How annoying..The media & helmets

[KnottedYet]

Love my Bell Citi.

Smooth and rounded is beautiful....

http://www.bellbikehelmets.com/produ...asp?prodID=10#
(I have the screaming yellow one)

[Eden]

I hadn't previous heard any debate about aero vs non-aero helmets, but I do remember one other previous helmet design that did turn out to be dangerous.

Do you guys remember the brief fad of no-shell helmets? It was a reaction to big heavy hard shell helmets. Someone figured that mostly what you were protecting against was impact, so the shell was just extra weight and most of the manufacturers started selling helmets that were just the foam inner liner. *Until* it was found that the foam with no coating had a tendency to stick to the pavement, even if just for an instant, and had the nasty consequence of possibly snapping your neck The helmets could be made safer with the addition of a lycra cover, but they were phased out very quickly for the thin shelled helmets that most of us use today.

[OakLeaf]

Those softshell helmets came out just shortly after I had my concussion. Just long enough that I'd already replaced my helmet with one just like it, a big heavy hardshell thing. Luckily!

Seems like the long, neck-turning aero helmets came out about the same time. I was actually a little surprised when I started seeing people racing in them again recently. I guess the sanctioning bodies figure that the chance of falling in a TT is low enough that those helmets could be made legal? or maybe they're designed now to snap the tail off?

[Tri Girl]

Love my Bell Citi.

Smooth and rounded is beautiful....

http://www.bellbikehelmets.com/produ...asp?prodID=10#
(I have the screaming yellow one)

I LOVE that helmet. Hadn't seen it before, but it's fantastic. Everything I'm looking for in a commuter helmet. A place on the back for my blinky light (I have a strap velcro'd on mine now), and an option for a flip mirror. Ohhh...I'm so getting one. Thanks for posting the link!