The cold air & wind are getting annoying. The skull cap & Do Rag-type covers aren't making it. I see various types/brands of helmet covers advertised on the cycling supply websites. Do they really work? Do the ones like The Louis Garneau Stopzone® Helmet Cover, really keep the wind & mist (rain) out as they claim? If I get one, do I go with the bright LG Yellow or go with a color I'd really like? I guess it's safety vs stylishness.

I haven't tested any for water protection, but all of the helmet covers I have used to keep wind out have kept me noticeably warmer. I usually use one if it drops below freezing.

Sheldon Brown's helmet:

https://www.sheldonbrown.com/eagle.html

Craft (and others) make windproof skull caps that work very well. Those showercaps may be better in heavy rain, but you'll never see an OCP wearing one. On the other hand, OCPs never ride in the rain either.

i have an old Giro helme cover with gortex panels. It works pretty well for temps down to the 40's bleow that I'd wea r skull cap.

+1 for showercaps.

I use a face mask & helmet cover, and that seems to work in anything above 30F. I use the illuminite cover by Perf.

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What would I do with a helmet cover? The last helmet I owned got left on top of a phone booth about 12 years ago after I talked to my wife while the ship was in port in San Diego.

I have a Bell cover that keeps the wind out....seems like it works pretty well to me...

I have a bellwether helmet cover and it works well in cold/windy conditions!

Canvas and fleece insulated cap made for use under a hardhat used by construction workers. It will keep your head warm and dry and there thin enough to use under your bike Helmet. They can be purchased at any retail outlet serving the construction and heavy equipment markets. Just look in your phone book for a heavy or farm equipment dealer. They will have them in good supply this time of year.

I have a not too thick stocking cap that I wear under my helmet for now. I was about 33 when I went out this moring and my head was plenty warm.

Get a very large latex glove and streach it over the helmet. Then paint the thumb yellow and the fingers red and you have an instant chicken hat. Oh and don't forget to paint in some eyes.

I will be trying some do rags and such in a few months.

i've got a underarmor balaclava that works wonders to keep me warm. and it has these conveniently placed vents so that your breath can escape downward, rather than up into, and fogging up, your glasses

ive used duct tape, its relfective and sturdy but its a pain to remove.

A little off subject but I was in a LBS that buys alot of old stock & stuff. I asked the guy about a helmet cover, thinking rain cover, he whipped out a box of 15,000 nylon helmet covers! Told the story that to get what he wanted from a sale he agreed to take the helmet covers and the guy in the warehouse kept finding more of them. Unfortunatly they all have little perf. holes and I am not sure what good they would be. Block the sun maybe. He said they would work as a rain cover if you ride fast enough.

Those things date back to the days when helmets were made of styrofoam without an outer plastic shell. In a crash, the "helmet cover" held the styrofoam pieces together so they could still give your head a little protection.

You might give this one a try: https://www.boure.com/8456.html. They have a satisfaction gaurantee on all their stuff, and I wouldn't part with mine.

I use a helmet cover when it rains.
I wear a headsweats do rag all year, but in winter its not enough (pacific northwest wet winter), a helmet cover works awesome. Turns your whole helmet into an insulated item. Like a beer cooler for your head
Lets me still wear only a thin headsweats underneath and stay warm and dry. Looks too goofy to wear on non rain days though.

No, but I do laugh at people who use them.

Below 30 - balaclava. Above that, does your hair really get that cold?

I run pretty darn hot and it in winter it never drops far below freezing around here so usually I just wear my helmet normally and enjoy not sweating.

No but I may have to soon. I have just been wearing a TNF Balaclava under my helmet.


I have some older Giro helmets with less vents, I should just put duct tape over the front vents and leave a few back ones open to exhaust heat....

I don't see how these things could really hold anything together, they are made of very light weight fabric with thousands, maybe hunderds of tiny holes. Looks more like some kind of bike show give away to me. But if keeping your helmet in one place was their intended use then than God for technology.

No helmet cover. Cycling cap + hood on long sleeved jersey does a pretty good job. If it's really, really cold, balaclava, I suppose, or maybe before that a thin ear warmer to layer with the cap and hood.