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  1. #1
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    I will definitely make the purchases when TE starts carrying the items. Thanks, itself!

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    I have a very small head for a grown up. I hope it would fit me.

    I was having a rant just the other day yet again complaining about the lack of screaming neon yellow helmets. WTHeck!?! You'd think that would be a total hot seller- look at all the neon jackets on bikers!

    WE NEED MORE HI-VIS HELMETS ON THE MARKET.
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  3. #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by tulip View Post
    I will definitely make the purchases when TE starts carrying the items. Thanks, itself!
    Me, too!!
    I want that helmet!!!
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  4. #4
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    Small heads, I can relate. My partner has to get childrens hats! Finding her a helmet is a bear of a task.

    I let Rupert from Proviz know that we all would appreciate their carrying smaller sizes.

    I am connecting Rupert with as many potential online dealers that may be interested in carrying his line. I hope it works out for TE!
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  5. #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by itself View Post
    Small heads, I can relate. My partner has to get childrens hats! Finding her a helmet is a bear of a task.
    I let Rupert from Proviz know that we all would appreciate their carrying smaller sizes.

    thank you!


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  6. #6
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    Lisa, I have a very small head, too.
    Maybe we can form a small head club. It's impossible for me to find hats for winter sports that aren't giant. I have to get women's specific or kids.
    But, I can wear the small sized Bell mtb helmet with lots of vents just fine. Having the ratchet in the back makes it very adjustable.
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  7. #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by itself View Post
    I let Rupert from Proviz know that we all would appreciate their carrying smaller sizes.
    YAY!! Thank you!

  8. #8
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    Love that helmet - the color and the lights, but I am with many of the others of you on sizing. I find that "universal" size helmets, pretty much cover my eyes, even when adjusted to their smallest setting.

  9. #9
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    This from Rupert at Proviz:

    At present our helmets come in various sizes. Saturn and Mercury - 52-58cm but fits both larger and smaller heads due to the adjustable headring. Eg I have a 61cm head yet the Saturn fits me perfectly... The Triton helmet runs to 62cm.
    We will be introducing more sizes of helmets but we have so many new products in the pipeline at the moment it's a question of juggling them all correctly to continue building the brand.
    Re the rucksacks. These are HUGE sellers. We regularly sell out of these - they are such a simple addition to anyone wanting to be seen at night. Why purchase a cover for your rucksack, when you can buy a waterproof rucksack, in hi viz yellow, with the added bonus of a lighting system that makes you stand out to the traffic?! The point of the electric blue colour is to allow the user to stand out above the sea of red car and other bike lights.
    Probably the biggest sellers are the jackets. These are proving even popular than the rucksacks which is saying something! We have sold many thousands of these in just one year. Again, they are not a 'hard sell' - they just make sense and customers realise this.
    Lisa

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  10. #10
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    Um.

    Helmets are tested with a head form that's within the range of sizes that the helmet is spec'ed to fit.

    Even if the adjuster can be turned to accommodate a head outside that range, it is NOT approved or tested for those heads. Now, rules for ECE approval might be different, but I don't think so, not from what I know about motorcycle helmets.

    Assuming this is a genuine email, it raises a lot of red flags to me, that the owner of the company would make such a claim.


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