Originally Posted by DCCommuter
Hey slvoid, can you hear through those? I have a 'clava from Nashbar that does a good job keeping my face from freezing, but it drives me crazy because I can't hear so well. I cut ear holes, which helps, but they move when I go to look over the shoulder. They also kind of defeat the purpose of the 'clava.
I once wore my balaclava through the whole second day of a 600K brevet ... despite the fact that the temperature on that second day finally warmed up to a reasonable 10C/50F ... because the balaclava blocked the wind noise. It was just howling out there and I couldn't stand it anymore, so even though I was overheating a bit, the noiseblocking feature was wonderful!
I will often wear a headband over my ears, even on quite warm days, to block the wind noise.