View Poll Results: Best Ventilated Helmet?
Specialized
6
8.82%
Giro
29
42.65%
Bell
14
20.59%
Other
19
27.94%
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Best ventilated helmet..
07-24-10, 08:33 AM
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Originally Posted by chasmm
Yeah, the Giro sponsored teams seem to prefer the Prolight (except for Lance, who sticks with his Ionos). I noticed that Contador is wearing the Prolight.
Charles
Charles
I've read that they are preferring it for the climbs for some reason.
Let's see at the end of the race which helmet gets the preference.
I could see where the Ionos' ventilation would be better (it's obvious just by looking at the design),
but I have to say that The Prolight (on my first ride in it yesterday) was awesome.
Will post my personal review on the Prolight thread I started.
07-24-10, 08:37 AM
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I wonder if Lance is using his Ionos simply because they haven't made a Livestrong-themed Prolight for him yet. Just a guess, anyway, but likely wrong since they seem to make specially colored stuff on a whim.
07-24-10, 03:27 PM
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If helmets weren't required in the Pro Tour and USAC, it would be interesting to see how many riders (and who) dropped them. Some of us started riding before there were helmets , US Consumer Protection Agency, European Consumer Protection Commission, dork disks, reflectors...
It seems to me that most members of this forum are people who work for other people, and are used to accepting "the boss's rules", which is okay, but different from figuring things out that you really like. Like, I'm riding without a helmet right now. Heat index 105+. I rode with an ER doc last year, he wasn't wearing a helmet, and he knew a lot about head trauma. So, I thought about it, I rode a lot (starting in the early 60s) with no helmet. I split the infinitive: wear a helmet most of the time, but not when the heat will cook my brain.
Look at the Catlike Whisper. If it vents better than anything else, and you want head-impact protection, wear it for training. Or wear it except for nanny-dictated sanctioned racing. Or sometimes , take the helmet off, and feel the air cool your head like we used to do.
Some people think about "Fred" riders, as in Fred Flintstone, a "Stone Age" industrial worker. A helmet is quintessentially Fred. If you wear one always, you are a Fred. You are "supposed to wear a helmet". Who made this decision for you?
I'm not anti-helmet, I wear one most of the time. But it took this ER doctor to remind me, "Have you ridden lots without a helmet, without crushing your brain?" Yeah.
I've also head-crashed with a helmet, which absorbed some forces. But I realize what happened, and how, if I didn't have a helmet, I would have crashed differently.
Eddie Merckx didn't wear a helmet, and after retirement he designed nice bikes. His brain was fine.
If you race in "officially sanctioned" events , you have to wear a helmet. But realize they are Fredizing you. If you don't like it, set up your own races, no helmets required, no minimum bike weight rule, just go for it.
It seems to me that most members of this forum are people who work for other people, and are used to accepting "the boss's rules", which is okay, but different from figuring things out that you really like. Like, I'm riding without a helmet right now. Heat index 105+. I rode with an ER doc last year, he wasn't wearing a helmet, and he knew a lot about head trauma. So, I thought about it, I rode a lot (starting in the early 60s) with no helmet. I split the infinitive: wear a helmet most of the time, but not when the heat will cook my brain.
Look at the Catlike Whisper. If it vents better than anything else, and you want head-impact protection, wear it for training. Or wear it except for nanny-dictated sanctioned racing. Or sometimes , take the helmet off, and feel the air cool your head like we used to do.
Some people think about "Fred" riders, as in Fred Flintstone, a "Stone Age" industrial worker. A helmet is quintessentially Fred. If you wear one always, you are a Fred. You are "supposed to wear a helmet". Who made this decision for you?
I'm not anti-helmet, I wear one most of the time. But it took this ER doctor to remind me, "Have you ridden lots without a helmet, without crushing your brain?" Yeah.
I've also head-crashed with a helmet, which absorbed some forces. But I realize what happened, and how, if I didn't have a helmet, I would have crashed differently.
Eddie Merckx didn't wear a helmet, and after retirement he designed nice bikes. His brain was fine.
If you race in "officially sanctioned" events , you have to wear a helmet. But realize they are Fredizing you. If you don't like it, set up your own races, no helmets required, no minimum bike weight rule, just go for it.
