Backwards Baseball Cap, will it make me look like a ******?
06-24-14, 07:30 AM
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Biking can be casual and enjoyable and not a life and death race. Unless you're showing up to your group ride in a backwards hat then wear what you want.
I wear a baseball cap backwards sometimes when riding in metro Boston, because my hair was much longer than it was now and would get into my eyes. Putting the cap end front would cause the wind to pick it off my head, but after a good haircut I dont bother with the hat anymore. Hell, I wear my hat backwards if I'm too lazy to put my hat back in my backpack.
I wear a baseball cap backwards sometimes when riding in metro Boston, because my hair was much longer than it was now and would get into my eyes. Putting the cap end front would cause the wind to pick it off my head, but after a good haircut I dont bother with the hat anymore. Hell, I wear my hat backwards if I'm too lazy to put my hat back in my backpack.
06-24-14, 07:51 AM
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Maybe wear one of these - baseball cap and protection!
06-24-14, 08:00 AM
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I wear skin tight gear all around.
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06-24-14, 08:31 AM
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You will look like a ****** ***. If anything, get a new helmet that fits and feels better and/or a cycling cap. Place the cycling cap underneath the helmet (as theyre designed for this) or simply wear your new cycling cap. It should help with comfortability and prevent you from looking like such ****.
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06-24-14, 08:46 AM
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This was a pretty entertaining read.
06-24-14, 08:59 AM
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Yeah, it's OK if you ***** want to look like ***** ******* so you can **** a bunch of *******. **** yeah.
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06-24-14, 09:22 AM
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this has turned into a feeding frenzy.
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06-24-14, 09:26 AM
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After reading most of the OP's posts, I don't think anyone will mistake him for Einstein regardless of how his hair looks.
06-24-14, 09:27 AM
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06-24-14, 09:52 AM
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Can you please take a picture of yourself and post it? It would be the highlight of my week.
06-24-14, 10:09 AM
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06-24-14, 10:16 AM
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Pantani sez backwards cycling cap is plenty aero, and it's OK to wear tight pink lycra and earrings.
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Sometimes? When do they EVER resist it?
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I'm going to make a serious point.
The backwards cap is a practical adaptation because it keeps the sun off the back of your neck.
The backwards cap is a practical adaptation because it keeps the sun off the back of your neck.
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Oh, and giving someone the look works best with a bald, bare head.
But if you give him the look with sunglasses up on your head, he'll just laugh at you and mutter "stupid american".
But if you give him the look with sunglasses up on your head, he'll just laugh at you and mutter "stupid american".