Cheap cycle helemets any good?

[Justinslow]

No I'm not, the post has some likes

Not from me it doesn't, but hey it's a free country!

 

[SteCenturion]

Here are some somewhat motherhood statements

• Any helmet is better than no helmet when the inevitable happens
• A better helmet allows you incorporate style, comfort and possibly a higher protection factor
• Visors come onto their own when there is drizzle and a sliver of ray from the rising and setting sun
• Wearing of a helmet is pretty much event driven for some - local ride in minimal traffic no helmet
• Then you have the Taleban (read fundamentalist) who goes to his grave, resolute and proud to the very end

By Taleban, I presume you mean Taliban, therefore read, Terrorist, Extremist, Heroin producer, Drug Cartel/Dealer, Murderer, Rapist etc.

He goes to his grave as the description above, even if he is resolute & proud.

 

[Venod]

@runner

Are you sorted yet, todays Planet X offer

http://www.planetx.co.uk/deals

 

[ufkacbln]

By Taleban, I presume you mean Taliban, therefore read, Terrorist, Extremist, Heroin producer, Drug Cartel/Dealer, Murderer, Rapist etc.

He goes to his grave as the description above, even if he is resolute & proud.

A modernisation of Godwin's law

 

[Justinslow]

@runner

Are you sorted yet, todays Planet X offer

http://www.planetx.co.uk/deals

That is an incredibly cheap helmet, Planet X do seem to have some blinding deals!

 

[Arrowfoot]

By Taleban, I presume you mean Taliban, therefore read, Terrorist, Extremist, Heroin producer, Drug Cartel/Dealer, Murderer, Rapist etc.

He goes to his grave as the description above, even if he is resolute & proud.

Yeah, forgot about drugs, murder etc stuff, thanks

 

[steveindenmark]

The statement that "if you pay peanuts you get monkeys" applies to most things in life !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

But if you dont care if you get a peanut or a monkey, what does it matter.

Didnt they used to do TDF without helmets? I dont think anyone complained.

If you want to take part in any cycling event you are forced to wear a helmet even though there is as much proof to refute the use of helmets as there is for their use.

My biggest complaint about helmets is that the manufacturers only make helmets with Cartoon characters for kids.

Get the cheap one it will keep the organisers happy.

 

[SteCenturion]

A modernisation of Godwin's law

? Don't know that @Cunobelin, but will give it a google when time permits later out of interest.

 

[ufkacbln]

? Don't know that @Cunobelin, but will give it a google when time permits later out of interest.

Godwins law....an internet "law" which says that as an argument goes on, there’s a greater and greater (and greater) likelihood that one side of the argument will invoke Hitler or the Nazis somehow.

The use of the Taliban as an internet trope is exactly the same, attempting to make a stance unacceptable by association


Take the Alliance of British Bad Drivers, with no real constructive argument against mobile speed cameras we get:

A Talivan — A van containing one or more speed cameras used for the purpose of ruthlessly extorting money from drivers, a practice based upon a fanatical belief in 'speed' being the cause of all road accidents. Terrorize drivers into gorping mindlessly at their speedometer instead of looking where they're going.

 

[jefmcg]

Back to cycle helmets: despite the beliefs here, paying more does not give you more protection. Manufacturers aren't going to put R&D into features they can't claim, and if they added any claims to their ads beyond "meets standard" then they would get sued the next time someone got a head injury wearing the helmet.

What the high prices do get you is comfort, weight, ventilation and appearance. You have to decide if doing a sportive in the cheapest helmet you can find is going to be a problem or not. It's likely to be hot, heavy and uncomfortable. Will you be wearing Sports Direct shorts and a Primark t-shirt?

 

[Venod]

if doing a sportive in the cheapest helmet you can find is going to be a problem or not. It's likely to be hot, heavy and uncomfortable.

I'm glad you put likely in that sentence as the cheap helmets I have used have just been as light and comfortable as the more expensive one's.

 

[ufkacbln]

Do the research, and make up your own mind.

Savings can be made by buying "last year's helmets" or looking at sales

Higher standard helmets are also not expensive. A Snell certified model can be bought for about £25 - £30 with reasonable comfort and ventilation


Do NOT however consider buying second hand. If you are going to wear one then you need to know the history. IF you cannot guarantee the second hand helmet has not been dropped, in a collision or otherwise damaged then it is a false economy

 

[jefmcg]

Do NOT however consider buying second hand. If you are going to wear one then you need to know the history. IF you cannot guarantee the second hand helmet has not been dropped, in a collision or otherwise damaged then it is a false economy

Well, to be fair, the OP wants a helmet just to conform to the rules. A second hand one works just as well as a new one for this purpose.