Re: [CR] Helmets that look ok with classic bikes

Obviously you should look at 'Bobbin Bicycles' in London, with their bowler hat (or Derby if you are in the USA) for cycling

http://www.bobbinbicycles.co.uk/Mr-Ben-Bowler-Helmet

Although perhaps it is a bit too 'classic' (by about 50 years).

Mark Lawrence Oxford United Kingdom ________________________________________ From: classicrendezvous-bounces+mark.lawrence=firstreadthis.com@bikelist.org [classicrendezvous-bounces+mark.lawrence=firstreadthis.com@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of Kerrigan Bennett [kerriganbennett@gmail.com] Sent: 18 February 2011 18:23 To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: Re: [CR] Helmets that look ok with classic bikes

That was the Bell V-1 Pro, introduced in 1983: http://www.bellbikestuff.com/history_nf.html

I think we should be able to do better than that with modern alternatives.

Kerrigan Bennett Pleasant Hill, CA USA

Archive-URL: http://search.bikelist.org/getmsg.asp?Filename=classicrendezvous.11102.1060.eml From: Carlos Ovalle <ovalle(AT)charter.net> Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 10:12:07 -0800 Subject: Re: [CR] Helmets that look ok with classic bikes<http://search.bikelist.org/query.asp?SearchString=%22Helmets+that+look+ok+with+classic+bikes%22&SearchPrefix=%40msgsubject&SortBy=MsgDate%5Ba%5D>

Bell Helmet produced a hard-shell helmet sometime in the mid-80s that was not as dorky looking as their original white helmet. I don't know the name of that particular helmet but it mimicked the thicker hairnet helmets in terms of look, while complying with the codes of the day. The shell was thick plastic, not the paper-thin stuff of today, and it was high-density EPS for shock absorption.

I don't know of anything today except for perhaps Bell's Citi helmet, in black.

Carlos Ovalle
Long Beach, California, USA
http://www.ovallearchitects.com