Hat quandary solved! Thanks for the reminder Eric, to update the group! I designed and one of my lassies sewed a blue bonnet (traditional Scottish hat), with a non-traditional added bill (canvas, so it holds the front up but is flexible and easily packable with no ill effect). The design covers the face and nose and ears most of the time (not as well as a broad brim Tilley). For neck coverage, I am wearing a bandana. So far so good! I only need to turn it round for descents of 30mph or more.
The first one is made of really light weight fabric. It works, but flaps in the wind (bad with brain injury and vertigo) and saturates quickly with sweat on climbs, so sweat drips on glasses (also bad with vertigo). You can see it here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/deaconpatrick/27429778266/in/album-72157669334583115/ The second is made with a heavier twill (almost original Tilley duck cloth weight, but slightly lighter). Better all round. It was my hat in yesterdays rainy grocery run. It took a surprisingly long time to soak through, and when it did it still held its shape and dripped the water off the front. Heavy enough to not flap in the wind and on todays longer, hotter climb was not too hot and handled the sweat easily. You can see it here in this innovative panoramic selfie: https://www.flickr.com/photos/deaconpatrick/26921220843/in/album-72157666852892563/ With abandon, Patrick On Tuesday, June 7, 2016 at 9:47:27 AM UTC-6, EGNolan wrote: > > Deacon, > Can we get an update on your hat situation? I'm in a similar boat in > regards to what I want from a hat (though no real descents 'round here). > > Best, > Eric > Indpls. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
