Remember kids... always wear a helmet. (The almighty bikeradar helmet thread)

Fit is the most important factor...

You may also want to bear in mind that a £120 helmet has exactly the same material, production and distribution costs as a £20 helmet....

winston Fit is the most important factor...

You may also want to bear in mind that a £120 helmet has exactly the same material, production and distribution costs as a £20 helmet....

That's not not entirely true. Some higher end helmets, like the Giro Atmos, have a carbon fiber skeleton, that's how they get away with having so many vents. It only makes a difference in warm weather, though.

Yeah the only real difference with a £70 helmet over a £20 helmet is that they have a lot less space actually covered by helmet so the helmet needs to be stronger to give the same strength as the cheap one. I've got a specialized one that cost me about £20-£25 and it's great. One thing I heard once was "if you've got a £20 head. Buy a £20 helmet". I don't really agree with that for cycling helmets. It's more for motorbike helmets.

I think the trick is to find a helmet you don't mind (or don't even notice that your wearing) and therefore part of this does involve the asthetics. If you don't like it or think you look like a dork, you'll start making excuses and leave it lying around.

I would go and try on a bunch, its the only way to know. I really wouldn't order something online just on someones say so.

Found Met, Limar and Catlike helmets to be really comfortable. In fact my all time fave right now are the Catlike Kompacts but these are a little out of your price range.

You may want to look at the Bell Ghisallo/Sweep and Giro Monza, which offer a decent amount of style and both come in plain black.

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Jake I've searched topics as I thought there would be more topics on helmets, but there isn't.

The forum tends to stay away from helmet/no helmet, brakes/brakeless and RLJ topics cause it just leads to flame wars, trolling and girly bitching.

But what the guys said about buying one in the shop is true. Plus you can look in the mirror to see if you look cool ;-)

hippy Leave Sheldon alone..

Ah, we all love Sheldon, but it is not to be denied that he is slightly cracked..

Older aero helmets, were not crash helmets at all but "head fairings" UCI changed rules a coupla years back which is why they all look a bit fatter nowadays, they actually have some kind of padding / protection built in now!

dam uci with their green blazors and rules.

And Sheldon loves you too.

i have a giro xen, which cost me 70-something. i was planning to get the havoc, which is 40-something. i tried both on and the havoc had an irritating pointy bit that got me in the forehead, and i knew that i would find excuses not to wear it as a result. the xen i wear pretty religiously, mainly because i can hardly tell it's there, but also because i need to justify the expense!

i don't think that the added comfort was worth 30 quid in a rational economic decision-making sense, but in terms of my irrational mind thinking 'but the pointy thing irritates me' (plus the obvious guilt at wasting 70 quid on a helmet that wasn't used), it was the better decision.

basically - get whatever helmet makes you think 'yeah, i can see myself wearing this every day no probs'. they all have to pass the same safety standards, so you're not getting anything but looks and comfort for your money, but if it means you wear the thing its worth the extra expense.

Judge Dredd should take over UCI, think u'd agree, tommy

oh, and anyone's got that sex simulator helmet from demolition man?

andrewleitch86

If only that actually had any protective qualities!