Expensive Bike Helmets

[Punkawallah]

A bit arbitrary, though. Audax, eroica, no helmet requirement in UK. No doubt there are others. Of course you can, if you want to.

Hence ‘AFAIK’.

 

[gcogger]

Maybe I've got it wrong here, someone please correct me if I have.

Don't ALL cycling helmets, irrespective of price point, given the job they may have to do, go through stringent testing and have to have some kind of kite mark stating that they are up to said job if called upon?

If so, then a £10 helmet should offer the exact same level of safety factor as a £300 helmet???

If that is the case then choice of helmet is purely for aesthetics, and not safety. The safety aspect is a given, or should be.

As silva mentioned earlier, the safety standards are a minimum level to achieve, but it is perfectly possible to provide increased protection beyond that. Just because all helmets meet a certain minimum standard does not mean they are all the same.
Whether the level of protection correlates with price is a different question, of course!

 

[mjr]

I know a chap who advocates for wearing a neckerchief/bandana under the helmet for just this occasion.

Please check your helmet manual before wearing anything under it. Some aren't even safe to wear over "voluminous hair" let alone cloth!

 

[mjr]

As silva mentioned earlier, the safety standards are a minimum level to achieve, but it is perfectly possible to provide increased protection beyond that. Just because all helmets meet a certain minimum standard does not mean they are all the same.
Whether the level of protection correlates with price is a different question, of course!

There is some university in the USA testing them and giving scores. There are differences and I don't recall a strong correlation with price.

 

[postman]

My word BELL was my favourite helmet ever,i bought a helmet from Planet X just before my cancer hit me,a real good offer was on at the time,someone on here mentioned the sale ,it's nearly three years ago.

 

[Punkawallah]

Please check your helmet manual before wearing anything under it. Some aren't even safe to wear over "voluminous hair" let alone cloth!

If they’re that dangerous, I’m glad I don’t wear one! :-)

 

[screenman]

However to the majority of the non cycling world you are a knob for riding a bike. So if you can do your utmost not to look like one by wearing a dodgy helmet. You might be doing yourself a favour.

Odd that, I always thought that non cyclists were the knobs.

 

[esoxlucius]

However to the majority of the non cycling world you are a knob for riding a bike. So if you can do your utmost not to look like one by wearing a dodgy helmet. You might be doing yourself a favour.

Agreed! Most people don't like us to start with. Add to that the appalling gear we wear, topped off with a comedy lid, we're not doing ourselves any favours in the likeability stakes. I almost think at times if I weren't a cyclist I'd hate us too!! Lol.

 

[a.twiddler]

Admittedly non cyclists are experts in advising us what we should be wearing on our heads. I wonder what constitutes a dodgy helmet vs a non dodgy helmet to such persons?