77Univega

--- When the oil runs out, your "helmet in the store" look will be positively derigueur.
www.socsci.mcmaster.ca/polisci/gcpr/oilprod.cfm

ItsJustMe

I just hang it on my handlebars. No lock. But then again, I don't lock my bike either. This might not be a good option for people who live elsewhere :-/

Anyone who steals a helmet that's got 3 years of sweat in it (and smells like it sometimes) can have it; I'll pedal down to the LBS and buy another. Hasn't happened so far.

I do carry it in if it's raining or something. I'm generally not picking up much. I have a Reflex mirror, so it doesn't get knocked off, but I do have to adjust it pretty much every time. But that takes nearly a second so not a big deal.

michaelnel

I guess I'm a geek. I just wear my helmet if I am in a store shopping. One nice thing about being old... I no longer care what anyone thinks.

egonlou

I thread my cable through the vent holes and lock it to the bike.

Walkafire

I found the Answer: Arkel's "The Bug" Backpack/Pannier

Never thought I would like it, but going to a store or anywhere, this "Bug" is great! You just have to LOOK for a great deal. I found mine online for 99.00 with FREE Shipping.



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ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGH I should have looked at the DATE of the thread... bringing this thread back from the dead huh? 4 yrs old LOL.

lyledriver

clip it to my messenger bag, and use it as a basket.

pinkrobe

Works every time. If that's too much of a pain, it goes in the pack, out of sight.

Jarery

I take my keys and wallet out of my panniers, and drop them into my helmet, using my helmet as a basket. I even load my helmet up with small items in the store.

Its also good as a blocking shield when wearing nothing but lycra while inside a store.........

MAK

I just go to the first register that I see, grab a plastic bag and put the helmet and gloves in and carry it around the store that way.

jakub.ner

Just for this sort of reason I've attached a toolbox (locked with a padlock) permanently mounted on a second rack (seat post). The toolbox has a cable attached to it that goes to a u-lock. It fits my rain gear, lights, helmet, some tools. It's my fairly recent not fully tested solution to this particular issue. Prob with it I could loose it all if stolen, but it's convenient.

vegcrow

That's what I do! I know that wearing a helmet generally dorkifies my otherwise extremely cool ensemble of spandex and weird shoes, but you never know when you're gonna slip on some spilled pickles.

Bump-tastic!

Savas

I will either wear or carry the helmet into the store. But in the event I have to buy stuff that will occupy my hands, I’ve got this thin-fabric tote with long strap handles from a computer expo long ago. It's folded flat in my trunk bag and is easy to pop the helmet and gloves into for carry into a store. I generally been using it for when I take the bike down outside with all my winter clothing gear. I put the handle of the bag around my seat post and hang the bag off the top and rear of my trunk bag while I work my way down the building to the outside. Then, I take out the helmet, gloves, earmuffs and glasses case, put the stuff on and then stow the folded and flattened bag into the trunk bag.

Urbanmonk

Use a carabiner and strap it to a loop on your backpack. If you are wearing the pack, you shouldn't have any problems with knocking it around.

Cheers

chephy

I'd never leave a helmet attached to a bike. Not that I'd worry about its being stolen, but it could get damaged and you'd never even know! And then come the crash, and your protection is absolutely useless...

Paranoid, I know.

ItsJustMe

Hehe, let me fuel it...
People could loosen your headset while you're not looking, or any number of other things, which would be worse than an invisibly broken helmet because they'd CAUSE the crash. Heck, I saw someone comment on a thread here recently that someone had had their brake pads removed by vandals; I could easily see missing that detail when hopping on a bike after coming out of the store.

aadhils

Well mebbe paranoid visions of people slashing your tires out of sheer malice might even it all out...

chephy

Heh, thanks, you are very kind!

Actually, I am less worried about that because they'd at least have to do it on purpose. Moreover, to do most of these malicious things they'd need some tools. But someone could cause structural damage to your helmet with no special tools at all and not even intentionally. Walk by carrying something heavy and hit the helmet with it... throw a stone at someone's window and hit the helmet. Etc.

Bekologist

I've taken to wearing my helmet on first dates, it kind of weeds out the riffraff.....


I wear it into the store. No harm, no foul. To be a truly cool and savvy bike shopper, however, bring your own canvas shopping bag to run errands with, this allows you to carry your helmet in your bag until the checkout, and avoid the inane 'paper or plastic?' dilemma Americans confuse with being environmentally minded....

As for my helmet wearing, I ceased to care what others think about me long ago. Now if I could just get a second date!

cc_rider

Wear it if it's just a quick in-out.

In a safe neighborhood, I might just snap it around the frame. In an area I don't trust I might run the cable lock through a vent.

I usually keep my wallet and keys in a fanny pack. Often I snap the chin strap of the helmet around the webbing of the fanny pack and carry the helmet on my hip.

nathank

quick in and out: wear it

then if i'm sweating badly or going to be in the store a while i'll take it off and either:
a) carry it
b) attach it to my backpack

sometimes i do lock/leave it on the bike. i do think that the likelihood of someone stealing my sweaty helmet is very low... so yeah i think the main "danger" is vandalism: so kind who thinks it would be funny to see what it looks like for a helmet to get run over by a car and throws it into the street...

ngateguy

I wear mine with pride

Mtn Mike

ngateguy, long time no see. How's the riding been out on the west side?

pakole

I either attract it to my bag or I wear inside. Sometimes, I forget its on, so it would be difficult for me to lock it to the bike. I cannot say that looking like a dork is a major problem for me. In the places that I have live, if you are not using a car, you are already a dork.

ngateguy

WET