My favorite is the Bell Biker circa '75 which I just happen to have for sale...Lightly used by my son for only two rides, Number 00073 stamped inside small size. I will throw in a set of foam pads.. $45. shipped.
Dick Wright Berwyn, Pa.
-----Original Message----- From: Kerrigan Bennett <kerriganbennett@gmail.com> To: classicrendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Sent: Fri, Feb 18, 2011 8:23 am Subject: Re: [CR] Helmets that look ok with classic bikes
That was the Bell V-1 Pro, introduced in 1983:
http://www.bellbikestuff.com/
I think we should be able to do better than that with modern alternatives.
Kerrigan Bennett Pleasant Hill, CA USA
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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