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| A do rag may be worn by motorcycle riders to keep hair from blowing into the face and eyes, to keep bugs out of the hair, and to absorb sweat. Generally, riders who use a do rag, do not wear a helmet. A do rag adds to the attitude projected by the rider as having a tough guy personality. Nevertheless, the majority of these motorcyclists prefer to wear a do rag beneath their helmets to reduce the amount of sweat and hair left behind in the helmet—thus reducing the need to wash the inside of the helmet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do-rag |
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| In one form or another, a do rag has been around for thousands of years. In America, early American men and women tied bandanas on their heads for protection against the elements. A Do rag gained widespread acceptance among women as a fashion statement after "Rosie the Riveter," the symbol of working women, was featured in a World War II poster wearing a do rag. Although exactly when the motorcycle community adopted a do rag is unclear, they began appearing in motorcycle clubs in the late 1960's and early 1970's. With the changing of designs and the addition of sweatbands and polymer cooling crystals, a do rag has gained popularity among a whole new line of life styles such as doctors, law enforcement, construction workers, chemo patients, welders, PE teachers, paintball players, athletes, chefs and is growing popularity accepted form, but when pronounced they all sound the same. There are also other names that they are called by such as skullcaps, scrub caps, and head wraps. A do rag, however, should not be confused with bandanas. Bandanas are a single piece of cloth, usually 22"x22" and is folded in half than tied onto the head for covering. Whereas a do rag consists of several pieces of fabric, also known as panels, sewn together to form a shape that will fit snug onto the head similar to a baseball cap. There may be as few as two panels or up to five or more panels in the construction of a do rag. The average biker wears a do rag to protect their head, hair, ears, and neck from the wind and sun. by Chellee/Ragman Apr 2, 2008 In the 80s and 90s a do rag was an absolute necessity. A popular misconception is that a do rag is a recent African-American trend, but in actuality for centuries men and women of African descent from around the world have used various fabrics and scarves to cover their hair. The custom is known also from ancient China, where wrapping the hair (often held in a topknot) was common during physical labour and military service. However, the popularity of a do rag in the United States is attributed to African Americans. A do rag dates back to the 1800s when freedom fighters put them under their hats to protect their necks from the sun. Later in the 1930s women wore bandana like fabric to fasten their hairstyles in place while they set. In the 1940s the style among women shifted into the workplace where they were taking over factory jobs and needed a safe way to keep their hair out of the machinery. Rosie the Riveter is famously featured wearing the a blue-collar womans' do rag. From the 1930s to the 1960s, they were used by African-American men to hold chemically processed hair dos in place while they slept. Originally they were made from pieces of handkerchief, bandannas, or women's stockings; now many are made from polyester. A do rag resurged as a fashion trend among urban youth in the 1970s and 2000s, first amongst African Americans, who used them to maintain their new hair styles. A do rag is worn in a variety of colours, with black being the most common. A do rag is regularly used to create and maintain waves. They are also used for cornrowed hairstyles. They usually have long ties, on either side, that are wrapped around the head, securing a do rag and tying it at the back. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do-rag |
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| either sun protection in the summer or heat retention in winter. Putting a thin cloth beneath your helmet raises some questions. Is fit affected? Is your head now more slippery, letting the helmet slide around in a crash or even flip off? Bald riders will realize that a cotton cloth or sunscreen cover on your head is not as slippery as skin with sweat and suntan oil on it. In addition, those who use a cover on their heads in summer to avoid funny tan lines usually fold the cloth so that it does not continue down the sides, where it would come between the fitting foam and the head. What about those with hair? We are not sure. The cloth could possibly make your head more slippery than hair, even hair with sweat and oil on it. But the real work of keeping the helmet on your head is done by the straps, not the friction between fitting foam and the head. We believe that if the straps are not adjusted correctly, the helmet will be less likely to stay on, no matter what the surface of the head is like. that some of what a do rag does is to increase the size of the head a little bit, squishing the fitting If you think about how a do rag might influence the grip between helmet and head, it would seem that some of what a do rag does is to increase the size of the head a little bit, squishing the fitting foam just a little more and raising the helmet just a bit, putting a tiny bit more pressure on the chin strap. That is assuming people don't read just anything unless a do rag are really thick. Balance that against whatever effect a do rag may have on the friction between helmet and head, and the effect is likely to be small. Although we have no good way of testing this hypothesis scientifically, that would seem to indicate that a do rag will probably not make the helmet more likely to come off in a crash. Some have tried it with the roll off test in the ASTM and CPSC standards, and have found no effect. But that test is too crude to provide a good indicator. www.bhsi.org/dorags.htm |
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