Helmets -- Have you ever bought one online?

[Crankin]

I always have 2 helmets, too, although for a different reason: I am a huge head sweater. I ruin helmets quicker than anyone I know. DH buys extra pieces of the padding, which deteriorate from sweat for some of the ones I've had and extends the life. But, the one I got about 6 months after I got my Silque is trashed, and the helmet is about 3 years old. I can only wear Bell helmets, so DH found one and ordered it while we were flying home yesterday. It has MIPS and lots of vents. My other helmet is holding up well, and is a bit older, but gets worn less. It also has relpaceable pads.
I looked at the 3 other women who came on my trip. They all had longer hair than me. When they stopped riding, they just took their helmets off and their hair was perfect. Dry and not looking like they had just come out of a rainstorm. Not only is my head and hair soaked through, I am always soaked right through my jersey and have loads of salt matted around my face.

[emily_in_nc]

I always have 2 helmets, too, although for a different reason: I am a huge head sweater. I ruin helmets quicker than anyone I know. DH buys extra pieces of the padding, which deteriorate from sweat for some of the ones I've had and extends the life. But, the one I got about 6 months after I got my Silque is trashed, and the helmet is about 3 years old. I can only wear Bell helmets, so DH found one and ordered it while we were flying home yesterday. It has MIPS and lots of vents. My other helmet is holding up well, and is a bit older, but gets worn less. It also has relpaceable pads.
I looked at the 3 other women who came on my trip. They all had longer hair than me. When they stopped riding, they just took their helmets off and their hair was perfect. Dry and not looking like they had just come out of a rainstorm. Not only is my head and hair soaked through, I am always soaked right through my jersey and have loads of salt matted around my face.

Yes, this confirms that we were separated at birth! Ditto, ditto, ditto. I always hated club rides where we'd convene at a restaurant at the half-way point or end of a ride as I dare not take off my helmet for the horrific helmet hair I'd have. When it's longer, like now, I can literally twist and wring out my ponytail. I get the salt deposits really bad on my helmet straps and sides of face as well. Not a pretty look!

This is truly the downside about living in a hot and humid climate, as we did in both Belize and Mexico. I loved getting up in the morning and not even thinking about what I would wear; it was shorts and a tank top or light t-shirt pretty much every day -- easy-peasy. I loved never being cold. But what I didn't love was the drippy face/scalp/hair I'd get on even the shortest walk or bike ride, while DH stayed cool as a cucumber, relatively speaking. Not fair at all!

[jodian]

I have a MET Terra and I love it. Bought it online.