How about the "Trott-Helm", a hard shell helmet designed by German road champion and Olympian Wilfried Trott? Perhaps it was a product mainly/only available in Germany? I have one; very thin, flexible, plastic type material. It also as an insert web of plastic that keeps your head away from direct contact with the shell. I also have a couple of photos of him racing in this helmet. Angel Garcia Long Valley, NJ
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> 5.) Back in the 1970's , didn't CCM start the whole "modern" bicycle
> helmet era , by selling plastic hockey helmets to cyclists ? Which
> resulted in the Skid-Lid ? And the rest is history ? Or did the
> Skid-Lid come from REI selling rock-climbers' helmets to cyclists ?
> Cheers ,
> Santé ,
> Raoul Delmare
> Marysville Kansas