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

Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 11:10:20 -0800
From: "Brent Steelman" <info@steelmancycles.com>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
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Subject: Re: [CR] Helmets that look ok with classic bikes

I'm sorry, the helmet thing is a little much. If you are into the classic look so much, a hat of some sort is the choice, not a helmet.

Brent

Steelman Cycles 3600 Haven Ave #5 Redwood City, CA 94063 tel:650-364-3939 fax:650-364-4029 info@steelmancycles.com http://www.steelmancycles.com

On 2/18/2011 11:03 AM, Mark Lawrence wrote:
> 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
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> 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
>
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> 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