Cycling helmet
Brian Storer
for a pro cyclist - my thinking about this is that if helmets are a good
idea (controversial thought - I know lots of people don't) why is it hard to
find a helmet that's plain and simple - a helmet for pootling sort of thing
Martin Newstead (MSeries)
Your choice of helmet does not define its intended use. One sees many people
using brightly couloured, multi holed helmets for cycling other than racing.
Is your point that you don't like the modern helmet design ?
MSA
\)" <skank...@hotmail.com> says...
> > Is there a cycling helmet that's not shaped and coloured like it was
> > meant for a pro cyclist - my thinking about this is that if helmets
> > are a good idea (controversial thought - I know lots of people don't)
> > why is it hard to find a helmet that's plain and simple - a helmet
> > for pootling sort of thing
>
Define what you mean by a helmet for pootling in, explain what you don't
like about the helmets that you feel are meant for a pro cyclist...then
perhaps someone (or me) can give you a pointer.
Personally I cannot see a helmet that is another shape from a
'standard' looking helmet with multiple vents looking very good, but
that's a personal opinion.
Many a Fred ride in skateboard type helmets and are happy, perhaps
something like that will be up your street?
Oh, I hope this doesn't turn into another 'pro/con helmet thread.
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David Hansen
<brian....@ntlworld.com> wrote this:-
I think this demonstrates very well that a helmet is a fashion
accessory pressed upon cyclists by the plastic industry.
However, I have seen simple "round" models that would probably be
suitable. The Edinburgh Bike Co-op used to do models like this, but
that was a year or two ago and they change their stock on the whims
of fashion, so they may no longer do so.
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<skank...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
<2u2gcbF...@uni-berlin.de>:
>Your choice of helmet does not define its intended use. One sees many people
>using brightly couloured, multi holed helmets for cycling other than racing.
Indeed. There is a mature lady with a Brommie I see often at Reading
who has a red multi-vented Giro. One of these days I really must get
around to pointing out to her that (a) it should not be worn on the
back of the head and (b) A Man Who Tests Helmets says that the only
appropriate tool for handling of Bell products (including Giro) is a
ten foot pole ;-)
Guy
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Tony Raven
> On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 21:07:29 +0100, "Martin Newstead \(MSeries\)"
> <skank...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> <2u2gcbF...@uni-berlin.de>:
>
>
>>Your choice of helmet does not define its intended use. One sees many people
>>using brightly couloured, multi holed helmets for cycling other than racing.
>
>
> Indeed. There is a mature lady with a Brommie I see often at Reading
> who has a red multi-vented Giro. One of these days I really must get
> around to pointing out to her that (a) it should not be worn on the
> back of the head and (b) A Man Who Tests Helmets says that the only
> appropriate tool for handling of Bell products (including Giro) is a
> ten foot pole ;-)
>
In the builder's merchants on Saturday there was a guy wearing the old
white bare polystyrene type. I didn't have the heart to tell him with
its age and construction it was probably even worse than an ineffective
modern helmet.
Tony
Tom
"Brian Storer" <brian....@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:2u2fbcF...@uni-berlin.de...
How about a kayaking helmet?
Tom
MSA
says...
How about a fencing helmet? Keep the crud off your face anyway!
Sam
>
> ...Oh, I hope this doesn't turn into another 'pro/con helmet thread.
Which is exactly why I created a helmet board at the URL below. With
Guy's help and others, in a few months it should have achieved density
sufficient to attract and swallow all helmet threads extant on the
www, thus rendering a service to humankind.