Big Bikes

Tuesday How To:
Make a Neck-Warmer and
Cold-Weather Yamulke Out of an Old Hat

Yesterday I was about to head to work on the bike, it was not warm out. Now I have a Balaklava, but often I want more neck-protection. Unlike hats, which ( like crappy XL white logo-covered event T-Shirts) seem to accumulate or even reproduce over time; neck warmers are hard to come by. They are not a clothing item that grows on trees (you should see the trousers I once made out of pine cones). I wanted a neck warmer and I was determined to have one.

Cold neck - WAH!

After searching the pantry for viable options, I ruled out duct taping zip loc bags filled with warm oatmeal in a ring around my neck (it would be heavy and eventually become cold).

My mom always told me not to run with scissors, "it's inefficient and you'll hurt your back and knees" she'd say. "Ride your BIKE with scissors instead."

Just when I was ready to abandon hope, it dawned on me. I have tons of hats and I only wear about one of them (one stinky hat). This renders most of my hat collection expendable. I just needed to find the ugliest, most horrible hat in my collection.

I don't even know where I got this thing.
I mean I don't remember being handed this hat
at my graduation from ESPN University at all.

I then cut off what seemed like the appropriate amount

of material from the top end of the hideous hat.

There. That looks gorgeous. A beautiful neck warmer!

Look how warm my neck is. Outstanding!

And as an unintended bonus bi-product, I also created a cold-weather Yamulke.