Welcome guest, is this your first visit? Click the "Create Account" button now to join.

To disable ads, please log-in.

Shop at TeamEstrogen.com for women's cycling apparel.

Results 1 to 15 of 17

Hybrid View

  1. #1
    Join Date
    Oct 2004
    Location
    Sacramento, CA
    Posts
    747
    I have a plain silver/white Giro helmet for my road bike, which I am probably going to have to replace because some of the velcro is coming off and I am not sure I can fix it. I felt ridiculous commuting on my townie in that helmet, though, so I have a red Bell Metro for commuting. I think I am probably going to start wearing the Bell for mountain biking, too, because it has a removable visor and I always seem to have sun in my eyes when I'm on the mountain bike. Also, I don't have a taillight on the MB and it's easy to attach one to the back of the Bell helmet for the ride home.

  2. #2
    Join Date
    Jun 2005
    Location
    Portland, OR
    Posts
    1,253
    As much as I wanted to get a blue helmet to match my blue bike and mostly blue cycling wardrobe, in the end I opted to get a silver for this very reason. Just in case any additional bikes I might own aren't blue. Hard to imagine such a scenario, though.

    ETA: And it ain't just a girly thing, either. My brother bought a helmet to match his bike and his sunglasses, and one of his specific criteria was that his sunglasses had to be able to flip up into them for easy storage. OK, maybe we're just fussy in my family!

  3. #3
    Join Date
    May 2006
    Location
    Memphis, TN
    Posts
    1,933
    I have three
    A silver Limar 911 - netural color goes with anything
    A silver/grey Bell Influx (Beieve it's called the Alcheara outside of the Us - another netural color
    A Purple(lavender)/White Giro Monza - Cause I like purple!
    Had a giro havoc - Dropped on concrete - in the trash!
    Like SK, You need to have more than one of these! That way, even if you have a "minor" crash, you won't be tempted to wear it rather than throw it away. You don't only have one pair of earrings or shoes, do you?
    I also like SK's idead of bag with your stuff. I do most of riding out of my front door, but when I have to take a car to the ride, I do put the bike stuuf (vs the bike) in a duffel
    Last edited by Fredwina; 09-29-2006 at 03:54 PM.

  4. #4
    Join Date
    Jul 2006
    Location
    Riding my Luna & Rivendell in the Hudson Valley, NY
    Posts
    8,411
    I am still on my first one, that I bought this summer.
    I am very picky about my clothing, but for some reason I don't care as much about my helmet matching anything. I do like it to be white or a light or bright color however, since I tend to wear too much black while biking anyway, and I worry about being seen well enough.
    Lisa
    My mountain dulcimer network...FOTMD.com...and my mountain dulcimer blog
    My personal blog:My blog
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

  5. #5
    Join Date
    Jan 2004
    Location
    Sunny California
    Posts
    1,107

    Cool

    Do as I say and not as I do. I have 5. I like helmets.
    Bork Bork, Hork Hork!!

  6. #6
    Join Date
    Aug 2003
    Location
    Bendemonium
    Posts
    9,673
    How about shoes?

    Sadie "Imelda" Kate
    Frends know gud humors when dey is hear it. ~ Da Crockydiles of ZZE.

  7. #7
    Join Date
    Jun 2006
    Location
    Alaska
    Posts
    2,201
    i have the giro one thats white and gold. i got it so i didn't have to have different ones to match my outfits.

    BF was the one that said to get that color so it went with everything. his is silver for that very reason. so it isn't just a girl thing or something that only runs in Dianyla's family.
    "Forget past mistakes. Forget failures. Forget everything except what you're going to do now and do it." – William C. Durant

    I click here to help detect breast cancer.

    I click here to help feed animals in need.


    I play this game to help feed people in need.

  8. #8
    Join Date
    Jun 2002
    Location
    Mrs. KnottedYet
    Posts
    9,152
    Usually 3, I need a new one. The oldest one's usualy in the car since the day I arrived at a Century with everything .... but a helmet (luckily the Primavera starts near home).

    After tiring of nagging a co-worker to get a brain bucket I gave her my oldest lid, a 3 year old Giro Eclipse. Whata waste of a good planter.

    Does she wear it? Noooooooooo. But she's a manager so whadya expect?

    Now I have two and I'm not givin' em away, each has my ALC sticker on it. But I need a new one.

    I was going to wait till Veloswap but will pounce on the next sale/nice design, I promise. They are kept out of sunlight unless on my head

    I don't try to match my outfits, heck I barely match my socks. I don't like white, black or grey helmets, anything else is fine.
    Fancy Schmancy Custom Road bike ~ Mondonico Futura Legero
    Found on side of the road bike ~ Motobecane Mixte
    Gravel bike ~ Salsa Vaya
    Favorite bike ~ Soma Buena Vista mixte
    Folder ~ Brompton
    N+1 ~ My seat on the Rover recumbent tandem
    https://www.instagram.com/pugsley_adventuredog/

 

 

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •