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06-21-23 | 10:58 PM

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cyccommute

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Originally Posted by Korina

Oh my giddy aunt! No Target Bell helmets in our house. Mine's a Bontrager Solstice in very hi-viz yellow (as much as I'd prefer purple, give 'em no excuses). I replaced the helmet before last precisely because I'd dropped it a few too many times over the years and I no longer trusted it. I also understand that the helmet is for when I fall over (which I've done a number of times, with no head impact, luckily) not for getting plastered by a RAM 1500. Now, if I can just remember to park properly in the wind...

Bell makes several helmets that are just as good as your Bontrager and several that are more expensive. They aren’t “Target” helmets…not that there is a problem with a helmet from Target as they all have to meet the same safety standard as do the Bontrager.

That said, the Bell Biker I was referring to was the 1975 Bell Biker bicycle helmet, which was one of the first, if not the first, bicycle helmet. Some people are still riding either it or the Biker II. Those need to be replaced.

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