Originally Posted by pocky

I think the most likely explanation is that you're right and this is simply a badly-designed helmet, but are you positive? Without telling us exactly the make, model, and size of the helmet, the size of your head, and in what position and speed you ride, I can't even begin to guess whether it's indeed a badly-designed helmet, whether it's the wrong size and making acoustic pockets between your head and the vents, or whether it's simply designed to be ridden at a much slower speed or a different angle. I suppose there's always the possibility that you have an unusually-shaped head or ears that are causing weird acoustic phenomena when combined with wind deflection from the helmet, but there's no good way to judge that other than to see if anyone else on the forums has the same helmet and rides the same way you do but experiences *no* noise issues. For the record, I personally find that when I ride *without* a helmet, I get loads of wind noise buffeted against my giant Dumbo ears, but when wearing my beloved Bell X-Ray, it's deflected smoothly around them.

In any case, inquiring minds want to know -- if it really is a bad design, you're doing us a favor by telling us about it so that we don't buy it!


I suspect if you asked this question on a forum for performance car enthusiasts, you'd get a very different response.


Well, sure. Seats are just another one of the many things in this world that I accept are always going to be this way. Are the manufacturers deliberately spreading misinformation or providing too little information specifically to get people to buy more saddles? Maybe. This happens very blatantly with SCUBA equipment.


My in-laws live in SC too, so I hear ya. There are exceptions, of course -- I was hoping to make it to www.p3ride.org this year. I do understand the appeal of avoiding groups, though.