Originally Posted by
Retro Grouch
Have you bought one?
No, if you read the site you would have noted that at present these helmets are not sold in the U.S. & Canada yet. I do wear a Bell Citi which doesn't have any "swoop".
http://www.amazon.com/Bell-Citi-Bike.../dp/B000BOC8I2
As you might guess I WILL NOT wear a "swoop" goofy helmet. I won't look like a dork while I ride.
Bell (they are starting to market non-swoop helmets) and the rest of the main stream bicycle helmet makers had better step it up to start selling more rounded helmet designs or new companies like
www.nutcasehelmets.com will eat their lunch.
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My preferred bicycle brand is.......WORKSMAN CYCLES
I dislike clipless pedals on any city bike since I feel they are unsafe.
Originally Posted by krazygluon
Steel: nearly a thousand years of metallurgical development
Aluminum: barely a hundred, which one would you rather have under your butt at 30mph?
Last edited by Nightshade; 01-25-11 at 03:52 PM.