Daniel Barlow wrote:
"Mr. Benn" %%@%%.% writes:

I have seen several helmets being sold for £20 or less. Does it make any
sense to spend a significant amount of money on a helmet?

More money will get you a lighter better ventilated and more stylish
helmet, not (in general) a safer one.

Are there any safety standards which the helmets have to meet for them to
be on sale in the UK or can anyone make an untested helmet and then claim
that is it suitable for use by cyclists?

EN1078 is the basic standard: as far as I know it's mandatory for sale
in the UK. Snell B-95 is a better standard, but optional. It's said to
be actually quite hard to find Snell-certified helmets on sale. See

http://www.smf.org/certlist/std_B-90...90C_B-95C.html

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