Chin warm?

**Mom** · 5th April 2009, 19:02

Originally Posted by YellowDog

Try rubbing fresh chillies on your neck and chin before putting your helmet on.

:slap:

**captain_andrey** · 6th April 2009, 11:22

Originally Posted by Pogo2

Wear around the neck (as a gaiter) when it is cold and then I can use it as a helmet liner in the warmer weather - makes the head feel cooler and keeps the insides of my helmet clean as well. Good for all seasons.

+1 for Buff

Its also a balaclava and a beanie

Any snowboarding shop should have one.

**slofox** · 6th April 2009, 11:27

Originally Posted by YellowDog

OMG what a strange question for something so obvious.

Try rubbing fresh chillies on your neck and chin before putting your helmet on.

Just a tip for the gentlemen on the site...if you DO rub fresh chillis on your neck and chin, or handle fresh chillis in any other way, PUT YOUR GLOVES ON BEFORE YOU TAKE A SLASH!!!!. And don't ask how I know this...suffice to say half an hour under a cold shower is the result if you don't...

**popa griffin** · 10th April 2009, 22:10

Originally Posted by slofox

Just a tip for the gentlemen on the site...if you DO rub fresh chillis on your neck and chin, or handle fresh chillis in any other way, PUT YOUR GLOVES ON BEFORE YOU TAKE A SLASH!!!!. And don't ask how I know this...suffice to say half an hour under a cold shower is the result if you don't...

Ahhhaaa I already know this. Since i work in produce, i was once handling chillies, slicing them and all that jazz, and needed to pee, didnt think once about it.

Needless to say, i was working the rest of the day in pain

**saltydog** · 10th April 2009, 22:23

Well, along with pies and chillies, Rev-it does a nice wee neck thingy made of a quasi-neopreme material. The first time I wore it I couldnt believe I'd been riding for 20 years without one (or something like it, Revit wasnt even born!)
Also cuts out heaps of wind noise.
But I have ridden with a guy that was (a farmer) using a rolled up mutton-cloth (cheese-cloth) as a neck warmer. When it got a bit manky he'd just cut another new piece.

**popa griffin** · 10th April 2009, 23:07

Never to mind ladies and gentlemens, My sister being the nice chick she is, brought me up a thing from the camping/hiking store she works at down in christchurch.

And if its good enough to keep christchurch necks warm, im sure it should be more then up for the task in hamiltons weather.

**Winston001** · 11th April 2009, 00:38

Originally Posted by varminter

I got a thingy from the bike shop when I bought my gear last year. It's got a warm neck bit and a front and back, bit like a vicars collar .....(

Yes got one of those too and it works.

However my preference for winter in the south is something wind-proof and am still looking. One of those neoprene masks as mentioned above would be a good option. Used to wear scarves but they'd always find a way of one end cracking in the wind.

I've found that wind-proofing is the most important first step with riding gear. I put one of those strong plastic shopping bags down my chest once just as an experiment and was amazed at the difference. Now got an Oxford wind-proof top now.

**Gate0r** · 11th April 2009, 11:41

I rock a beleclava eh. Cuts down the wind noise on the open road real nice too. It's an oxford one, some synthetic windstopping kinda stuff. I forget how much i paid for it now but its real nice. Anything woolen might get itchy and annoying

**PrincessBandit** · 11th April 2009, 12:49

Originally Posted by Hitcher

Put your jacket on backwards. But if you do, make sure that you never lose consciousness if you come off you bike while still wearing your helmet...

And when the men in white coats cart you off to the loony bin you'll already be fitted with your own straight jacket.

Originally Posted by Bonez

Grow a beard. A decent one not something that looks like shaved womens pubes.

Now that must be an embarrassing look on a mans face (unless it's beaver eating time)

Originally Posted by Tony W

Wear a balaclava. End of story.

Only problem I find with balaclava is my damned glasses have those light weight bendy arms and trying to get them inside my balaclava and helmet together is a pain in the ring. But it certainly is warm once I've done the 10 minute dance to get my head gear on.

**slofox** · 11th April 2009, 14:45

Originally Posted by popa griffin

, didnt think once about it.

Nor did I....dammit

**Blatman** · 11th April 2009, 19:29

Originally Posted by Highlander

Kathmandu Easter sale, they have a "Neck Gaitor" tube thingy that is REALLY warm http://www.kathmandu.co.nz/Mens/Acce...ck_Gaiter.html . Now that I looked that up I didint think mine was that expensive I thought it was less than $10 but then it wouldn't be the first time today I have been wrong

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Good tip, thanks mate - got one for $14.95 at Kathmandhu in Henderson today - ahhhh....warm as toast