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Backwards Baseball Cap, will it make me look like a ******?

Old 06-23-14, 08:16 PM
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Originally Posted by WalksOn2Wheels
Oh man, this is almost too good to be true.

But yeah:
1) If you think helmets and cycling caps are dorky, you might not belong in the roadie forum.
2) Why are you suddenly all worried about aerodynamics when you aren't doing "extreme" speeds?
3) There's a nice hybrid forum.


But in all seriousness, we're laughing at you, but we also don't really care. Do what you want. For what it's worth, I don't bother with a helmet if I'm cruising around with the family on a closed trail. But I'm also aware that it doesn't take much for a serious head injury. In fact, I had a good friend who was on a paved trail, rabbit jumped out, she hit the rabbit, massive impact on her helmeted head and STILL had a concussion. Oh and no, she wasn't doing "extreme" speeds.
1) I belong in the roadie forum because I'm a road biker
2) I may not do extreme speeds but I go fast enough to justify being aerodynamic, besides, drag happens at any speed and I'd like to minimize it for endurance sake.
3) I don't ride a hybrid bike, nor do I bike in a hybrid fashion, I'll pass.
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backward cap is dumb. who can argue with that?
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Originally Posted by datlas
Is the starred part of this thread title the French word for shower??
Haha if I answer that I may get banned.
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Originally Posted by coasting
backward cap is dumb. who can argue with that?
I am sure we can find someone...
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Originally Posted by JameB
No, it doesn't matter, I wear a backwards baseball cap all the time.

Seriously, who cares? Just do what you like!
+1. Some people do look stupid with a backward baseball cap on, but that's who wears it, not the way it is worn.
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Originally Posted by daihard
+1. Some people do look stupid with a backward baseball cap on, but that's who wears it, not the way it is worn.
+2
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Originally Posted by pdedes
what about the fad for wearing pants low as to expose the underwear.
That probably started in the gay community, too.
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Originally Posted by Edenwolf
1) I belong in the roadie forum because I'm a road biker
2) I may not do extreme speeds but I go fast enough to justify being aerodynamic, besides, drag happens at any speed and I'd like to minimize it for endurance sake.
3) I don't ride a hybrid bike, nor do I bike in a hybrid fashion, I'll pass.
1) You're a road biker but you don't ride on roads?
2) If you go fast enough to justify aerodynamic advantages, then you go fast enough to kill yourself because you weren't wearing a helmet.
3) Biking on paths only is kind of hybrid style, yo.
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Originally Posted by WalksOn2Wheels
1) You're a road biker but you don't ride on roads?
2) If you go fast enough to justify aerodynamic advantages, then you go fast enough to kill yourself because you weren't wearing a helmet.
3) Biking on paths only is kind of hybrid style, yo.
1)I ride a road bike on the surface in which it's designed for, pavement which is what a road is made of, what difference does it make where the pavement I ride on is?
2)Again, being aerodynamic is a factor with all speeds and also play a role in reducing drag when facing on coming winds(which I face frequently due to biking along a river). Do I need to spell this out for you, either way I'll humor you.. Take 2 cloned people riding at 25 kilometers per hour, who's going to fatigue first, the guy wearing baggy cargo pants and an extra long T-shirt or the guy with tight fitted clothes and an aerodynamic top?
3)People ride actual hybrid bikes on "roads" so what's stopping us from calling them roadies(with your logic)? Bottom line, the paths I bike on are all paved and are heavily used by "road bikers." In fact, I'll see hundreds of bikers with road bikes on the paved path and 10% of "road" bikers on actual roads, I dare you tell tell them they are hybrid bikers

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Originally Posted by pdedes
what about the fad for wearing pants low as to expose the underwear. (hint: it's not so that you can look like a gnome as you run from the popo)
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Originally Posted by Edenwolf
I'm not worried about scrambled brains, I only ride paths(no steep hills or extreme speeds).

I would never wear a cycling hat, you might as well put a little propeller on top of it.

You're right. No need to protect YOUR head.

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Sooner or later, this thread will self-destruct.

They always do.
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Originally Posted by JohnJ80
You're right. No need to protect YOUR head.

J.
I should wear a helmet while walking too, you just never know!
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Originally Posted by Edenwolf
I should wear a helmet while walking too, you just never know!

Nah. Don't bother. No need. Or skydiving either.

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You asked for opinions, and got them. Arguing back just shows you didn't want opinions, only validation. I hope your stance proves valid, and a fall doesn't make you an invalid. Wait, that's dishonest. I don't care either way.
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Why a baseball cap?
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Originally Posted by RollCNY
You asked for opinions, and got them. Arguing back just shows you didn't want opinions, only validation. I hope your stance proves valid, and a fall doesn't make you an invalid. Wait, that's dishonest. I don't care either way.
I got a couple noteworthy opinions, the rest was just blatant trolling(which I didn't ask for). You don't care? On the contrary, you cared enough to showed up in my thread!
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Rather than start a new thread - seeing as this one is so full of win....just a couple of minor things I need cleared up.

Do I wear my jocks on the inside, or outside of my bib-knicks when I'm pulling a Sagan-esque mono and can I attach my bell to my wrist, or does it have to stay fixed to the handlebars???

What about when taking a selfie on the bike - do I have it in the big ring, or is the 39t okay?
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Originally Posted by rjones28
Why a baseball cap?
A baseball cap(backwards) to keep my hair down.
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Originally Posted by Edenwolf
A baseball cap(backwards) to keep my hair down.
If it must be a baseball cap(backwards), then make sure it is an officially licensed product of Major League Baseball. Anything else is just a cap.
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Originally Posted by BillyD
Sooner or later, this thread will self-destruct.

They always do.
Now is good.
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Originally Posted by rjones28
If it must be a baseball cap(backwards), then make sure it is an officially licensed product of Major League Baseball. Anything else is just a cap.
Note taken haha
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Best thread I've found here so far!

i have a feeling this is going to be needed:

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Originally Posted by Edenwolf
I got a couple noteworthy opinions, the rest was just blatant trolling(which I didn't ask for). You don't care? On the contrary, you cared enough to showed up in my thread!
Not happy with the competition?
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