Rapha, nice but a bit pricey?

But I'd be far more intimidated by a cease and desist from Adidas..

i don't understand how people can ride with a hood tbh ...

Utter fixwit:

Eh? What? I ride with a hood so I don't get a wet/cold head!?!? Your alternative is?

Also care to explain to fixwit is? I feel you are insulting me, but I'm not sure how...

Eh? What? I ride with a hood so I don't get a wet/cold head!?!? Your alternative is?

a cycling cap or a skull cap.

Eh? What? I ride with a hood so I don't get a wet/cold head!?!? Your alternative is?

I think he meant physically, how can you do it? 5 yards down the road and the hood is no longer covering your head. One small gust of wind and you are bare-headed once again.

Or are you just really slow?

the alternative to riding with a hood is surely riding with a hat?

doesn't obstruct your vision when turning and if you geta good one it'll keep your ears warmer and your head dry.

That said, I've ridden with a hood happily on numerous occasions.

This thread is all Fail....

i forgot people don't wear cycling helmets.

Cycling cap - will get wet no?

Maybe I'm just fortunate, the hood on my north face waterproof always stays on (even when I'm doing 1000mph on the hipster highway) and I've never had a problem of it obstructing my vision when turning my head.

Oh well.

Tesco cap FTW.

The heat loss from your head tends to prevent a cycling cap from getting so sodden that it becomes annoying.

a cycling cap or a skull cap.

Me in the rain

Me in the rain

Well done^^

Eh? What? I ride with a hood so I don't get a wet/cold head!?!? Your alternative is?

Also care to explain to fixwit is? I feel you are insulting me, but I'm not sure how...

sorry man, wasn’t me. still suffer recurrent bouts of demonic possession following a botched exorcism a few years ago.

i offer no alternative to wearing a hood - actually considered getting a waterproof helmet cover for this reason but realised i'd then have to start wearing a helmet.

Anyways, no offence intended.

actually considered getting a waterproof helmet cover for this reason but realised i'd then have to start wearing a helmet

You do know that a helmet cover without a helmet is called a hat !?!

Doesn't riding with a hood up just mean that the cold, cold wind blows straight into it, ensuring a nice chilly breeze reaches the back of your head? That doesn't sound pleasant to me.

you might think that but from my personal experience a hood keeps your ears warm.

Doesn't riding with a hood up just mean that the cold, cold wind blows straight into it, ensuring a nice chilly breeze reaches the back of your head? That doesn't sound pleasant to me.

You might wanna take a look at Ed's example in How to use a hoody properly.

You do know that a helmet cover without a helmet is called a hat !?!

sure but hats make you look like a wuss.
the correct solution is to dread all your hair into a weather-resistant and insulating mono-dread. grown long enough it can also wrap around the neck to protect that area too.

Well, having just done 12 miles in a wet and heavy snowstorm, I declare my Gentleman's Hat to be an excellent bit of kit.

I was about to test mine, but I was forbidden from leaving the house by my [strike]screw[/strike] wife.

Irony - she can never wait to see the back of me (and it's not coz of my great ass, I checked :-( ).

[That's my wife/screw, not yours I should add for clarity.]

Yeah, yours is cheating on you.
Try and end your ride early. Check the wardrobe.

Yours

Concerned Citizen

I never go near the wardrobe; I'm not allowed space in there, and know for a fact that you can't get even another pair of shoes or extra party dress that's so cute that I just have to have it in there it's so rammed...