ASSOS MEN'S HATS/HEADBANDS
Before we tell you about the Assos rainCap, we need to reminisce. In the early days of the internet, we came across a list of items the Motorola team was selling as they cleared out their American service course at the end of their sponsorship. One item immediately caught our attention -- cycling caps. These weren't listed as the standard cotton, but as rain caps. We had a decent idea what that meant. And when the caps arrived, we were on the money. They were nylon cycling caps that were smooth on the outside, lined on the inside, and even had riveted vent holes. If you see pictures of miserably cold and wet Euro racing from the late 80's, you've probably seen them; they were blue when Motorola riders typically sported white cycling caps with a red-and-blue ribbon. We still have them.
The caps we got then were a design we had seen around for years, but had never, to our knowledge, crossed the Atlantic. A pity. While many of our friends suffered with cotton cycling caps in cold rains, the caps we scored were thin enough, light, and warm. Such caps were hard to come by until now.
Rather than relying on that ancient, eminently disposable dual-layer style of cap, Assos employs modern technology to make the rainCap work better and be more comfortable with only one layer. Their new Triton rain fabric is formed into a three-panel cycling cap with taped seams and a short brim. It is waterproof, breathable, stretchy, thin, and light. Leave your cotton cycling cap at home on rainy days; wear this instead. It also can double as head insulation on days when you want some noggin warmth but don't need to cover your ears.
The Assos rainCap comes in Black. Sizes are 0, I, and II.
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