TheRCF

Of course I'm serious. The hat (actually headsweat with a bill on it) is mainly to restrict how much wind comes in over the top of my glasses, though it has some other benefits as I mentioned. More wind, at least when cool, causes my eyes to water. Watering eyes partly drain into the nose. Water getting into the nose causes the sniffles. I avoid or at least reduce all that by wearing something with a bill on front.

If your eyes don't water in these situations, then it probably won't do you much good. But for some of us, it can really make a ride more enjoyable.

I got into wearing the ordinary headsweat some time ago, in an effort to keep my hair from looking so bad after a ride. The headsweat accomplished that and kept it drier too. All plusses in my book.