Vanity question.

omri

When choosing the helmet do you consider how it looks on your head ?

Idleater

Yes.

For two reasons:
1) fit and comfort
2) vanity as per your question

snollup

ALL helmets look silly!

lennymc

except the giro air attack, which looks awesome.

CramCycle

Yep,

I only wear one when racing or when required by an event. I got my current one on the basis it was light, cheap and apparently does not look as much like a Mushroom as previous ones.

omri

My search for a "better looking" helmet continues then...

Lumen

Kind of want a POC Octal.

Luxman

I think the pros pull off helmet wearing with aplomb

omri

Lumen wrote: »

Kind of want a POC Octal.

Sending back my aeon and air attack and will try the POC...

Carawaystick

omri wrote: »

When choosing the helmet do you consider how it looks on your head ?

nope, cant see it, so out of sight out of mind.

CramCycle

Carawaystick wrote: »

nope, cant see it, so out of sight out of mind.

Weight and ventilation are the slightly bigger issues for me. my earlier helmets had looked good but were too warm. My current one is nice, light although the padding is not the best (I got a Planet X white one)

Fender76

I have to say the Kask Mojito is hands down the most comfortable and best looking helmet I've ever had.....

tomasrojo

If I wore one, I would probably give some thought to how it looked. Not in terms of wanting to look good, but rather not wanting to look outlandish. I think this is a perfectly human desire.

markusz

Ive a kask 50nta and bambino...can't beat'em!

Darkglasses

Wouldn't give it a second thought, as long as it looks like a fairly normal bike helmet (so no POC tempor). Ventilation and lightweight my main concerns.

Zyzz

seamus

I have to say my Kask was the first helmet I ever bought that didn't feel like it was perched on top of my head like a mushroom, it felt more like it was surrounding my head, like a helmet should.

A boarsdie even said "Nice helmet" to me once. That was in the pub later on though, so I can't be certain he was referring to the Kask.

OleRodrigo

Fender76 wrote: »

I have to say the Kask Mojito is hands down the most comfortable and best looking helmet I've ever had.....

Mojito ?Almost as bad as On One calling one of their bikes the ' pompino '.

Opinions?

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/kask-rapido-helmet/

endacl

Luxman wrote: »

I think the pros pull off helmet wearing with aplomb

Please be very careful when using the phrase 'pros pull off helmet'.

Lemming

There's always an element of vanity in a helmet choice. Anyone who says otherwise is lying to either themselves or you, or both.

TLD for the vanity win

CramCycle

I like the KASK ones as they seem to disguise the mushroom effect for my abnormal sized noggin but I did find them quite warm.

omri

My 8yr old limar helmet is size M, but a lot of newest helmets in medium will not fit me and the Large one are way too awkward looking.

el tel

Zyzz wrote: »

In those hem-lits they look like a pair of bell ends