I’ve had somewhere around 50 cancers surgically removed. One melanoma and the rest basal cells. I’m of Irish ancestry but grew up and still live in SoCal. My skin type doesn’t belong here for sure. I basically stopped wearing a helmet and wear wide brimmed hats when I ride. I also wear sun shirts to cover my upper body. For the riding I do a sun hat is better protection than a helmet would be.
For rides where a helmet makes sense I wear a skull cap underneath and apply sunscreen. I do try and avoid the 10-2 timeframe but that isn’t always an option.
Robert Tilley San Diego, CA
Sent from my iPhone On May 23, 2024, at 6:19 AM, Sarah Carlson <sarahlikesbik...@gmail.com> wrote:
Thank you for bringing this up! I have had only baby chonks chopped out by my dermatologist but I recently had a friend pass away from skin cancer. I just bought Da Brim in a festive pastel ribbon look. While it feels a bit derpy, it is preferable to the alternative.
I feel like the Bike Pretty could go well on an elegant Platypus picnic ride.
I'm waiting for pictures to show up on Leah's "Fashion on the bike" thread!
On Wednesday, May 22, 2024 at 3:20:22 PM UTC-7 Chris Halasz wrote:
Apologies for topic shift to Straw Helmet Sunshade and Cover*
Andrew
The helmet cover is made by Bike Pretty. Advertised for women, I wanted an alternative to wearing a do-rag under my helmet, and a Da Brim around the sides.
The full cover is at the bequest of my dermatologist, who's provided me a weight loss effort this past year removing chunks from my ear, arm, hand, and foot. Too much swimming, surfing, fly fishing, and I suppose cycling in the Colorado, Idaho, Arizona, and California sun for too many years. An old surfer friend of mine had skin cancer in his scalp, and I really don't want to experience that. I look for sun coverage in anything I put on my head, and I pretty much always wear a full brim hat whenever I go outsider now. I cringe a little when I see trendy shaved heads under massively vented helmets, either at the amounts of sun the wearer is receiving, or at the amounts of sunscreen they are applying to their scalps.
The Bike Pretty cover is made for a particular type helmet that did not interest me, but their advertising stated the size XL cover may fit various other helmets.
Here is the Bike Pretty XL on a size medium Specialized Align II helmet:
And the same on my size XL cover on a size L/XL Specialized Align II helmet, with festive black ribbon removed:
And from a rear perspective you can see how the tailfin of the helmet profile protrudes a bit into the straw weave:
The cover fits without issue on the size medium helmet, but was a close fit on the size L/XL, so I fastened first from the front of the elastic band to the helmet with some black thread:
And then my wife stitched this much nicer hemp thread detail to the rear to keep the thing from flying off in the breeze:
The cover weave breathes so much nicer that a do-rag or hat worn under the helmet, and provides ample cover (although it's a weave, and not solid fabric as with the heavier Da Brim).
I was pretty unsure about ordering it, thinking it was too goofy, but thought it would be no worse in appearance than the Da Brim. Our cycling group went crazy when they was it, and my wife ordered hers right away.
My next helmet purchase, and soon, will be a more round and better fitted helmet to go with the Bike Pretty weave cover.
I really like it! Maybe Grant will introduce a better brim and coverage during his helmet investigation?
Cheers,
Chris
On Tuesday, May 21, 2024 at 7:37:54 PM UTC-7 Andrew Letton wrote:
Who makes that helmet cover, Chris? Me like! cheers, Andrew in Sydney
On Wednesday, May 22, 2024 at 07:17:48 AM GMT+10, Chris Halasz < cha...@gmail.com> wrote:
When I'm not auditioning for Spaceballs (that is a helmet cover), I sometimes bring binos into the hills with the high mileage point and shoot. It's not about the pixels, it's about the dynamic range. And I just love the small but high utility Arkel signature bar bag, double duty as an over-the-shoulder/sling bag.
Cheers,
Chris
On Monday, May 20, 2024 at 9:01:14 PM UTC-7 John Rinker wrote:
Speaking of cameras on bikes, I remember coming across this cool story of Frank Lenz a while back. Is anybody else carrying a 15lb camera and a 10lb pith helmet?
Cheers, John On Monday, May 20, 2024 at 2:40:51 PM UTC-7 Chester wrote:
Nick Payne wrote:
On Thursday 16 May 2024 at 1:03:44 pm UTC+10 Chester wrote:
Really appreciate bigger sensors being available in pocketable packages. I don't ride in jerseys any more, so I haven't settled on the best way to carry even a really compact camera like an RX100 or GR. Even when just riding with my phone, with it in the pocket of a normal pair of shorts, it's not a great to wrestle it out while pedaling. Have ridding a couple times with the RX100 in a stem pouch and that's probably the best carry option I've used so far. Ir maybe that sort of bag worn on a belt, or...a fanny pack.
For carrying phone/cameras, I've been using one of the Routewerks handlebar bags for several years.
That looks really really practical. I need to do a deep dive into getting a new handlebar bag. Would like a bigger one and one with a quick release so it's less fiddly to not leave my bag behind when stopping somewhere while riding around town. Using mustache handlebars complicates things a little, but deciding to go with pink accents even more so.
Think for larger cameras with interchangeable lenses, even if a relatively small one with a not-big lens, is gonna be best carried in a bigger handelbar bag. Using a shoulder strap with a stabilizer strap works well too, but I just don't want the weight on me, even if it's not all that much.
So far, for the RX100, a stem pouch has been pretty good, and I've stuck a folded innertube at the bottom of the bag to raise the floor and make it easier to get the camera out while pedaling. But this definitely won't take an MILC, unless it's an especially small body and especially flat pancake lens.
Another camera that I wish I had to try out for carrying while riding is a Panasonic LX100. Pretty compact all-in-one with a 24-75mm (equiv) zoom and m43 sensor.
Chester SF Bay Area
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