Indeed, Patrick. I wear it in wooded areas and generally take it off for long descents. Though I've been amazed how well it stays on with the straps. In general, though It works great to shelter from sun, and in a given day the amount of time on long descents is fairly short, so I'm happy to get sun for it. Grin.
Bill, I figured since 2 was a non-negotiable it would be DQed, but better to have choices beyond the scope that may work in unexpected ways. Also I interpret "yuppy pricing" on a Riv group to mean high price/low value/high fashion. High(er) price, yes but Tilley is hardly the other two. Grin. With abandon, Patrick On Tuesday, December 3, 2013 12:11:29 PM UTC-7, Patrick Moore wrote: > > "Best" in reference to the following criteria, in order of their > importance to ME: > > 1. Stay on very large head with a lot of thick hair. (Riv caps don't stay > on well -- too shallow? When I had a pony tail, I'd add a loop behind to go > under the tail, this acting as an anchor. I no longer have a 'tail, but I > do have long hair.) > 2. Short bill. (I do fold the bills to shorten them, but would prefer not > to. My customs have 4 cm bills, which is about right. Riv caps have bills > way too long.) > 3. Well made -- thickish, absorbent fabric, good elastic, good seams. (RIv > is good here.) > 4. Sightly (as opposed to unsightly); defined as a happy mean between > excessively tweedish and excessively roady-ish (ancient team logos and > colors are great; Molteni outstanding). (Riv is good here, but would prefer > more variety in logo.) > 5. Not yuppie priced. (RIv good here.) > > I've used Rivs, customs (little package dot com) and Nashbar's retros > (Molteni!) as well as Walz (their winter cap is great; not so much their > summer ones -- don't stay on my head! The Nashbars are the best (for me) so > far, but they are rather cheaply made. > > Anything giving 1 thru 3 is worth considering. > > Thanks. > > -- > *RESUMES THAT GET YOU NOTICED!* > Certified Resume Writer > http://resumespecialties.com/index.html > [email protected] <javascript:> > http://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ > > Albuquerque, NM > -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
