Chicken bald back

[ali-s]

I recently started to cycle to work and just for fun. I wear a cycling helmet and tuck my hair behind my ears to keep it out of the way. My ears are getting so cold and I am getting ear ache.

 

Tuesday the temperature was -1c when I cycled to work at 8am. Today there was a strong cold wind both to and from work.

 

I can't fit a hat under my cycle helmet and my hair sticks out and flaps about if I try and leave it covering my ears.

 

Can any one suggest ways to keep my ears warm and ache free?

 

Thank you

[Charlottechicken]

Put some cotton wool in your ears, not enough to block out sound, just to stop the wind whistling in. That stops me getting the awful face ache you can get from having the wind whistle down your uncovered ears.

[patsylabrador]

What do you reckon? cool

Seriously, a motorbike balaclava might work.

[Pearls007]

Recommend a balaclava - I always wore one when doing my paper round back in the 70's!

[Lavenders_Blue]

Would something like this work? I don't think it would take up any space under your helmet but should keep your ears warm.

[Chicken deficient]

You can get ear warmers called 180's which are very good and might work with a helmet, as they join at the back of your neck. I'd be a bit worried about impairing your hearing on a bike though?

[Geoid]

I have one of these. Keeps my face and ears warm all during winter.

[The Dogmother]

I'm with the balaclava team; they're very snug and hardly take up any room.

[ali-s]

Thanks for the ideas

 

I forgot to mention I have to put in earphone style ear defenders on part of the journey as it involves cycling along the end and sides of a runway. Not fun cycling with Tornado jets taking off and landing within feet or so it seems of me. I can actually see the pilot and navigator as they fly within inches of my head. The noise in my ears is deafening and it hurts, a lot . I need to be able to pop the defenders in very quickly. Will go for the cotton wool for now which I can pull out quickly, with a view to buying a headband. I not sure the balaclavas are for me, especially the scary one

[craftyhunnypie]

You need what I use to do the chooks in. A polo pancho. It's from a shopping channel, I think Ideal World. It's a fleecy sort of scarf with a tube bit on the top. It keeps your chest & back warm & you can pull the tube bit up just enough to keep your chin & ears warm. I couldn't be without mine, when the East wind blows off the mountain! Brrrr!

Emma.x