How many helmets do you own?

[Trek420]

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.

[Bikingmomof3]

So far I only have 1, the first Giro I bought in July when I began cycling. It is pink and white. From other posts, I can see I *need* more.

[Cari]

I match my helmets to my bike. I think most people here do it that way. I wear lots of black and blue, and some yellow and pink. My bikes are red/silver/pewter and black/silver, so it would be kinda hard to make *everything* match.

I have three helmets, which are silver (Bell Sweep XC), black/pewter (Giro Atmos) and silver (Giro Atmos). I use the first two, and have the third one on reserve. Normally I would have waited until I really needed the third one, but the silver Atmos is a discontinued color, so I snatched it up when I found it. :P

I do think that it's a good idea to have a spare helmet, even if it's an older one, as long as it's still in usable condition.

Cari

[RoadRaven]

Just the one... but have wanted a second.

My one is red and black and matches nicely to my Red Pony and Black Thunder...

But my Silver Cloud... well, I thought I was just being precious thinking my helmet didn't match... now I know I was being logical...

I can see a trip to the local bikeshops on the cards...

[DirtDiva]

My helmet colour choices have largely been dictated by price and availability. Lucky I've got a black bike, eh?

[Lise]

I've got two. A silver one that's about 3 years old, and a blue one that I bought at a Performance sale because I started to worry that the silver one might be getting old. Now that I own two bikes, it's nice to have a spare helmet (I rotated the silver into spare status), in case someone wants to ride with me. My 6'3" brother visited this summer, and we cranked the stem up as high as she'd go on the Larkspur, he popped the helmet on his head, and off we went.

I like helmets that have a little adjustment wheel in the back to make them looser or tighter. When I do a triathlon, I put my hair in a french braid, and need a bit more room in the helmet. My brother needed a lot more room--he has a big noggin!

I never thought of coordinating my helmet color with anything until I came to TE! Now I want a Celeste helmet to match my beauteous Bianchi.