Originally Posted by
TrojanHorse
OK, I was jonesing for a new helmet in the spring... I have a atmos right now, previously had a Boreas and they fit well. I tried on some specialized helmets and they seem to fit just as well for whatever shape head I have but the Bell helmets were immediately wrong on my head. Rudy project, same story, Kask, also wrong.
How is it that you were using helmets that seem to fit so differently? It seems like people either have a Giro head or a Bell head. Maybe you're a tweener.
Good question and a good point.
My last two helmets were/are the Bells, from the shop I try to patronize the most. They fit me the best. I didn't give Bell a chance for something like 20 years because of a horrible experience with their Bell Pump something or another, one of the worst helmets I ever wore. It's the one I was thinking of when I said the bit about air moving around. I had sweat dripping into my eyes in a few minutes because it had basically zero ventilation for the first few inches of the helmet. I'd gotten the helmet for free, I tried it on a loop-type group ride (2 mile loop, sprint every lap, 50-100 riders) and after two loops I stopped to put my regular helmet back on. Anyway that turned me off from Bell until about 2012? when a rider I respect told me that I should try a Bell helmet 100%, he loved them. I tried one in the shop, bought it, it was fine (the Volt).
Prior to that the shop that I patronized sold Specialized so I had a couple of those (Sworks was a gift from the wife, the Prevail? I think was a spare). I borrowed the Atmos for a race, summer race, hot, no difference from the Specialized I was using at the time. Prior to that I used primarily Giros - I have a stack of Giros that sacrificed themselves saving me, I've kept all the helmets that saved me. When I went to Giro there were few other choices on the market so I stayed with them for a long time.