Cooler Helmet?

G.T. wrote:
Michael Press wrote:
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"Samatha" wrote:


In South Texas, the sun is broiling my brain in the styrofoam and
plastic helmet I bought despite the air vents through it. Can anyone
recommend a different helmet that won't have me struggling with heat
exhaustion quite so quickly?


Must ... resist ... must ... resist


She should just ride without one when it's hot, or when it's cold, or
when it's in between. Helmets do nothing except protect one from
minor injuries such as cuts and bruises.

I don't recall ever seeing you ride without one.

Bill "enfant provocateur" S.

Samatha wrote:
In South Texas, the sun is broiling my brain in the styrofoam and
plastic helmet I bought despite the air vents through it. Can anyone
recommend a different helmet that won't have me struggling with heat
exhaustion quite so quickly?

Get a white one:
http://tinyurl.com/z36ad

Samatha wrote:

I think what I have now is a Giro Eclipse.

The next models up have a better Roc Loc system and bigger vents. I just
got a white Atmos...don't think it's possible to get anything cooler.
It's pricey but comes with a carrying case.

Helmet fit is the first criteria. After that ventilation, then color.
Spending more doesn't increase protection, just comfort.

"POHB" wrote in message
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How about one of these?
http://www.villagehatshop.com/pith_helmet.html


If you were to ride wearing one of those, I think you'd have to claim the
route you're riding as a Colony of the Crown.

It's a Giro Eclipse cheapie model (that was still $38 not well spent);
I went home and checked at lunch after posting up above that I thought
it was this model.

Samatha

Hank Wirtz wrote:
"POHB" wrote in message
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How about one of these?
http://www.villagehatshop.com/pith_helmet.html


If you were to ride wearing one of those, I think you'd have to claim the
route you're riding as a Colony of the Crown.

Clarence Pickard wore a pith helmet in 1973 on the first RAGBRAI.

http://www.ragbrai.org/ragbrai-history.html

Among the many interesting people the ride attracted was Clarence
Pickard of Indianola. This 83-year-old gentleman, who hadn't ridden a
bicycle much in recent years, showed up for that first ride with a used
ladies Schwinn and rode all the way to Davenport, including the 100
degree plus day from Des Moines to Williamsburg, a 110-mile trek.
Pickard's attire for the ride was a long-sleeved shirt, trousers,
woolen long underwear and a silver pith helmet.

wrote:

Helmet fit is the first criteria. After that ventilation, then color.
Spending more doesn't increase protection, just comfort.

Right. In fact, spending more almost always gets you _less_
protection. More holes, less styrofoam, less impact protection. The
most expensive helmets are the ones that barely pass the already low
certification standards.

Not that the advertisements will ever make _that_ clear!

- Frank Krygowski

wrote:
wrote:

Helmet fit is the first criteria. After that ventilation, then color.
Spending more doesn't increase protection, just comfort.

Right. In fact, spending more almost always gets you _less_
protection. More holes, less styrofoam, less impact protection. The
most expensive helmets are the ones that barely pass the already low
certification standards.

Not that the advertisements will ever make _that_ clear!



Not to mention the fact that "more holes" doesn't necessarily equate to
better ventilation when actually riding (i.e., when there is actual
airflow). Nor does it necessarily equate to lighter weight (styrofoam
is pretty darn light, and the high-end, minimalist helmets are
necessarilly reinforced with heavier materials for structural reasons).

Helmets have become a fashion statement: "What does Lance (etc.)
ride?". And a conspicuous consumption issue: "Mine cost $189.99, what
did yours cost?".

IMO, spending close to $200 for a styrofoam and thin plastic shell
bucket that costs ~$10-15 (at most!) to manufacture and package is the
height of consumer suckerism.

IMO, YMMV (especially if you bought a "high-end" helmet ;- ), etc.,
etc., etc.

Samatha wrote:
It's a Giro Eclipse cheapie model (that was still $38 not well spent);
I went home and checked at lunch after posting up above that I thought
it was this model.

Samatha

atmos or pneumo, have both with a coolmax headwrap in Texas too. very
good but more $$$$

"Sorni" wrote in message
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G.T. wrote:
Michael Press wrote:
In article
om,
"Samatha" wrote:


In South Texas, the sun is broiling my brain in the styrofoam and
plastic helmet I bought despite the air vents through it. Can anyone
recommend a different helmet that won't have me struggling with heat
exhaustion quite so quickly?


Must ... resist ... must ... resist


She should just ride without one when it's hot, or when it's cold, or
when it's in between. Helmets do nothing except protect one from
minor injuries such as cuts and bruises.

I don't recall ever seeing you ride without one.

That's cuz we haven't ridden on the road. Yet. I hit too many low bridges
off-road so wear a helmet.

Sometimes I take hand held photos while riding one handed off-road with no
helmet:

http://www.2fortheroad.net/2002trip/ugly_mug1.jpg

Greg