What color is your helmet? Do you pick a helmet to match your bike or a color that will make you more visible??
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What color is your helmet? Do you pick a helmet to match your bike or a color that will make you more visible??
Blue - it fits and the price was right!
Geez, I loathe my helmet.
It's orange (not the bright, bright orange but bad enough) and clashes with everything.
...so probably really visible.
Black. Goes with everything, doesn't look dorky.
The first helmet I bought was dark charcoal grey. I figured it was a dark color so it would go with anything. What I didn't consider was visablity. Now that particular helmet is my 'winter' helmet because it's big enough to fit warm stuff underneath and I've covered it with a lot of reflective tape (it's pretty ugly now!).
My 'regular' helmet is white. It's more visable than the darker colors and it still goes with everything (my road bike is white and blue).
I have a hard time because I have a HUGE head...so even if I liked the pretty girly colored helmets, they just don't come big enough for all my brains anyway. ;):p
Oh my helmit is really neat. It is a light gray with very light green oriental style graphic's on it. I love it. and no it does not go with my bike. My bike is very manely color wise. Not my pick. It was a frame we couldn't pass up. The price was right you know. So black, silver and bright yellow would not be my first choices. But my bike rocks so it doesn't matter!
Yellow -- highly visible and it matches my bike!!!
I second redrhodie: black for non-dork factor.........That being said, I count on my screaming yellow Brooks Nightlife vest or jacket to supply the "Hello, please don't hit me!" eyeball-catching alert to drivers. ;)
mine is orange and matches my bike. but i have all sorts of reflective tape on it!
Here, Here! Mine as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by redrhodie
Primarily white, with blue and red.Quote:
Originally Posted by surgtech1956
I didn't want a dark helmet. I have this opinion - based largely on nothing - that a dark helmet would be hotter in the summer. The white, red, blue one is was the only tolerable color they had in my size.
I didn't get it to match any of my bikes -- although I guess you could say it coordinates with my blue commuter.
I didn't get it for visibility.
I honestly have no idea. I should wash it off and find out.Quote:
Originally Posted by surgtech1956
My first helmet was dark red and kinda matched my bike. My second helmet is a neutral mid-grey.
I have a black helmet and a silvery gray helmet.
The orange helmet would go with my orange tires and orange tape!
First I start with helmet fit and then price range, then colors that I like...and I usually stick to the lighter colors for the heat thing whether it's true or not and somewhat for visibility.
My road helmet is light grey, yellow and white and happens to somewhat match my bike,
My mtb helmet is white and blue-green and doesn't match any of my 4 mtbs. Oh well. :rolleyes: