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  • August 9, 2017 at 2:32 pm #27481
    kil0ran

    Any recommendations for managing head heat and keeping sweat out of your eyes? I can keep my core sufficiently cool with the right base layer and jersey for the conditions but nothing seems to work for my helmet/head? The resultant deluge of concentrated saline into my eyes is painful and borderline blinding. I wash my helmet pads once a week but it doesn’t seem to make any difference – would a traditional cycling cap under the helmet help? It’s not just a summer issue for me, perhaps I’m just naturally hot-headed…

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  • August 9, 2017 at 5:05 pm #899559
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    The _Kaner

    Walz do a ‘lite’ technical

    Walz do a ‘lite’ technical cap, I find it’s less intrusive than a cotton cap, more airy, wicks sweat away as opposed to allowing the sweat to pool in the cap band.

    Can be had in either 3 or 4 panel design – I prefer 3 panel as it fits my head shape better (and IMO looks better – no pointy apex…)

     

    August 9, 2017 at 4:46 pm #899557
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    mike the bike

     

     

    Sweaty helmet?  Vaseline applied to unlikely body parts?  There’s a joke in here somewhere but I’m far too refined …….

    August 9, 2017 at 3:53 pm #899555
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    peted76

    Vasaline above your eye brows

    Vasaline above your eye brows. 

    Could be made worse by the helmet are you wearing… the difference between an aero helmet and an airy helmet can be significant from a heat build up perspective. 

    I’d also reccomend a headband over a buff, as there’s less material to make your head even hotter involved. There are loads of these available thin, thick etc… 

    If none of the above helps, then you can get special ‘keep sweat out of your eyes things’ to stop it from happening. Search silicone sweatbands, I’ve also seen what look like little stick on opaque silicone eyebrows for your head in a shop recently. Sweat in your face, who knew it was a big thing. 

     

    August 9, 2017 at 3:30 pm #899553
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    Shades

    A Buff works quite well.  If

    A Buff works quite well.  If you bunch up the loose fabric below the back of the helmet it looks a bit ‘pirate-like’!

    August 9, 2017 at 3:08 pm #899551
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    Nick T

    A cycling cap will probably

    A cycling cap will probably help, also much easier to wash regularly than the helmet pads. Walz cotton caps are good, I find. Wear both the cap and helmet sufficiently low on the brow for maximum mopping, safety and steez

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