Instead of what appears to be a beanie hat with the brim tilted to one side.

I wear a beanie hat with the brim tilted to one side AND a helmet. Double the protection.

I sometimes wear a helmet even when I'm not riding.

I'm usually drinking pretty heavily at those times.

no
helmets are SMRT

Apparently not.

lately i haven't been wearing a helmet, and i feel stupid for it. my cycling cap just breathes so much better in the heat.

i wear my "beanie-hat" with the brim straight and down. that way it keeps sun, rain, and sweat out of my eyes and still allows me to see. i think that's the intended purpose.

I wear a helmet, sometimes. I've been fortunate enought to have been wearing it two of the three times I've been hit by a car. The third time was a doosie, and I wasn't wearing a helmet. I had to send my bike to Joe Bell to get the frame realigned.

I wear my helmet if I'm having a bad day, and when I'm kitted up in my super hero costume for a road ride.

I wear a helmet unless i'm just tooling around or taking a quick ride over to a friend's place.

I'm new to the always wear a helmet crowd. I always grab it for the short rides because those are the ones I'm the most careless on.

if i know I'm going to be riding all over town [ala saturday afternoon] then yes, I generally do wear a helmet.

if I'm riding to the store [7 blocks], my local bikeshop [4 blocks], coffee shop [5 blocks] or other super close destinations I rarely ever wear it.

however, if it's rush hour I try to wear it regardless of the length of the trip.

honestly though? it's been so warm that wearing it is a real drag and I've been leaving it home more than I should.

If I'm not wearing a helmet, then yes, I do wear a "beanie with a sideways cap". cycling caps are really well designed for their purpose.

I have a Giro Atmos (flat black). It's the only helmet that I like the looks of, so I payed way too much for it. This insures that I wear it all the freakin' time. It bugs my wife when I wear it to bed.

uhm beanies are stupid helmets are not

i wear mine for any ride that's more than a few blocks.

I always wear one. I feel really weird without it on my head.

oh cool, I can use this again:

Is that double or triple protection?

With beer, it's 1/2 the protection.

I always wear my helmet, no matter how short or long the trip is gonna be. I have been in too many situations, where people act f*** ******** in front of me. I have recently lost my front wheel to a Mercedes Benz and two years ago I crashed hard, wrecked my bike, broke my collar bone because of some stupid f**** pulling a stupid move.

You're right, those beer cans need helmets

I wear a motorcycle helmet. Oh, and no pants. Helps with visibility.

so many friends, family and acquaintances have been getting broken off on their bikes lately, i've taken to wearing one religiously. and i'm not a religious man.
wear your helmets. and stay in school.

Last November, my bike went out from under me and my face hit the ground. It wasn't until I examined my helmet that I realized that it probably saved me a trip to the ER or worse. The thing is that I considered not wearing a helmet that day, as I often did for short, around town rides.

The problem is that I immediatly replaced it with a white Bell Ukon. (in addition to riding fixed gear, and a roadie, I'm also a commuter who likes to be "visible").

Then I got aero bars on my road bike and discovered that the visor made it hard to see forward. So I removed the visor. Now I have the dorkiest looking helment ever.

I think you meant 10/2

Uh, most of them are detachable, as in re-attachable.

I am now wearing a helmet, just to many bad Boston drivers (I swear they are aiming for me).

I hate being hot, and its not the most comftroble thing, but I have been to the ER from a crash, don't want to go back.