As someone with a shaved head, I've found a cap to be essential for sweat management, warmth, sun protection (stripes on head otherwise) and protection from bees that get trapped in my helmet. The little brim gives some sun protection (not a sunglass guy), as well.

@ihanatom

8 ай бұрын

fully agree - I wear one always

@JackY-pu5nh

8 ай бұрын

Marco Pantani 🤔

@kalaalefaio5108

8 ай бұрын

Ditto!

@nicholaswatkins8115

7 ай бұрын

Same for me for the opposite reason. Easiest way to manage my mop, and I sure as heck am not donning a truckers crap .

Once I got one at a bike messenger event I never stopped wearing mine. It's phenomenal.

As an teen in the early 80s, completing ignorant of the racing scene but vaguely aware that cycling was somehow Euro-cool, I used to wear a checkerboard Peugeot cap while riding in south Florida. Just what a gangly, glasses-wearing nerd in a nearly bike-free town needed to perfect his image. :-P

I wear them under my helmet all the time when cycling and I've accumulated a bit of a collection. My only problem is some cycling caps are non adjustable one size fits all and they squeeze my head a bit tight. Fortunately, some brands have an L/XL size and your cap fixes that issue by being adjustable.

@rohangayle9130

8 ай бұрын

Glad to see you Voicing the plights of the humble cycling cap I may have to add your offering to the collection,I have helmets,but not a lover,but have hats and caps to suit my everyday life on a bike,kinda dress for the occasion rather than the peleton 😂

@martycurren5350

8 ай бұрын

I wear one in cold or rain. Keeps my head warmer and rain off the glasses. I need kids ones as I have a very small head.

I wear cycling caps mainly in the warmer months. One reason, to keep the sweat off my face and glasses like you mentioned. Second reason, protection from critters like wasps and bees that somehow find their way through the vents on my helmet. Nothing is worse than a P O'd wasp/ hornet who gets trapped in your helmet while flying down a long descent. Believe me, I have first hand knowledge....😢

@donhuber9131

8 ай бұрын

Yikes!

@papalima38

8 ай бұрын

@@donhuber9131 yup, the same reason I never ride without one. But you'll actually never see me not wearing a cap. I must have almost 20 different ones. Problem is they wear out quick. And I only ever found one of Wesley's colnago, long gone that one...

@cmarnold78

8 ай бұрын

Yep. I have a Trek Ballista. The big hole in the front is like a massive air scoop for bugs and wasps!

Still use a cycling cap-each and every ride-and through all seasons. Nice to see your version, love it!

Damn Russ. That segue into a merch plug was smoooth.

Shoutout to the legendary Rick Denman who was the bicycle camera rig man / rider filming Quicksilver (and American Flyers). If you're ever in Cambria, California check out Linn's Restaurant to see the bike and related paraphernalia!

The value of the short-billed cycling cap for BLAD people CAN NOT be overstated. The is nothing better than seeing the beads of sweat dripping off the end of that bill instead of your eyes.

I don't like wearing one under my helmet, but I carry a cap for the coffee stop. My bald head burns in the sun, so It's nice to pop on a hat that I can keep folded up in a jersey pocket. Nice work designing this one. Looks like a quality product.

I use them every ride! I find it weird when my head touches the helmet directly without a cycling cap.

Never not w/out!!! OMG, what a marvelous segue into plugging the party pace caps👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👍🏼👊🏼

@qcriverrat

8 ай бұрын

They really are great!

I wore a cycling cap during a downpour and found them very useful. I also found my without one during another downpour and kept thinking I wish I had one that time.

A very creative and entertaining video. Classic pics including Greg LeMond and his thick hair. I do like cycling caps for all the reasons you presented. But I always wear a helmet now at age 73 learning none of us are invincible.

Yay! I'm so glad these caps are back! I like the extra cool mesh fabric and the slightly larger brim. I was really hoping for the paisley design, but this'll do nicely. Can't wait to try it out next summer. I almost always wear a cap under my helmet. It just feels more comfortable, like wearing socks with shoes. My favorite brand I've found so far is Pace. Sadly, they just shut down after like 50 years in the biz.

@Dave435l

8 ай бұрын

Oh no! Did they really? Time to stock up for Xmas

With all due respect Russ, make that partypace logo huge. That's half the fun of the cycling cap.

My head is on the bigger side and almost all cycling caps are "one size fits all", which, in practice, means they are all way too small. So my choice is very limited. A cycling cap under a helmet is useful in both winter and summer. Plus, not unimportant, it adds a bit of old-school style to your kit.

@GoneZombie

8 ай бұрын

My head is not large at all and they still squeeze my brain. It's bizarre how tight they make these things.

@MuckingMunt

6 ай бұрын

As a fellow pumpkin-headed rider... even if any trad style cycling caps fit me; the small peak accentuates the size and shape skull. I wear thin material baseball caps when I want proper eye-shade. Buffs rolled into basic headbands for the forehead when it's sweaty season.... or alternately a wicking material kinda style I as an Aussie call a "frill neck" (after a native lizard). which has a legionnaire style flap at the back.

Light at the home studio looks so much better already. Kudos!

Nicely done Russ! Got mine and love it!

Currently wearing one right now. They're great for sweat absorption, lessening the need to constantly clean the helmet inner (you will still need to clean it though) and it keeps your hair away from your face. Also, not all helmets have a visor, so they serve their purpose in sun protection.

As you will probably discover within the next 6 months Russ, a cycling cap will help keep your head cool in hot, sunny conditions. A bandana works well too. They stay wet under your helmet and provide constant evaporative cooling and prevent the sensation of your head being branded with lines from the sun shining through the gaps in your helmet. Not sure how well nylon will provide these functions though.

@thomasfitzgibbon1675

8 ай бұрын

Do we all collectively find this man very annoying lol?

@scooter2163

8 ай бұрын

@@thomasfitzgibbon1675 No.

@MuckingMunt

6 ай бұрын

@@thomasfitzgibbon1675 Well, I guess we're all engaging his income stream by commenting. But I agree otherwise....

@rollinrat4850

2 ай бұрын

⁠@@thomasfitzgibbon1675 Plenty of clickbait here. Annoying? Perhaps occasionally. But anyone can find something disagreeable in anyone. But overall, the resurgence of SIMPLE, reliable, AFFORDABLE and practical bike junk is pretty refreshing. IF one can possibly ignore marketing BS and learn to think practically, in ones best interest. Being a professional bike mechanic with 50 years wrenching, riding and racing experience , a 4wd fabricator, retired machinist and high reliability mechanical inspector, I can easily refute plenty of claims made here. I ignore practically ALL marketing BS. Nobodys fooling me. Having built aircraft, spacecraft and medical devices, I can confidently claim bicycles ought to be simple, reliable transportation. The Wright Bros were bicycle enthusiast/ mechanics. I believe thats all the vast majority of consumers truly NEED and very few riders actually race. Its the RIDER, not the freakin bike! As it stands, modern bike 'technology' IS my job security.

My Campagnolo cap was my helmet back in the late 70's. Man, I thought I was so cool wearing that thing, being the only kid in my area who had an Italian road bike and a fake Italian accent 😅😅😅

A bandana worn under mountain helmet (with visor) was a game changer for me. Insulation/evaporative cooling, sweat/rain/sun/bug/sleet protection its awesome! Often wondered about a cycling cap under helmet, but never tried that. Interesting history.

@ZaydDepaor

8 ай бұрын

cotton or synthetic (polyester etc) material?

I’m a cap fan… was gonna make some custom walz caps. This is an essay I wanted to make. Thanks for raking it off my plate

Nelson Vails was wearing a beret, the head gear of some pre WWII Frenchmen and the military almost wordwide, including the 'Green Beret' special forces of the US.

I wear a cycling cap under my helmet! It protects from the beating down sun, keesp rain off your glasses and in winter helps you see against the sun low on the horizon.

Love thinking about this. I wear one all the time. Keeps my bald head warm and sweat out my eyes. FYI: Quicksilver was set in San Francisco :)

Wool caps are where it's at for me. You can get em thin for warmer weather or thick for winter with ear coverage. As far as I'm concerned, Merino wool is the best material for cycling. You don't even need to wash it every use! It's not necessarily thick and hot either. I have thin wool shirts than are plenty comfortable and breathable on hot days. I look for Japanese or US made stuff. US merino wool is the best I've found and often it lasts for many years. I've got a large head, so I need to be very particular about finding larger sizes. Regular cotton caps fit too tight like lots of cycling clothes. They'll only work when my hair is cut short and thin.

I wear one under my helmet. It stops me from getting a sunburnt forehead in summer and helps to keep my head warm in winter.

Yup, prevents patchy sunburn on bald head, sun/rain protection, sweat absorption - I'll keep wearing mine!

@polyrhythmia

8 ай бұрын

Lost my hair to chemo, had to get a cap for under the helmet. With modern helmets adjustability, it's much easier to add something underneath.

I never wore them because 1) the brim distracted me when down and 2) I didn't want to look like a 'cyclist' especially in rural areas. I wore a low profile baseball cap on bike tours. Why did I change? I like being able to flip the brim up and down and realized that the nice folk in Hyannis, NE and similar towns down care about my cap styles at all. Plus it works great for absorbing sweat and washes better than most baseball caps.

@lastfm4477

8 ай бұрын

I assume you meant "don't".

Nice! Best cycling look is still the cycling cap worn under (or over) a leather hairnet... a la Tafi and Bortalami at 1996 Paris Roubaix or many of the cyclists racing early season classics in the 1980s and 90s.

Bravo..what a cool topic and sweet merch plug.

I wear cycling caps all the time. Great for directing the sweat away from your eyes. The peak helps keep the low winter sun out of my eyes. Caps rock.

@PaulJakma

8 ай бұрын

I don't think caps ended in the peloton. A lot of riders still wear them under their helmets.

I like the fact that your cap has a longer bill. Most are too short to provide a cyclist's face with much sun protection.

@donhuber9131

8 ай бұрын

I agree! I'm going to order a couple!

My first thought was a cap keeps the sweat from getting into your eyes. I use a bandana during the summer so I don't have to wash the helmet liners and straps so often. And if it's really hot, you can soak it in cold water and wrap it around your neck. It also serves as a beanie in a pinch in cooler weather.

I've about 6 cycling caps and wear them primarily through the summer to wick sweat. As it gets cold I switch to a buff. This morning in 14F I had an insulated cap with no brim and the buff.

I wear a cotton Waltz cycling cap ALL the time. I love it! I have a small head so often times baseball caps don’t look good on me.

I still wear mine every ride. during the summer of 100f + it stops the sweat streaming into my eyes, and during the winter, it blocks out some of the low winter light i get in my rides as my rides always end with me riding into the sunset. Peak up, but occasional down, lol. Drew.

On Nelson Veils cap - plausible explanation is that he may have been a member of famous NYC Guardian Angels (I tried to confirm but couldn't find any source, maybe you could?). Red beret like that is their symbol/uniform. Suggestion for merch' that I never see actively used in cycling but is of great help in hot places (and warm version in cold): headband. In mid-2000s I won one intended for runners by winning a TDF online prediction game. It immediately became a must for me and I got one for cold times too. Why cyclist don't use this simple, light, absorbing piece is beyond me but, I too never thought of it 'till I got one!

@Naptime48

8 ай бұрын

aren't they Bere'ts ?

@jfu5222

8 ай бұрын

The beret was in fashion during the eighties, everyone from punk rockers to runway models wore them. Ah, the good ol' days!

15 years ago when I was 12 the coolest thing for us was having a pro team cycling cap. Either ag2r or cofidis.

I have this cap. It is great to keep the sun out and perspiration of my eyes. one question: what is the function of the patch on the back?

I love all my cycling chapeaus - from a Giro Merino to a mesh Castelli!

Tks for sharing this video Looks like there are lots of us who continue the tradition! 👍🏼 I wear my cycling cap under my leather "hairnet" helmet to protect the leather from taking the brunt of my sweat. So i like cotton for that reason. Why do i wear a "hairnet" helmet and when? I wear it when i use my brommie on cycle paths instead of the road (it's when i would use my proper main MIPS helmet). I'd use the leather "hairnet" when i head to meetings and meals where space is limited for a big helmet. The hairnet helmet and cap can be folded and tucked into some tiny crevice in the folded brommie under a table. The good thing about the cycling cap is the ability to flick the peak upwards, giving better vertical view especially at night. And down when the sun is glaring at an engle. When I'm riding on the road most of the time, it'll be on the full-sized bike and my hi-viz T-shirt and hi-viz helmet. So that I'm seen in high intense raging traffic. And should there be an accident, I don't want the driver to get away by saying to the judge that he didn't see me. There's no way he can get a mile close to that excuse! Tks for the excellent video and footages, Russ!

Defintely use them in the cold months. I wore one today.

I wear them under my helmet and they are very useful for hot days especially when the sun is blazing on a scalp. They are also helpful on my indoor trainer minimizing sweat running into my eyes. And after the ride I have a cap with me already.

I love my cycling cap in the summer

does the toggle interfere with back of the helmet??

I have a 7-11 cap. It gets some odd looks when I wear it in a 7-11.

I always wear a cycling cap, either under a helmet or just by itself if I'm cycling to the shops etc. I have long hair and it helps keep everything calm and also provides a flippable peak which helps with sun/rain/snow etc.

Love your hat. Gonna order one. Ooo - expensive, but worth it to support the channel, I figure.

Oh okay, you convinced me 😂. Order placed 👍

In the winter I wear a something to keep my ears warm & in the summer a bandana to soak up the sweat & protect my neck ,reactor light glasses work best for myself regarding eye protection in any weather .

I have a collection of classic cycling caps. At the coffee shop the helmet comes off and the cap goes on. Gotta look cool. Brim up. Always brim up. 😉

Tadej Pogacar still wears one on the podium, god bless him.

I pull a buff over my head and then lay the excess backwards so it covers my neck then the helmet over the top. Stops the sweat from my head dripping into my eyes and keeps the sun off my head and neck. If it's cold I have a second buff to pull up from. My neck over my face to keep them warm.

I started riding and racing when the racing world transitioned between either wearing no helmet, or wearing a hair net to modern plastic helmet designs. I know of one guy who quit because he refused to wear a helmet while racing which had been recently required. I remember reading about the European pros complaining too. Sean Kelly says he hates riding with a helmet. I currently wear a cap I made with no brim on it to wear under my helmet to absorb sweat. It works better than a traditional cycling cap in my opinion. It also works brilliantly as an indoor fitness cap when I want to keep sweat from dripping into my eyes, but find I either don't need a brim to protect me from light, and/or a brim obstructs my view.

So, ya .mid 80s, a reverse Kangol or sort of french legion wool beret were the peak of fashion. Think Ferris Buehler, Jim Kerr, Capt. Sensible. However,, back then because helmets weren't worn by pros quite yet, wool winter caps with ear covers were worn in every spring classic. Bicycle Couriers in cold cities frequently wore these, or Kangols, or paid extra premiums for fleece lined racing hats. Before Gore started making synthetic, I always went for black wool Santini short bills

Love the history lesson! I've always worn a cycling cap...usually not cotton. Besides your great caps, obviously other known brands (like Walz) make lots of advertisement-free options. Personally, if my local bike shop has caps I'm always especially stoked to don them. Off the bike, it's a good look, right? Peace!

Well I do - on every ride - wind, rain or shine 🎏

Still rocking the cap, off and on the bike!

For the real winter, the German army winter cap is basically a cycling cap, but it's thick and has those flaps that cover your ears and the back of your head down to your neck. Also they're actually available (or at least were made) in various sizes with one centimeter intervals, none of that "one size fits medium" thing. A workmate claimed that I was giving mixed signals with a camo cap and a hi-viz helmet, but hey, even stealth bombers have transponders.

I wear a cycling cap under my helmet. I have a collection of them. Some are cotton and some are wicking fabric. When it gets really cold, I do swap the cap out for a fleece hat.

So who knew a move to Europe would prompt Russ to wax nostalgic about roadie racing gear, love it. And for sure I fondly recall that look, the winners on the podiums in their caps like motor sports stars in their baseball caps. And I was pleased to see in the early '80s the trend among young women to carry around cycling water bottles for actual hydration. That led to an entire marketplace for personal bottles, but it seems to me that it started with a cycling product and that was cool.

Need to get me that cap, it looks delicious!

I love cycling caps, I wear them under my helmet instead of a Lycra head cap often times-

In the humid tropics it's just smart to wear one imo

I think you should consider doing more content about origins of cycling culture, especially with where you now live. Maybe some stuff on the famous climbs.

Wasn't Quicksilver set and filmed in San Francisco?

I usually have a "da brim" strapped to my helmet for some sun protection. It works great on sunny days on rides in areas that don't have any trees for shade and you need to make a maximum amount of shade. Since leaving the plains and riding in gravel forests, I don't need such a substantial shade making device and have been wanting to get a cycling cap to see if it would keep the sun out of my eyes. You had me when you said "brim slightly larger than" because I'll squint before I wear a trucker cap.

@stevenr5149

8 ай бұрын

You publicly admit to wearing a Da Brim, yet you will squint before wearing a trucker cap? 🤔 Chrome makes a great 5 panel "Cycling" hat that has a visor actually large enough to block out the sun. Buy that one after you buy the PartyPace cap. Best wishes. (My Da Brim classic visor with front stabilizer is on the way :)

@zimmejoc

8 ай бұрын

@@stevenr5149 I look incredibly stupid in a trucker hat. Da brims are rare enough that despite looking incredibly silly, people see the practicality of it. My serious racing friends give me crap about my da brim though. You'll like da brim. I used to live in Texas and would ride into brutal headwinds and it always stayed put. It's just too much shade on cloudy days along tree lined gravel roads. I did buy Russ's cap, and I'm looking up that other one you suggest right now.

@simplydebes

8 ай бұрын

Does the Da Brim protect your scalp from the sun? Just had a Basal-cell Carcinoma removed from the top of my head and I think the air vents in helmets are a problem.

We wear them all the time here in the Philippines, love it! Tropical country problems. :)

I still wear one because it still serves a purpose.

The nerds I run with wear cycling caps 24/7. Timeless drip

Ordered one :-) Got it to replace black baseball cap which gets too hot cycling in summer :-)

Dawg, those were MFin' Raspberry Berets!

Love the "wtf" reference to the trucker cap 😆It'll die one of these decades, like the homeless person beard.

Where one a year round, keeps the elements off, then again I don't use a helmet. Recently treated myself to the Cinelli 75 anniversary cap, it's waterproof too !! Aren't they space cadet berets in quicksilver

Does the barrel on the bungee interfere with any of the helmets you’ve used?

@PathLessPedaledTV

8 ай бұрын

No. I’ve used a POC, Giro and Abus.

Russ I just bought one of your caps. Would be great to see a vid of how it came to be - made in Japan? Seems a video in need of making :)

I couldn’t find where to get a couple of caps, help

Party pace logo looks sick

Great looking cap. I’ll buy one

Using them caps everytime 🤘

I still wear mine! Highly functional and comfy too.

Seems like when I am riding a lot, if I don't wear a cap my skin touching the helmet gets un happy no matter how clean I try to keep my helmet. I now keep a small rotation of caps, and have them run through the laundry regularly with the rest of my gear. Happy skin = happy me. Also I noticed wicking/quick dry caps wick better than my hair does without one.

@PaulJakma

8 ай бұрын

Just quickly hand-wash your cap *immediately* after your ride - in the sink with running water will do. Do this right away, while the cap is still wet from sweat and before it dries - then the bacteria has no time to grow, and your cap stays fresh.

The only issue with caps with a larger bill is that in a full tuck on a descent, you're vision is 100% obscured. You need a cap that has a bill that can flip up, like the traditional cotton casquette.

I like the cap!!! I'll probably buy one!! Get keep partypace. ✌️💜😎

My forehead sweats so much that a casquette under the helmet is a must. The hat soaks up the sweat and when it gets really hot the sweat drips off of the bill, not on to my face. Kudos for knowing who Nelson Vails is.

I love it.

Super later to this convo and coming from the MTB side, why don’t road helmets have visors like MTB helmets? I’ve never had to think about this because my half shell or full face helmets all have visors, adjustable visors at that.

as a mod, it is an essential part of my style, nuff said

I hate to be picky, but the Kevin Bacon movie Quicksilver was set in San Francisco, not New York. When Bacon's character goes back to the stock exchange his pass says "PSE" on it for Pacific Stock Exchange (it's a block off Sutter Street).

I still have a few pairs of those old style caps .

cap-italism is my new favorite economic theory.

The caps are still the best. Really underated

I started on mtb helmets so I just run those since they have a visor built in and cool colors.

Seems like the bungee toggle would be under the helmet strap and thus dig into your head??

@PathLessPedaledTV

8 ай бұрын

I've tried it with 4 helmets and haven't had a problem.

I always use caps, I'm bald headed and need to have a layer between my helmet and my dome piece. If I am not wearing a helmet I may wear a normal baseball fitted cap on for the sweat and sun.

I never ride without a proper hat. The inconsistent sizing is an issue but flat brims are for something that is not cycling. I appreciate the brim for the mtb too. I always remove the visor.

love them but cannot find an xxl