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Old 04-01-14, 07:04 PM
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Cycling Cap Style: Luft oder keine Luft

What is your opinion on cycling caps today?

How do you prefer to wear them or what do you think looks better TODAY?

Or perhaps you feel nobody should wear cycling caps anymore.
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How do you prefer to ear them or what do you think looks better TODAY.
How do you ear a cycling cap? They don't usually fit that low on the head.
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Mit ballons:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...&v=Bp1Ma_-_U9w

oder keine:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...&v=sQz-CZvkY8k

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This is over my head.


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Only 19 votes? Look like no luft has a comfortable lead.
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Sagst du LuftBallons?

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I don't know, anytime I've seen examples of luft it just looks like those hipsters wearing trucker hats as a joke. But the I'm a form over function kind of guy and only wear caps for warmth retension/sweat absorption and don't seem to have ever had a helmet/cap combination that allowed the brim to be flipped up/down for sun blocking or not either. Mine are always down all the time.
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The only Luft I know of is Lorna, and I don't know if she was Judy Gardland's daughter, sister, or just a porn star....
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