Originally Posted by
sevenmag
I'd just like to pay something that's closer to the actual value of the materials in the average helmet.
Fair enough. About three years ago I picked up a helmet to keep @ my dad's house for impromptu rides around his neighborhood. It's a Bell Terrain,
molded in shell with
True Fit, hiviz, visor and the same CPSC certification as every other bicycle helmet for sale in the USA. The helmet is sans any cutting edge Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, but if one only wants to pay for materials and not R&D, you're going to get an older design with amortized engineering. Still, the helmet is light years above my old
Bell Biker
that I wore happily for many tens of thousands of miles in the late 70s and early 80s. The Terrain wasn't on sale and I think I paid ~$21 retail @ Walmart.