I rock my Flak in the summer and it does not bother me much..and I generaly sweat alot (picture Patrick Ewing @ the foul like). I am embaressed to say, I did not wear a helmet much in the winter. My head was so cold I needed my skully (maybe it"s Boston winters). Anyway, the Flak get's er' done.

for skate-like helmets, i choose bern. they've got more vents, have models with integrated brims, and have special beanie/earmuffs that fit right into the helmets for winter riding.



otherwise, if you want something more 'conventional' then i'd choose a catlike whisper. good luck finding 'em in the states though.

that is crazy! like a giant beehive!

The Giro Hex is very cool and bmx looking but highly ventilated, and really cheap ($80ish). Since the L size fits my massive 24" head I am totally getting one next time i buy a helmet.

Read the article Zip22 linked. Every one of those holes is a snag point...

The do look hot though.

[QUOTE=blickblocks;4971605]Obviously you don't get as much airflow but that's a nonissue in the dead of winter (or a plus).[QUOTE]

You sweat with a road helmet in the dead of winter i think.

the logos on the bell faction are just stickers and you can peel them off fairly easily... I have one and it is great in the winter but not so much in the summer

Here's what I wear daily:



It'll run you about 100 bucks. Seems to be the best helmet I've owned thusfar. I wan't really know until it hits the ground first though.

****, i should get something smoother for when i ride through the forest of fishing hooks i pass through everyday to work!

Don't be a ****head.

Stillers!

well a helmet with vents would help prevent build up.

Touche.

Don't forget to pick up a set of dorky yellow reflective safety squares. I got a set from REI. They are painfully bright and reflect very well against car lights. Wear a helemet that can be seen and you are better off. In the day they also reflect very well. I can't remember the brand but they work incredibly well.

if you're back in cleve spin cycles in lakewood has a pretty good selection of bmx and bmx influenced brain buckets

They got that pink/magenta one?

Gotta love yinzers!

My friend had to return some stuff he bought for work Sports Authority, so I went with him and they happened to have the Bell Faction on sale for $25. The logos are, as lbthomps noted, just stickers. The only thing I was confused about was which size to get. I got the medium, and it certainly fits, but I think in winter it would be nice to have the larger size to fit your hat under right? Or can I just take off some of the padding, as the hat works as padding?

Anyways it's sweet and very hot pink! I'm going to color match my disc wheel to it.

In the winter I just take out all the padding and then my winter hat acts as padding instead

O, kthx!

We'll have to have an accident together. In winter.

i saw squid on some daytime TV talk show the other day when i was slow at work, he was sportin' one of these. i personally think they're ****ing hideous. i' have a skate style helmet, but i admittedly very rarely wear one.


edit: nevermind, go youtube link. https://youtube.com/watch?v=iXR14MKTH8M

i guess it's different. all the really techy stuff looks the same to me. (and by the same i also mean bad.)

If you really want protection get one of the new ice hockey helmets with gel padding etc, made for multiple impacts and to stop concussions. The bike companies haven't caught up on that yet. I'd wear my CCM if I didn't wear a visor on it.

I ditched my cheap road helmet for a Dave Mirra BMX number and it's much more protective. I always ride with a cap on underneath and that helps anything fit well.

The reason bike helmets aren't designed for that is that such helmets will be much heavier and the impact forces in cycling are much greater than in hockey, so such a helmet would be huge, hot and uncomfortable. Talk about mushroom...

No, the helmets we have today are fine. They're one hit and then replace. If you don't value your brain high enough to think it worth replacing helmets after a crash, then I feel sorry for you.

catlike whisper looks OK, Kompact Pro is where its at

Weighs nothing, really comfortable, and easy to adjust. I don't see the point in sacrificing comfort (these work. very well. we have one on display in the shop which was involved in a 50km/h crash. The person dislocated a shoulder and cracked a rib, but seeing as he took 60% of the impact on his helmet, he came out pretty well.)

Phonak because I like to race in full Phonak kit to piss the commissaires and the local club president off.

I have always wondered about the one hit and replace thing. Is that applicable to all helmets, or are there acceptions? My skate helmet has been slamed on the hood of a car and slamed to the concrete. Also, my roadie type helmet has flown out of the window of a moving car.