Wearing a helmet and a hat while biking
from Aneb@lemmy.world to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world on 20 Nov 20:36
https://lemmy.world/post/39079765

I always want to wear a baseball cap while wearing a helmet so I can have it when I arrive at place so I can offset my helmet hair. But my helmet is really uncomfortable with a bb cap in the way. I don’t want to carry a bag with the hat in it and I outworn my beanies. Would it look stupid to place the cap on the handlebars or clip the cap into the strap of the helmet to carry it while riding? Does anybody have a good solution to wearing baseball caps with a helmet?

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Acamon@lemmy.world on 20 Nov 20:45 next collapse

If I saw someone wearing a helmet, with cap strapped on somewhere, I’d understand. It’s practical, and it’s pretty clear that your planning to wear it when you remove the helmet, you’re not trying to make some sort of statement. Go for it! (as long as your cap strap is reliable…)

sem@piefed.blahaj.zone on 20 Nov 22:29 collapse

It may break

Diddlydee@feddit.uk on 20 Nov 20:46 next collapse

Nobody cares where your hat is placed. Nobody is going to see it on your handlebars and think ‘what a twat. I’m going to tell everyone how big a twat this guy right here is. Unbelievable! The audacity.’

You’ll be just fine.

LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world on 21 Nov 05:08 next collapse

LOL I have irrational paralyzing thoughts like this all day long

flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works on 21 Nov 10:03 collapse

Could or be, perhaps, that you are indeed a twat?

Manifish_Destiny@lemmy.world on 21 Nov 05:16 next collapse

Agreed. Not twat behavior if you aren’t a dick with your bike.

Wouldn’t even notice. Most people barely have their own shit together these days.

starlinguk@lemmy.world on 23 Nov 13:38 collapse

Joke’s on you, I think everyone looks like a twat in a baseball cap.

PP_BOY_@lemmy.world on 20 Nov 20:51 next collapse

You’re overthinking it lol

can@sh.itjust.works on 20 Nov 22:11 collapse

They probably know that.

LeapSecond@lemmy.zip on 20 Nov 20:51 next collapse

If you’re wearing jeans you can also strap it onto the belt straps. If it’s on the side it shouldn’t be too uncomfortable

scytale@piefed.zip on 20 Nov 20:55 collapse

I’d be worried it will get caught in the chain or tires. Dunno why OP is afraid of being seen with the hat clipped to the handlebars.

phanto@lemmy.ca on 20 Nov 20:57 next collapse

Get one of those kid’s seats for the bike, get a large stuffed… Tiger? Yeah, Tiger. Put the hat on the Tiger, strap the Tiger into the kid’s seat. Nobody will mock the Tiger for not wearing a helmet.

Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe on 20 Nov 21:07 next collapse

Yea, a tiger… Yea

ulterno@programming.dev on 20 Nov 22:08 collapse

Tigger would be better. no?

Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe on 20 Nov 21:06 next collapse

Who cares about looking stupid. Just done what you gotta do.

Today@lemmy.world on 20 Nov 21:21 next collapse

Practical is sexy.

MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world on 20 Nov 21:22 next collapse

Stuff it down your underpants in the front.

phonics@lemmy.world on 20 Nov 21:26 next collapse

That pip on the top of a baseball cap is dangerous under a helmet. Its essentially saying, ‘hey coordinate all the shock right here’ like a little pin hammer. Get yourself a cycling cap for under the helmet. Way more comphy too.

But yeah id go with the hook it to your belt loop. Maybe with a carabiner so you dont stress the snapback

Lighttrails@sh.itjust.works on 20 Nov 21:44 next collapse

I snap my hat to my bag or frame then swap helmet for hat when I arrive at my destination.

Triumph@fedia.io on 20 Nov 21:53 next collapse

Spend less time worrying about a hat and get a proper helmet with a chin bar.

hpucks@lemmy.world on 20 Nov 22:30 next collapse

I have a triangle shaped bag that hangs off the frame of the bike between the seat and the handle bars. I just cram my baseball cap in there. Don’t take a nice one you don’t want to crumple up a bit though.

Kolanaki@pawb.social on 20 Nov 22:31 next collapse

I just put a divet in the foam of the helmet for the little metal button on the top of the baseball hat to sit in so it’s not pressing into my skull. 🤷‍♂️

But I also use a skateboarding helmet and not a typical bicycle helmet, so it doesn’t have as much of a lip for the brim of the hat to clear.

Bongles@lemmy.zip on 20 Nov 22:59 next collapse

Would it look stupid to place the cap on the handlebars

No.

or clip the cap into the strap of the helmet to carry it while riding?

Yeah kinda, I’m imagining it hanging from your face?

If you have a snap back kind of hat, yeah just attach it anywhere on the bike I’d say, or depending what you’re wearing, to you in some way. Don’t over think it.

Godnroc@lemmy.world on 21 Nov 00:37 next collapse

Here’s what you do: get a bike rack and bungee core a milk crate to it. Bonus points for a milk crate that looks well worn and like it lived an entire lifetime before it took up residence on your bike. The look is timeless, a classic of style, unquestionable. From there you can store anything you want, hat included.

Or don’t. You wouldn’t ask a stranger on the street for their opinion, so why care what they think?

mx_smith@lemmy.world on 21 Nov 00:47 next collapse

Here is a ballcap like hat I wear, that’s good under helmets, and it folds up and comes with a bag to carry it in.

billwashere@lemmy.world on 21 Nov 02:36 next collapse

Or just be bald. I never have helmet hair.

blarghly@lemmy.world on 21 Nov 06:18 next collapse

Roll the bill into the fabric. Forms a crescent moon shape. Shove it under your belt

agent_nycto@lemmy.world on 21 Nov 07:36 next collapse

This sounds like someone’s question on My Brother My Brother and Me

ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net on 21 Nov 10:16 next collapse

But if you don’t have a helmet hair how will people know you rode a bike?

Hupf@feddit.org on 21 Nov 17:37 collapse
dumbcrumb@lemmy.world on 21 Nov 18:22 collapse

Put the strap through your belt loop