I use an equestrian helmet. They are good looking, have a small visor (about an inch) so rain is deflected, and are built to stronger standards (horses are higher from the ground and have hooves) than typical bicycle stock. The trick is to find one large enough, the horsey set tends to be female, and one with good ventilation. My current helmet is a large Troxel school model (cost = $35 and built like a tank). My next will be a L/XL Ovation Protege (cost = $45). I'll get the Ovation b/c the ventilation is better and the interior suspension is more tunable. In either brand, the liner removes for washing. Removeable liners are a a nice feature.
I do not particularly like bicycle helmets (I have a $200 Giro). Too much slipstream fru-fru. Reminds me of the lycra folks. On Saturday, September 10, 2016 at 11:06:41 PM UTC-5, Surlyprof wrote: > > I've been using a helmet that the designers at Specialized gave me several > years ago. It's a nice helmet but it's getting pretty grungy and probably > needs to be replaced. Having only spent about $50 or $60 on helmets in the > past 20 years, I figured it's time to pony up for a new helmet. As I > started to search I was amazed at (1) the range of helmets I'd never seen; > (2) some of the new innovations that are coming out and; (3) some of the > prices that helmets are hitting these days. I may just try to ping on > friends in the industry for another freebie but I use it so often, I may > actually get picky and open the wallet for this one. I'm not looking to > start a pro-helmet/anti-helmet debate, just looking for insights from those > who use 'em. What are people liking out there and why? I'd love to hear > everyone's latest thoughts on helmets. > > > > BTW... I did go down the "folding helmet rabbit hole" when I was > searching. Some crazy new things coming out. > > > http://www.treehugger.com/bikes/dash-and-stash-stash-folding-bike-helmet.html > > http://www.morpherhelmet.com/ > > > https://store.moma.org/museum/moma/ProductDisplay_Fuga-Foldable-Helmet_10451_10001_227971_-1_26715_11506_221954?gclid=CIC3h9Szhs8CFY9bfgodLwoAkg > > > http://www.backcountrygear.com/madillo.html?gclid=CPD56pq0hs8CFQtnfgodRS4JwA > > > https://www.amazon.com/Overade-Foldable-Folding-Bicycle-Helmet/dp/B00TA4TF4E > > http://www.thinkbiologic.com/products/pango-folding-helmet > > > > ...and my wife found this one: http://www.ecohelmet.com/ > > > > John “Not wearing a paper helmet anytime soon” > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
