IF you are going to get a Pro-Tec, make sure it is a SXP model. Those are the only models that are CPSC and ASTFM 1492 certified.

cool helmets
 

maybe this ...http://http://www.casco-helme.de/en/default01.htm

Those catlike helmets creep me the hell out.

Looking cool is all about attitude. If you are cool, what ever you wear looks cool.

So just chill.

I put about 100+ miles on my bike a week. I wanted to buy something that was nice and I new would last. Also hoping that it would not go out of style too soon. I bought this at the LBS and it was last years model. It was orginally priced at $200 but it was 50% 0ff. It was just over $100 out the door.

GIRO Atmos
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2109/...ba8fc2a5b9.jpg

Heres a picture.. not mine but you get the idea

Bernunlimited.com


very cool helmets but probably not temp wise
they look the coolest if that matters

I rock the Specialized Air Force 3 (http://www.specialized.com/bc/SBCEqP...jsp?spid=33247). It doesn't look too dorky except for the absurd ridge on the back that someone already mentioned. I leave my helmet on to run into the bank/ get food/ get groceries. I hear people whispering about it, but that's fine with me! :D

What numbers are the standard?

Every ProTec skate/bike helmet I've clicked on says: "Certified to: CPSC 1203 / ASTM 1447 / CE 1078"
Every Bell skate/bike helmet I've clicked on says: "CPSC Bicycle Safety Standard Certified, ASTM 1492 skate certified"

<totally kidding!>Are you sure they aren't just whispering about you in general? ;) (Paranoia strikes deep....)

+1

I was wondering what folks thought of those. I am a little afraid of the TX heat. Maybe a bright yellow one!

If you're older than 17, I disagree.

But once you're twice 17 you're free to pursue fashion again, right? :p

Maybe for you.

I think he said majority of commuters world-wide. There are probably more folks in Amsterdam alone commuting without a helmet than the total of all commuters in BF.

PS I don't wear a helmet on my commute...and I been commuting on a bike for over 30 years.

You'll look very cool when you have a shaved head and Frankenstein sutures.
While a helmet probably won't save your life, it might prevent nasty injuries that could disfigure you.

Ooooohhhhhhhhhhhh, you've done it now. You're about to be banished back to the road forum. ;)

I wonder all the time why I continue to wear mine, when I believe any safety they may provide is statistically insignificant.

I just started wearing a helmet after years of riding bmx and about a year resurgence of road biking and commuting.

I got a bell influx. Fits great, looks good enough, very light, and only $55 at Jenson. I decided I wanted a helmet after I saw another rider smash a driver side window with their head. It would have been an extremely gory scene if not for her helmet. It's unfortunate that it took that bit of motivation to convince me that safety trumps fashion, but at least I got it. I can understand the desire for decent-looking equipment, and I agonize over the looks of my bike sometimes, but my advice is to find one that looks good enough, put it on your head, and forget about it. It's not like you can see it anyway.

Your elbows and knees will look the same after your next - soon to happen any day now - wreck, since you're too foolish to ride without knee and elbow pads...

And your nose when the asphalt grinds it off, and your unarmored butt cheek...


http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:...llos/sheep.jpg

There is no such thing as a cool helmet.
thread over.

Given the tonsorial appearance of most of the male members of my family and the fact that I've been rocking a decidedly Jack Nicholson-esque hairline lately, it's only a matter of time.

So you're saying that smooth domes aren't cool? (weeps)

Thanks for the thought, Chip, but don't bother. Arguing with not-overly-bright teenagers is a complete waste of time. :lol:

The vast majority of cycling-related head injuries are from falling to the ground, not because a car hits you in the head. The energy absorption required for a 160 lb person falling from 4 feet directly onto their head is only around 1300 foot*pounds which these helmets are quite capable of. In any event, energy absorption is a poor metric for helmet performance since it is rapid deceleration that causes severe brain injury. If the skull decelerates too rapidly, the brain's momentum smacks it against the inside of the skull. A helmet which transfers all the kinetic energy to your head slowly will save your brain better than one that absorbs most of the energy but transmits the rest to your head very quickly.

The decision to wear a helmet is a peronal choice, but I can't imagine your motivation to actively advocate against them.

I wear a Fox Flux. Nice helmet, really comfortable and I like the fact that it comes further down the back of your head that a normal road helmet, gives you a little extra protection to the back of the head.

We should all grow/wear giant afros.

I ended up getting a Specialized helmet similar to this for $50. I really like how it looks/feels and the LBS guy fit it for me.

EDIT: My bad I didn't get this one, I got the one that retails for $50
http://www.specialized.com/bc/SBCEqP...jsp?spid=33255

If I had a nickel for every internet expert repeating some nonsense he read in Bicycling, well, I'd be five cents richer today, anyway.

I'm not advocating against them. I'm advocating against the mindlessness of the whole debate.

I really like my helmet. I'd like to get a higher end one sometime. I have worn it for one ride so far and it felt good. Also my brother, who is a bit of a.. magoo.. said it looked cool (he's very captain obvious and would tell me if it didn't look good)

To anyone who doesn't like helmets I say get one you enjoy even if its pricey for a helmet. You won't regret it.

You guys have it all wrong. A helmet is NOT designed to save your life. It really isn't. All the helmet is designed to do it make clean up easier for the EMS guys once they scrape your lifeless body off the front of an Escape. They charge more for helmets that have more vents because they will have more clean up to do, not because the material will be stronger. They just tell you a helmet will save your life because they don't want to be scraping your gray matter off the windshield. They'd rather let the mortician wash it all off.












for those of you who didn't get it, I'm kidding.

I have a dark blue Protech just like this one http://www.xsportsprotective.com/pro...ate-black.html. Mine is all stickered up though. If people don't like that you are protecting yourself **** them. I don't tell criticize people for not wearing one and they shouldn't criticize me for wearing one.