ADVICE on helmets?

[mimitabby]

Hi Sally such good news! How come you aren't getting the Citi? (Bell) It is ORANGE Like mine and only abouat 40 bucks!

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

It can never be repeated too often.
I just read this nice little article about...
GET A HELMET!:

http://www.bikeman.com/content/view/777/48/

[aicabsolut]

What I did, I went to a couple of local LBS stores and tried the helmets they had. When I finally found the brand, type and size which fitted I went back to the internet and looked around to find the lowest price on it.

This is basically what I did. I liked the Specialized Decibel's fit system the best, but I didn't like the price. So I found an end of season sale on the next step down (Aurora that someone pictured) that had the same closure system online. I found one for about $65-70.

It took me a while to figure out if I wanted a "women's" helmet and what brand. And I needed to figure out my hat size, since the only hat size I knew includes what it takes to stuff my hair up in it (horseback riding helmet).

I know Specialized makes some loud yellow ones, and they have some other orange stuff, so maybe you can find an orange one by them if you like the fit.

[ClockworkOrange]

YAY.............my boyfriend collected and paid for my lovely Specialized Aurora in blue/black.

Have fiddled about adjusting it, so, tomorrow, it get's christened.

Thanx guys for the encouragement.

Sally