New Helmet

[ScotiaLass]

Just treated myself to a shiny, new helmet

I hated the one I had before (see my avatar for a good laugh) so I will now be sporting a Bern.
Pic will follow (once I've dyed my hair...the grey is taking over...)

 

[i hate hills]

I bought myself a shiny new helmet a couple of month ago. However i have only had it on the once. When i came home with it i put it on and walked into the living room and my wife and two girls fell off the settee laughing and i've never had it on since. I am now the owner of a new dusty helmet which lives in my shed.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Had a red shiny helmet: somebody stole it!

 

[i hate hills]

Had a red shiny helmet: somebody stole it!

Unlucky about the helmet Pat. That said i wish someone would steal mine.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Unlucky about the helmet Pat. That said i wish someone would steal mine.

Clean the dust off it, they might

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

I just feel ridiculous in mine and just wish I could find something that doesn't look like a blob of jelly on my bonce. I would go without but stories of injury compensation being reduced even where the lack of a helmet wasn't a factor put me off.

 

[ceejayh]

I like my Alpina...mainly due to the fact that it doesn't make me look like I've got a mushroom on my head .

 

[srw]

I just feel ridiculous in mine and just wish I could find something that doesn't look like a blob of jelly on my bonce. I would go without but stories of injury compensation being reduced even where the lack of a helmet wasn't a factor put me off.

Any specific stories or just hearsay?

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Sure I've seen it discussed on this site srw.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Unlucky about the helmet Pat. That said i wish someone would steal mine.

I very much doubt anyone would nick mine because it reeks! I keep thinking of replacing it but I've not dropped it or anything and it looks fine!

 

[SquareDaff]

Getting a helmet is a fraught business...I made mistakes with 2 "perch on the head" types before I finally got one that felt and looked the part!

 

[hopless500]

Mine's pretty new and shiny.... multicoloured and surprisingly comfy. Don't wear it often though.

Edit/ and just this minute got confirmation that helmets are not compulsory for the Wymondham 100 next month. Yay

 

[Davidc]

I have a shiny new looking one which was given to me 3 Christmasses ago. I've worn it a couple of times.

I have an identical but tatty one about 5 years old but have used it more, been dropped on the ground a few times and well scratched and scraped, rained on, been out in the sun and faded. When it's not too hot I wear it to keep the wife happy, and overall I wear a helmet about half the time I'm riding. I leave the tatty one on the bike when it's parked, never locked. No-one will steal it though. For events where they're compulsory I wear the respectable looking one and do lock it to the bike when left.

The older one is sometimes like Andrew's, rather smelly, but I do put it in a bucket of water every couple of weeks with 2 bricks holding it under and a capful of Milton to kill the bugs, so it's not too bad. No-one will take it away even when it smells respectable though.

I often wish I'd had the idea of making a plastic hat and promoting it as a must-have cycling accessory!

 

[ianrauk]

I just feel ridiculous in mine and just wish I could find something that doesn't look like a blob of jelly on my bonce. I would go without but stories of injury compensation being reduced even where the lack of a helmet wasn't a factor put me off.

Hearsay.
Didn't effect my claim at all.

 

[Davos87]

The older one is sometimes like Andrew's, rather smelly, but I do put it in a bucket of water every couple of weeks with 2 bricks holding it under and a capful of Milton to kill the bugs, so it's not too bad.

Hope you take your head out if it first?