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:
My helmet is gray with an iridescent design on it. I got it because it was pretty and not too expensive. It does not match my bike but it does not clash with my bike.
My bike is turquoise so I guess you could say it "goes" with my bike.
Bright screaming neon lime-yellow, with reflective tape all over it, reflective straps, and a 3-way blinkie (mutant guppy) on top.
My sweetie bought it for me. She wants me to be visible. :D
My helmet is a white Trek Vapor because a) it was inexpensive, b) it was light weight and it fit well, and c) I didn't like the other color choices (black or blue). :)
My helmet is red and silver. It didn't match anything at first, but now it does match my folding bike. An accident. I have it because it fits like no other. It's my second specialized helmet and I have yet to find another one that is as comfortable as this one on me.
"crystal blue & silver" The silver matches my bike....sort of.....and blue, well, blue is my favorite color. Does it match my bike? Not really. Does it match what I wear.....not really. *lol*
So are you two saying the rest of us are dork-heads?Quote:
Originally Posted by KathiCville
My helmet is something that Giro calls "white camo." I wanted white for visibility, but plain white seemed so...plain white. White camo's a cool pattern of varying shades of off-white. Soooo much better than just white. :rolleyes::D
Uh....white. I think.
silver - matches bikes , and is neutral:cool:
Pink and leopard-spotted Giro. It's, um, visible.
Strange as this may sound, I spent almost 18 months trying to find a helmet in the colour(s) I wanted, price range and fit. didn't feel like spending over $200 on helmet.
It drove me abit nuts...in the end it's a red helmet I got under $100.00. I wanted something just flashy in right way, but more visible in bright yellow or similar. Visibility is way more important to me. I never thought of matching helmet to any of my bikes.. at any point in time.
I definitely wanted to avoid predominantly dark colours..I have black hair..just makes zero sense.
Light grey, black trim.
I had to laugh.. when I read the thread's Title, all I could think of was that darned book we had to read in school: What Color is Your Parachute? So glad this wasn't a similar reference!:p
I have a red helmet to match my old red bike that I no longer ride. The helmet and the bike are pretty hideous.
I know sport a white Vigor. I love everything about it. I even love the fact that it makes me head look larger than it actually is. :D
I have 2 helmets. One is blue, with a little yellow in it. I wear it for cold weather riding and leave the straps set up so I can fit the beanie under it. The other helmet is yellow.
All of my helmets have been yellow or blue. I had one really ugly olive green one and that's what I was wearing when I crashed in January of 07.
None of them match my bike, which is black, with a little red and white.
Rudy Project Actyon in Matte Titanium and Chrome
The chrome is just on the top of the back points. It's flashy :D
Training helmet is matte gray- Giro Atmos
Race helmet is the silver with pink stripes Giro Atmos, matches with my kit
TT helmet is the Giro Advantage 2 in black and chrome, the only one I could find that looked good with my kit- didn't like the blue one with it. Old TT helmet is the Advantage 2 in red, white, and black- it matched my old kit, I only used it twice so I have now gifted it to my BF(he actually bought it for me as a gift, so not sure how well it worked that I gave it back to him as a gift) b/c it matches his kit-hehe
Road helmet is white. Matches everything :)
Commuter/MTB helmet is black with nifty subtle gold graphics on it. Matches everything.
I've never noticed that one helmet is warmer or cooler than another.
Mine is charcoal grey, but i am wondering if it is time to replace it - I haven´t had any accidents with it, but after 6 years, it´s looking a bit worn.
The first helmet I had was fluorescent pink and shaped like a bowling-ball. Talk about geeky. This was back when helmets weren´t that common and was the only one that our local bike shop had. At least they are a little more streamlined these days.
I have three:
Road - Red & White Giro Atmos
Mtn - Lavender Giro E2 - Summer helmet, has more vents.
Mtn - White Camo Giro Xen - Winter helmet, has more coverage & less vents. Also keep my helmet light on this one.
I'd replace it at this point.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bron
Naw... I'm sayin' I looked dorky in everyone but the black one! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by zencentury
Black Bell
White Giro
Black/White/Red Bell
I wear the B/W/R Bell when I'm wearing my team kit. I haven't worn the black one in a while. I favor the white Giro.
2 Bell Ghisallos. One is yellow. The other is orange and blue. I choose for fit and visibility. Neither go particularly well with my bikes--white bike, red bike, and silver bike.
Silver-y gray LG. It seemed to look the least dorky :o on my head and have the most vents for the price.
I really wanted the white/purple specialized (to go with my white/purple dolce) that was on close-out with a great discount, but when I tried on the specialized helments, they looked really funky on my head:(, and of course we all know that LOOKS are more important than any other consideration!!;)
Had to match the bike.Quote:
Originally Posted by surgtech1956
I found a model I really like, so I got a silver one to match my blue bike (the closest I could get)... and I got one in black to match my black and yellow bike.
I couldn't stand wearing my silver helmet with my black bike.
And before that I was wearing a bright blue helmet with my black bike... uuuhhhh, no!