Does anyone wear Da Brim?
 

I work and play outside and always wear a wide brimmed hat.

While bicycling I just wear a helmet and sunscreen. I miss the shade on my head and I hate smearing chemicals on my face. Da Brim looks pretty good. Might be problematic for fast road cycling, but for long, slow days on tour, it might work. Too dorky? Too floppy? Worth $45.00 to try?
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Trike riders use them.

Never seen one used on a road bike.

No never used it. Don't mind using sun lotion/screen. Hair getting a bit sparse and sun burn on parts of scalp exposed by helmet vents is a problem that this doesn't address. Either wear a cycling cap under the helmet (often don't wear helmet when cycling on the flat)or put lotion on scalp.

One lady on a ride I was on last summer wore one, and she loved it.


I still wonder how it would behave in windy conditions, either from riding fast, into a headwind, or downhill. I'd rather not look down and find an opaque windscreen over my eyes when I looked up!

Never leave home without it as far as wind is concerned if you purchase dabrim purchase the front Stabilizer as well it stops it flipping up going downhill or strong winds

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I have seen several while on tours. Most people were happy with it. One guy liked it but said the headwind was causing the brim to flip up and not provide sun protection. He was devising a method to hold it in place. I never saw him again (we were going opposite directions) so I don't know how it turned out.

I used to wear a baseball cap because the sun bothers me and all bike helmets have VERY small visors. I bought a Da Brim with the 3" bill about a 1 1/2 years ago to wear on my bike helmet and have been using it ever since. It works great. And it only looks dorky to others not me since I cannot see it. And it blocks the sun from bothering my eyes.
Em

I am going to order one. The "sporty" model in black should be the least floppy and least dorky.

Order one of these...you'll have to cut it to size. If you have questions about cutting it, ask here first!

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I really don't get all the "dorky" comments. Just wait until you get your Brim out on the road or trail, it's gonna be YOUR new question, "Where didja get your hat at???" Ask me how I know. I think the Da Brim is an all around smart idea and doesn't look bad at all.

I've got one, but yet to tour on it.
I dislike it on windy days due to my head getting buffeted a bit and my neck suffering after an extended ride.
Looking forward to taking it on my next tour, though I've yet to work out where to store it when not utilising it.

I live in FL, and recently got one of these Halo headbands, which I wear under my helmet... https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0..._al_bw_g468_i5

Works great. Also has a built-in sweat diverter in front. The tail flaps a little at higher speeds, but not bad.

I've seen one cyclist with one while in Montana this year . I ride with a baseball hat ( top button removed ) over an over sized bandana that keeps the sun off completely , neck and ears as well . The baseball hat has it's cloth panels removed for ventilation .

I'm just about old enough to completely not care how this thing looks, so long as it benefits me. Just might buy one.

I've commuted in the largest model, through both sun & rain. It stays stuck to my helmet well, and does what it's supposed to do. I like it especially for night time urban riding because I can tilt the left front edge down a bit while blocking out the glare of oncoming headlights-like a car sun visor- I still know where the cars are but I'm not blinded. But if I'm going to be off road or way out in rural areas with few cars, I leave it behind, strap my helmet to my seat bag & put on a nylon boonie hat. Much cooler, and crushable/foldable. Da brim can't be folded, so I haven't taken it on longer rides.

My dabrim arrived last night just in time for a week of predicted rain.

Fits my helmet rather poorly, given mine has this kind of pointless elongation at the back. May try to add an alternate loop for the cinch strap to go below that and better capture it. Or may eventually end up with a different helmet.

Bigger annoyance is that it won't work with my helmet cover I was using to avoid sunburn through the vents. Guess I'm going to put some velcro or sew-on snaps or something around its band so that I can make a cover that attaches to those. Would almost just make the cover a part of it, maybe baste it on by hand, since I can't see using the brim without also wanting a cover, but it may make installation harder.

My tentative plan is to to take it off and attach it to my pack for after sunset (and next time out, pre-dawn) riding, and having the center hollow related to how I was planning to attach it (don't really want to fold it to stuff in the pack routinely, though it did ship folded).

I guess Is should also test headlamp compatibility with keeping it on first. It's going to make walking around with a helmet clipped to pack strap or handlebar more awkward though.

Will need to improvise a front stabilizer since my supplier didn't seem to carry that, but should be simple.

I brought my REI sun hat to the Weekend Cycle Oregon two weeks to wear messing around camp. Had the inconvenience of having with me plus helmet and needing to move my bike, so I wore it under my helmet. First thought - this works! I'd seriously consider this for a long very hot ride like crossing a desert.

(The REI hat is a brim similar to Da Brim only as part of a full hat with a venting band of bug net between the brim and the top.)

Ben

I and all my coworkers use these brims by CMC rescue on our hardhats , they do pretty well in the wind and can be starched to stiffen. I'll try it out on my bike helmet soon.

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I wear the Adventure Cycling cap which protects my balding head and neck, and fits under a helmet no trouble (which solves the problem that is all so common on a loaded touring bike of going so fast that the cap would otherwise FLY OFF!!!).

See https://www.adventurecycling.org/cyc...p/protech-cap/

I have never tried one. I did a week long van supported trip In Texas in April (it was quite sunny), one gal had one and she really liked it. She also was a fast rider, faster than me, so general riding by a fast rider did not appear to be a problem for her. But she said that in strong headwinds or on fast descents, it does not work so well.

I have a thin spot (some would call it bald) on top, I just dab on sunscreen. It is pretty easy to figure out where to put it, it is where there is the least amount of hair to get in the way.

I did think about this, but I ride a unicycle... occasionally I'll pass someone on a bike on an uphill climb if they're out of shape.

So I figure it if works on a bike at all, it should work for me.

And the appearance argument is already beside the point... I mean, apart from getting a red squeezy nose, how much more more absurd could I get?

I use, but detest sunscreen. It clogs pores and makes you sweat funny, it's hard to wash off in the shower after, putting it on my head it runs into my eyes, and it's nasty how it gets all over the helmet straps and pads.

I'd rather just put a cover on the helmet. And on longer rides when I'm out into evening, removing the cover always feels nice.

And actually, thank you - because typing those words just made me realize I do need to make my cover separable from the dabrim, because either I'll leave the brim on after dark and remove the cover to enjoy the breeze, or I'll take the brim off and need to leverage the opening in how I attach it to my pack.

I'll probably still need some suncscreen on the back of my neck even with the brim, but hopefully can avoid needing to put any on face, ears (and by extension helmet straps), etc. And with a long sleeve breathable jersey I don't need it on my arms either.

Also, to date most of the rides I've done have been in areas offering a lot of shade - rail trails that only occasionally break into the open or follow a road shoulder for a couple of miles. I've tended to avoid things like a beach path that was fully exposed, or (after an experience of taking all my breaks under overpasses) a recreational closure of a highway, and hopefully this makes those more approachable. Particularly looking forward to it for a labor-day weekend event on a harbor island where in the past I decided the lack of car traffic justified a safari hat in place of a helmet at all.

My thin spot is small and only thin enough that I do get some sunburn in a small spot. If it was much larger, I probably would be looking for an alternative plan too.

That's why I returned the one I purchased before big tour. I just used skull cap and suntan lotion

Looks like a good idea, but why $40? I just bought one of those floppy hats that laborers wear in the sun for ten bucks. I know this is modified to fit over a bike helmet, but does that warrant all that extra money, or are "they" just taking advantage of cyclists?