Originally Posted by
Cougrrcj
I rode my first TOSRV in 1977 wearing a Skid Lid like the one above -- yellow, I believe. My college dorm roommate had one of the original Bell 'mushrooms', and another guy in the dorm had a BSR somethingorother.
The BSR helmet might have been the MSR (Mountain Science Research, IIRC), which was a mountaineering helmet.
It's in the lower right of this page from the 1976 Bikecology catalog...
I had one of those earl Bell helmets.. heavy and hot! The next generation, the V-1 Pro was still heavy, but at least there was some ventilation.
Things have definitely improved since then!
Steve in Peoria