My experience with the Thousand helmet was similar to me2gingko. Wound up returning it to REI.
On Monday, December 13, 2021 at 6:46:15 AM UTC-8 me2g...@gmail.com wrote: > I tried one. The fit seemed true front to back, but they were too round > for my head. > > I am in the middle on the helmet debate. I fell off my bike as a teenager > and was found unconscious on the side of the road. I was not doing anything > radical, just hit something uneven and slid off the pavement. I am sure a > helmet would have prevented a trip to the emergency room and an afternoon > of throwing up! But, I feel pressured to wear a helmet all the time these > days. If I am not on pavement with traffic, taking off a helmet is > liberating. I am not riskily, so #2 does not apply to me...;-) > > I like to watch Velocipedium on uTube toddle around on his vintage bikes > with a bare head. very soothing... > > On Monday, December 13, 2021 at 8:57:20 AM UTC-5 Doug H. wrote: > >> This may be a taboo subject but I have looked in the past for a helmet on >> the Rivendell website to no avail. Yes, I read Just Ride and I know how >> Grant feels about helmets. Here is his take from the website: >> >> >> >> >> *Parting notesThese are the only helmets we’ve sold in our whole 27-year >> history, because they’re the only ones that made the tough cut. I/Grant >> remain as convinced as ever that(1) Helmets are better at passing helmet >> tests than they are at protecting heads; and(2) Because of that, they offer >> a false sense of security, which can lead to riding more riskily. If you >> simultaneously disagree with (2) and claim that you would never ride >> without a helmet, you need to see if you can fit those two things together, >> and good luck.* >> >> Now that there is a Riv endorsed helmet brand I wanted to ask...Has >> anyone tried Thousand Helmets? If so, do they fit pretty true to size? As >> with bicycles I'm in between sizes on most helmets and usually go with the >> larger size. >> Doug >> > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/a9e97ed4-c867-4077-83eb-5e89234f2a79n%40googlegroups.com.
