Your first helmet

[Eden]

82-84ish??? My mom bought my first helmet when I was about 10-12 ish. Can't say I really remember exactly when. I do recall it was one of those big, heavy, white Bells with the 2 orange stripes and orange strap with D rings to close it.

[HillSlugger]

1984. I decided to do a bike commute between Somerville, MA and the Harvard Med School. A helmet seemed the only sane way to deal with all the insane traffic. My first helmet was also the white, hard-shell Bell.

[makbike]

I purchased my first helmet in the mid-80s. I was browsing in a bike shop and the owner asked me if I had a helmet. I replied "no." He said "you know if you break your bike I can fix or replace any part that needs to be replaced but if you break your skull there is not much anyone can do for you." That was enough for me. I went home with a nice Bell helmet and have been wearing a helmet since that wonderful day!

[Blueberry]

I didn't have a helmet as a kid. Don't think my parents ever thought of it.

When I bought my first bike in college, I bought a helmet. And have been wearing one for ever ride since.

CA