The Retirement Thread
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PaulSB
Squire
- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
Good question and I'm not really in a position to put forward a technical case. My view would be they all perform the same basic function and imagine it would be illegal to sell anything which didn't meet a minimum safety standard.
Where I think one gets more bang for bucks is in weight, ventilation, internal fitting and external adjustment (I always get one which has the dial on the back to slacken/tighten while riding), style, comfortable straps, colour range and improved impact resistance.
How important people see these things is personal opinion. Last helmet I bought I took the advice of my trusted LBS and paid £100. One week later I crashed at 25 mph and it split in four places. I think my skull would have suffered without it and that £100 was a great investment. My LBS now stocks Limar.
I am going to get the Air Speed which you can probably see is £180. The club discount gets me down to £125 - over three years that's +/- £40. I've chosen this on the basis of comfort, fit, ventilation and looks. I'm a touch anal about feeling I look good on my bike. I wouldn't buy online without trying for fit first.
I ride 150-200 miles a week so all these other considerations are important.
classic33
Leg End Member
I'd be asking for written confirmation. I mean they can't even spell "Online".
I will ask you though, will you only be driving a virtual car with your virtual licence?
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That's good news.
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I'm sat in the Skylark farm cafe with a coffee and a teacake, it's been a nice ride down, just a bit lumpy. The picture is the view from the cafe window.
PaulSB
Squire
- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
If I can offer some advice, which may be too late. There was pressure in my club for a new design. Some wanted a complete redesign. At the AGM we put this forward for discussion and the meeting agreed, not the committee, the design should be simplified, no radical departure, fonts tidied up.
I couldn't get much support in committee for doing the work. I quietly consulted a few members with a heavy bias towards women. Got a design, committee said yes. I then put it on Facebook for a public vote and 87 approved with 16 against.
Still got a few whingers though.....
numbnuts
Squire
- Location
- Gone over the hill and far away
Morning all, very cloudy here today, booked my flu jab for two weeks time, now waiting in for a parcel
I used to do a lot of motorcycling and the difference in price of helmets was mainly down to fit & finish.
As long as they have the bs/ce rating they should give the same protection.
The same will apply to cycle helmets, its just down to l personal preference.
I'd recommend trying different ones, I've had £100 motorcycle helmets that were much more comfortable than ones costing 3 or 4 times as much, we all have different shape heads
Mo1959
Legendary Member
- Location
- Perthshire,Scotland
Yep. I seem to have a Specialized head. Find them really comfy.
Yes you seem special
classic33
Leg End Member
Do it yourself kit for the flu jab?
numbnuts
Squire
- Location
- Gone over the hill and far away
First parcel has come now just waiting on Yodel..........
randynewmanscat
Veteran
- Location
- Vienne, Poitou-Chrentes
Always exciting receiving an order especially if its good stuff rather than some floor cleaner.
Been tidying a spare room for electric bike man (a thread started by me that was somewhat contentious) who arrives on Sunday.
He's the delivery man I am excited to see as he is fetching a large order of J Howarths sausages. I'm almost salivating thinking about the sound and smell of frying some.
classic33
Leg End Member
You're having a yodel delivered!
welsh dragon
Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
I have had a desk for my sewing machine delivered. It's old wood flooring and wood from Industrial places. It's made from mango wood apparently.
