vignettes] and had not married his adoptive daughter or more accurately I am sure, the adoptive daughter of his partner Mia Farrow.
On the cap front - they look good - quite a lot of dollars but I would personalise mine to have the lie Scottish Football Association Scotland V Holland 1978 on mine [like my dad's Archie Gembo - all lies]
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He might have been more angst ridden than reluctant.
He made a joke about the early funny films himself in one movie but I can't remember which one.
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That would be Stardust Memories [not so funny but prior to marrying his daughter - see above for truth so still good - also starring Charlotte Rampling]
We preferred your earlier, funnier movies, he has the fans saying in the movie where he plays a film maker called Sandy. Apparently an homage to Frederico Fellini
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