Well, the OP did start out by saying he was concerned about looking stupid in a helmet, and wanted help in finding a non-stupid helmet.

If a fellow started a thread about how he thinks he looks stupid on a red colored bicycle, and could somebody please help him find a red colored bicycle upon which he looked the least stupid, I don't think it would take too long before someone pointed out that he doesn't have to ride a red colored bicycle.

Of course, I'd be lying if I pretended not to know that the mere suggestion that zillions of people around the world get by without helmets just fine was going to rile the helmet Nazis and derail the thread. But if I'd shown up at a meeting of regular Nazis and suggested that maybe Jews weren't so bad after all, would I be the bad guy?