New lid suggestions puhrlease

symo
symo Posts: 1,743
edited April 2009 in Commuting chat
OK I need a new helmet in black and red ideally to match the kiron. Any suggestions around the £100 mark? Road biased of course.
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  • LazyBoycp
    LazyBoycp Posts: 320
    edited April 2009
    This do you?

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    Specialized Propero, about £70. I got one recently and quite like it. Think DDD and one or two others have it too.

    Edit: Ah, just looked at the Scandium and it looks as though the it has a darker shade of red...
  • nation
    nation Posts: 609
    I don't have any specific suggestions, but Giro have a brilliant crash replacement scheme. I got my Animas MTB helmet replaced for bugger all + postage after I had my big off.
  • greg66_tri_v2.0
    greg66_tri_v2.0 Posts: 7,172
    MET Stradivarius Ultimalite.

    More holes than helmet.
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  • DonDaddyD
    DonDaddyD Posts: 12,689
    I used to get headaches wearing my old £45 Limar helmet.

    The Propero is great because it has those 'forehead vents' great for getting wind to that part of the brain. Also I think the wind keeps the sweat from dripping down the forhead and into the eyes.

    The S-works version (model up) is basically the same helmet with larger vents and carbonfibre.

    When I buy another helmet probably I'll go for one the helmets listed below. The helmet would have to be wind tunnel designed to aid my need of cutting through air at very high speeds. Ultimately my decision based on which one most matches the colour scheme of my bike.

    Bell Volt or Sweep
    Giro Atmos or Ionus
    MET Stradivarius - gets a plus +1 bonus because of the name.
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  • bigmat
    bigmat Posts: 5,134
    Another vote for the Bell Sweep R for me, or the Volt if you can find it within budget. Really depends on what fits best though. Most manufacturers have a slightly different fit. Bell works for me, with Met maybe second best. Giro and Specialized just don't fit right and the Limar I tried was appalling. Your head will be completely different and you might find things the other way round, so definitely a case of try before you buy.

    For bling / vale factor, I reckon the Propero and the Sweep R are good bets though.
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  • always_tyred
    always_tyred Posts: 4,965
    MatHammond wrote:
    Another vote for the Bell Sweep R for me, or the Volt if you can find it within budget. Really depends on what fits best though. Most manufacturers have a slightly different fit. Bell works for me, with Met maybe second best. Giro and Specialized just don't fit right and the Limar I tried was appalling. Your head will be completely different and you might find things the other way round, so definitely a case of try before you buy.

    For bling / vale factor, I reckon the Propero and the Sweep R are good bets though.
    Aren't Bell and Giro owned by the same company now?
  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    DonDaddyD wrote:
    I used to get headaches wearing my old £45 Limar helmet.

    The Propero is great because it has those 'forehead vents' great for getting wind to that part of the brain. Also I think the wind keeps the sweat from dripping down the forhead and into the eyes.

    The S-works version (model up) is basically the same helmet with larger vents and carbonfibre.

    When I buy another helmet probably I'll go for one the helmets listed below. The helmet would have to be wind tunnel designed to aid my need of cutting through air at very high speeds. Ultimately my decision based on which one most matches the colour scheme of my bike.

    Bell Volt or Sweep
    Giro Atmos or Ionus
    MET Stradivarius - gets a plus +1 bonus because of the name.
    I use a Bell Sweep R for the commute and have an Ionos for events/trips/group riding where helmets are required. Both are pretty good in terms of fit comfort and air-cooling. Wore the Ionos in the alps last summer, didn't really notice I was wearing it most of the time
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  • DonDaddyD
    DonDaddyD Posts: 12,689
    MatHammond wrote:
    Another vote for the Bell Sweep R for me, or the Volt if you can find it within budget. Really depends on what fits best though. Most manufacturers have a slightly different fit. Bell works for me, with Met maybe second best. Giro and Specialized just don't fit right and the Limar I tried was appalling. Your head will be completely different and you might find things the other way round, so definitely a case of try before you buy.

    For bling / vale factor, I reckon the Propero and the Sweep R are good bets though.

    Absolutely try before you buy, everyone I see wearing a Propero seems to have it leaning to one side.
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  • biondino
    biondino Posts: 5,990
    Last time I tried on helmets they all looked appalling and didn't fit properly. It was very discouraging! Especially as, notwithstanding the smell, my current Trek lid is getting a bit bruised and battered and it's only a matter of time before some key element of it gives way.
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  • fossyant
    fossyant Posts: 2,549
    Bell Volt here - cracking....bit cold in winter 8)
  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    If I wore a helmet it'd probably be a catlike whisper plus...

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    Available in many colours... :) and on sale at Prendas for £99.95

    http://www.prendas.co.uk/details.asp?ID=1348
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  • mountainroadie
    mountainroadie Posts: 244
    specialized s-works d2 in the silence/lotto colours :P
  • AndyManc
    AndyManc Posts: 1,393
    LazyBoycp wrote:
    This do you?



    Specialized Propero, about £70. I got one recently and quite like it. Think DDD and one or two others have it too.

    Edit: Ah, just looked at the Scandium and it looks as though the it has a darker shade of red...

    +1

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  • symo
    symo Posts: 1,743
    Hmmm, good choices. The spec will match my Kirons bottle cages, and carbon fibre version available eh?. The catlike has white on it, whilst not as much of a tart as some it will clash, may have to try it though. I like the look of the Atmos I must admit.
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  • Harry B
    Harry B Posts: 1,239
    I've got the Giro Ionos which is very light and well ventilated. Most of the time you don't really know you've got it on and you can get it in red black and carbon
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  • whyamihere
    whyamihere Posts: 7,714
    Whatever fits you best. I won't use anything other than Giros, because nothing else fits me as well.
  • prawny
    prawny Posts: 5,440
    Slightly off topic but did anyone see the helmet that david rebellin was wearing in the fleche-wallone? Eurgh!
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  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    If I wore a helmet it'd probably be a catlike whisper plus...

    20080505_whisperplus_euskal.jpg

    Available in many colours... :) and on sale at Prendas for £99.95

    http://www.prendas.co.uk/details.asp?ID=1348

    You great TART.
  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155
    Bell Sweep R. Although I only wear it when rules dictate I must.
  • fossyant
    fossyant Posts: 2,549
    Cat likes are orrible.......sorry....no where near as nice as the Volt, or Sweep R
  • marchant
    marchant Posts: 362
    Bring back the Air Piranha dammit! A £90 lid that had a sense of humour; tiny teeth in the forehead vent and an ickle fin on the back.
  • mountainroadie
    mountainroadie Posts: 244
    marchant wrote:
    Bring back the Air Piranha dammit! A £90 lid that had a sense of humour; tiny teeth in the forehead vent and an ickle fin on the back.

    yeah would love to see a fin on a spesh s-works d2

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