Buying a helmet - Advice sought from helmet wearers.

[mickle]

No, just not interested in the opinion of non-wearers. Happily, I have received plenty of excellent advice from those who understood that.

Russell

As somone who's worked in bike shops for twenty odd years I've sold and fitted literally thousands of cycle helmets. Would you reject my advice just because i choose not to wear one?

 

[Oldspice]

Good luck on your quest. Roads are getting worse, so i hope you get a new helmet soon

 

[smokeysmoo]

I too am blessed with a larger than average swede, and I currently have two helmets.

My everyday, (who am I kidding but hey ho!), helmet is a MET Inferno. It's past it's best TBH but fit wise has always been great.

My new helmet is a Mavic Plasma SLR in black, and while not quite as generous as the MET is still a great fit IMO.

FWIW when I rode MTB's I had a Bell something or other until it got annihilated in a crash, and then a Specialized Chamonix, both were also a great fit.

 

[russ.will]

As somone who's worked in bike shops for twenty odd years I've sold and fitted literally thousands of cycle helmets. Would you reject my advice just because i choose not to wear one?

No, I'd balance it against other advice and draw my own conclusion. I'd be happy to hear what that opinion is though.

 

[mickle]

No, I'd balance it against other advice and draw my own conclusion. I'd be happy to hear what that opinion is though.

I think you shouldn't wear a helmet!

 

[russ.will]

Good luck on your quest. Roads are getting worse, so i hope you get a new helmet soon

You're not kidding. I gave up riding motorbikes on the road and went track only, for this very reason.

Luckily, 90% of my riding will be on Cambridgeshire's misguided bus-way, which is mercifully free of cars.

Russell

 

[ianrauk]

Good luck on your quest. Roads are getting worse,

Rubbish.

 

[ufkacbln]

Where's the tin foil hat picture when you need it ....

Don't tell Pat5mph, but cats need tin foil hats too!

 

[ianrauk]

I don't know, what is wrong with a polite enquiry to find out why the opinion is held?

Leave me alone...

 

[HovR]

You're not kidding. I gave up riding motorbikes on the road and went track only, for this very reason.

Luckily, 90% of my riding will be on Cambridgeshire's misguided bus-way, which is mercifully free of cars.

Russell

The bus-way? Think you picked the wrong hobby, you want canoeing.

 

[russ.will]

I think you shouldn't wear a helmet!

I think you should tell all of the customers you've taken, or are about to take cash from, that you don't believe in what you're selling and why.:grin:

 

[Oldspice]

Rubbish.

Please explain.

 

[Oldspice]

Are they?

Well the ice on the roads are a big giveaway

 

[ianrauk]

Please explain.

Well you've given it away now.
You should have mentioned the weather in your post.
And there was I going to strip off you, thinking you meant cycling on roads in general is rubbish.

Anyway.. rubbish in the roads is a right nuisance.

 

[Oldspice]

So not a proper answer then.