I love how much great feedback we receive from this group. Those POC helmets are really nice. I saw someone had one on the train and it was a great design. I also liked the Bell Zepher and Giro Aspect helmets, too. Almost pulled the trigger on one of those but, alas, going from free to $150-300 was a little hard for me to grasp this time around (and, I probably would have needed to wear it when letting my wife know how much it cost). Bell's designs are very nice but looked huge on me. Giro, as usual, were a nice comfortable fit. As Will said, they often go on sale. One of my favorite helmets in the past was a Giro Hex. Tried them this time and ended up going with a Giro Xar in hi-vis yellow/green. Typical basic zoomy-looking helmet but it was very comfortable and under $50 on sale. Guess I'll have another 5-10 years to work up to a POC or Zepher. I also like supporting Bell and Giro since several of my past students design for them (Specialized, too).
Also, I tried washing that grungy Specialized in the dishwasher. Still pretty grungy but I think the dirt and grime is now sanitized. Keeping it around as a loaner and back up. Thanks for all the feedback everyone. John On Saturday, September 10, 2016 at 9:06:41 PM UTC-7, 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.
