Helmet Color?

[mimitabby]

I wanted a bright colored helmet that also matched my favorite color orange.
found one. the CITI. this year it doesn't come in orange.

[Tuckervill]

I buy whatever's on clearance.

Karen

[GLC1968]

You're gonna laugh...

I have a HUGE head, so I used to buy helmets in black or dark grey figuring that dark colors were slimming on the head like they are on the body.

Now that I've had a few close calls, I'm all about the visibility. Screw the big head worries! My current helmet is white (and it happens to match my bike, too) because I figure it's not only more visible in low light, but it may be cooler in the sun too.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

I started a thread last year about my search for a solid bright yellow helmet. Turns out it was not easy to find one! Most helmets these days have various color swirls and splashes.
I finally found a bright yellow one in a discontinued Limar brand model, and am very happy with it. They had 2 "unisex" sizes: S/M and M/L. The S/M is just barely small enough for me- any larger and the straps would not have fit right.

I have since bought a screamingly bright neon yellow biking windbreaker, vest, and jersey. I care less now for coordinated colors and more for safety & visibility. I think that brilliant yellow is more visible from afar than any other color- even than bright red, orange, blue, or white. Still trying to get DH to wear something bright.

[SalsaMTB]

Currently I have a dark helmet, because I just preferred the dark color. I think my next helmet will be a light color because of heat. When we're in the middle of summer on a hot humid day, I swear I can feel the sun beating on my black helmet. I have hopes that a light color will keep my head cooler.

[cosc]

I gave up on buying a nice bright visible helmet and bought a white helmet. Most this year models just have a few streaks of bright color(not visible at a distance). White will be ok with my celeste bianchi and anything color I wear. Trek had a style with solid orange and yellow.

[DarcyInOregon]

My helmet is pink and white to match my pink bike, which matches my pink jerseys, etc. All of the pink is visible and gets seen, enough so that the various cyclists I encounter on my daily rides remember me, whereas I can't remember them because they blend into the background. Except for one old real skinny man with a long white bristling beard and I can remember him ok. Today a couple of male cyclists went by on the other side of the road and called out "Lookin' pink!" Well yep. Cars see me, and cyclists see me, and that is what is important.

Darcy

[wannaduacentury]

I saw an orange/red one w/ visor, a gold/yellow same as other. In the Giro, I tried the silver and blue-close choice. I had been looking forever for a Limar yellow but Performance won't keep them stocked so I gave up. It would have gone with my bike(silver w/ yellow/black stripe). I'll have to find a red/white jersey to pull together the red/black ensemble.

[Jenn]

You're gonna laugh...

I have a HUGE head, so I used to buy helmets in black or dark grey figuring that dark colors were slimming on the head like they are on the body.

Now that I've had a few close calls, I'm all about the visibility. Screw the big head worries! My current helmet is white (and it happens to match my bike, too) because I figure it's not only more visible in low light, but it may be cooler in the sun too.

OMG, I thought my husband and I were the ONLY XL headed people in the world. I wore his helmet until I got mine, the women's wouldn't even fit me!! Maybe that is why my daughter had such a difficult time coming into the world and need a vacumn assist to help her. Yes we have BIG noggins and our helmets are boring silver....that is all we could find in.....MEGA head size

[silver]

My helmet is sort of silvery white and I love it! I don't think it's boring at all! In fact it's my favorite color!

this one:

[wannaduacentury]

My helmet is sort of silvery white and I love it! I don't think it's boring at all! In fact it's my favorite color!

this one:

My first helmet is silver, and my car, and my bike also like blue