Originally Posted by bluecd
can you tell me where you got this helmet? when i google it all i come up with are the recalls from 3 years ago. in my opinion its the best looking helmet in this thread.
I got mine from my LBS for Christmas in 2004. Another LBS had them at the time too, as did Excel Sports, but none of these places seem to be carrying them anymore. When I was in the shop a month ago I think I heard the owner say something to the effect that no one is importing them in the US anymore. I would guess that the importer got fed up dealing with all the recall requests. Mine was the Kompact2, the one that passed US inspection. My assumption is that the newest ones would pass as well, but that no one has stepped up to bring them here. The Kompact and the Whisper are available online from the UK at
www.prendas.co.uk for pretty good prices. They are probably not CPSC rated. From their website:
For our customers in the USA - please note that this is a European version of the helmet and not the one sold in shops in the USA.