Helmet Color?

[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.

[lizbids]

I have a silver Giro helmet, and I bought cycling shoes that match (quite by accident lol). But I have put some orange reflective stickers on it to help with visibility.

[solobiker]

I have two, my road bike helmet is yellow and my mtn bike helmet is grey. I prefer the lighter colors as it keeps me cooler as it doesn't absorb as much heat from the sun. I have a friend that always picks on me because it does not match my bike or any of my jerseys. oh well, I guess I am not the queen of fashion

[LBTC]

Like they all said: bright to be seen (whether by cars, or by your mtb buddies after you've crashed into the bushes!), and light to reduce the heat. don't buy black - you'll be sorry you did.

And, yes, yellow is the most visible, but other bright colours work quite well.

Hugs & butterflies,
~T~