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Having grown old / older there’s not so much hair on my head as there once was and so I find the need for protection from the summer sun and the winter cold … and arguably you’re not properly dressed without a hat .

Winter time see’s me using a beanie, autumn and spring a flat cap and summer a baseball type cap (of lighter material than the flat caps). I’ve not tried a beret but perhaps someone else has and finds that they work for them.

What’s your favourite head covering - please, no one spoil the thread by mentioning helmets - and for what season do your wear it?

Merino beanie when it’s cold.
Buff when it’s chilly
Never felt the need for sun protection living in Scotland

I like baseball style caps. They keep rain off my glasses and sun out of my eyes.

Lot of millinery preferences in this recent thread:
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Jonathan

I still have some hair. A bit thin now so I often wear either a baseball cap or a rimmed hat like a tilley depending upon how windy it is. A beanie in winter. I haven't succumbed to wearing a merkin yet.

My favourite cycling head wear is a Tilley hat. It shades my eyes and folic-ally challenged head. The mesh cools the crown also the lacing does not go under the chin but across the forehead under the hat. To tighten it on windy days you simply pull on the lacing at the back which hangs down under the brim. Not lost it and had to go back for it yet!

Patrol cap in summer. Like a baseball cap but a broader flatter peak. Designed to stay on when running in the wind, rather than fly off when you run to catch a high ball. Enough thickness to protect against casual taps.

Beanie (Canadian toque) in winter.

I use different hats mainly depending on weather or simply how I feel.

My favourite go to cycle caps are Walz I like their 3 panel design and I have 3 of them.

For wetter summer days or winter days I wear a Sealskinz cap with a windproof headband. Because I suffer with neuralgia in cold weather I need the headband to cover my ears.

I also have a Sealskinz Beanie which I use on some winter rides and also for winter walking.

I do have a Tilley hat which I use for summer walking but although I have tried I find it not the right headwear for cycling.

I don't usually wear anything in summer on the bike these days but do favour a bush hat for walking.(when i can find the damn thing)

In the winter for the bike its usually a combo of fleece ski band and knitted cap (a beanie, at least in my youth, is a light cotton rimmed hat worn by cricketers!). the band can be worn on its own but usually it acts as a secure base for the cap. Back in the mists of time we used to wear 'duck' hats in winter, essentially a winter weight racing cap with a neck band that could be worn down or folded up.

£10 Halfords

REALLY light weight and thin great for walking, and after helmet off in sun
Winter https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01 ... UTF8&psc=1

I have protruding ears so as long as I have a fleece covering them in the winter, I’m happy. My partner let me use her thin fleece cap last year and I love it. It easily fits under my bike helmet for cold or fast rides. Despite getting a bit thin on top I don’t need much additional fabric insulation. Down here in the south west properly cold winds are few and far between so I can usually cope with my tweed flat cap on a walk. I’m a fairly recent convert to peaked headwear and was frankly amazed how much protection is granted by such a tiny crescent on my forehead!

Vorpal wrote: ↑6 Sep 2023, 4:13pm I like baseball style caps. They keep rain off my glasses and sun out of my eyes.

+1 and whilst I am an old man I don't necessarily want to look like one with a flat cap or beanie hat but I appreciate their advantages for some.

I have though, never 'warmed' to wearing a baseball cap under a helmet which although I'm sure is practical, never looks quite right to me.

But hey ho, we're all different.

+ 1 for the tilley hat - wide brim, and water proof....

Your favourite head covering (helmets excluded please)

Hair. These days it's just a question of which one

Last time I took a stroll down Elm St.