Helmets are ugly
itboffin
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Yes this IS a helmet debate!!! :twisted:
Thanks to my sportive commitments I now HAVE to buy a helmet which i'm not pleased about I'm not a helmet wearer, so I pop into my LBS and try on a selection of helmet of various colours styles and sizes and came to the conclusion that HELMETS suck, they make you look like a nob I guess that's why they are called helmets.
Very unhappy about having to shell out for something which i'm only going to use a couple of times a year and then only under duress, next year I will boycott all UCI sportives then they'll know ... :roll:
Stupid ugly plastic foam useless rubbish grrr mumble mumble
Thanks to my sportive commitments I now HAVE to buy a helmet which i'm not pleased about I'm not a helmet wearer, so I pop into my LBS and try on a selection of helmet of various colours styles and sizes and came to the conclusion that HELMETS suck, they make you look like a nob I guess that's why they are called helmets.
Very unhappy about having to shell out for something which i'm only going to use a couple of times a year and then only under duress, next year I will boycott all UCI sportives then they'll know ... :roll:
Stupid ugly plastic foam useless rubbish grrr mumble mumble
Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
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Are you sure its not you that's ugly? I mean, you tried on lots of helmets and your noggin was the only thing in common. 8)
In seriousness, helmets look absurd unless you happen to be wearing one cycling.
And also bear in mind that no one is really looking at you. Particularly drivers.0 -
Always Tyred wrote:Are you sure its not you that's ugly? I mean, you tried on lots of helmets and your noggin was the only thing in common. 8)
In seriousness, helmets look absurd unless you happen to be wearing one cycling.
And also bear in mind that no one is really looking at you. Particularly drivers.
Yes they are.
They are thinking "My God. He looks like a giant knob riding a bike. If my bobbys helmet was that big my wife would love me long time"Chunky Cyclists need your love too! :-)
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Kieran_Burns wrote:Always Tyred wrote:Are you sure its not you that's ugly? I mean, you tried on lots of helmets and your noggin was the only thing in common. 8)
In seriousness, helmets look absurd unless you happen to be wearing one cycling.
And also bear in mind that no one is really looking at you. Particularly drivers.
Yes they are.
They are thinking "My God. He looks like a giant knob riding a bike. If my bobbys helmet was that big my wife would love me long time"
Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.0 -
Stupid ugly plastic foam useless rubbish grrr mumble mumble
Yep absolutely, although after face planting a van at about 20+mph, I was glad I was wearing my ugly lid.
Can you get covers for 'em, ie 70's 'fro, army bearskin etc?
F**k aerodynamics, I wanna pimp my helmet!"Bed is for sleepy people.
Let's get a kebab and go to a disco."
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itboffin wrote:Yes this IS a helmet debate!!! :twisted:
Thanks to my sportive commitments I now HAVE to buy a helmet which i'm not pleased about I'm not a helmet wearer, so I pop into my LBS and try on a selection of helmet of various colours styles and sizes and came to the conclusion that HELMETS suck, they make you look like a nob I guess that's why they are called helmets.
Very unhappy about having to shell out for something which i'm only going to use a couple of times a year and then only under duress, next year I will boycott all UCI sportives then they'll know ... :roll:
Stupid ugly plastic foam useless rubbish grrr mumble mumble
yes is rather anoying isn't it, capital to coast requires it so i had to go and get one, can't say i was enthused so it's a cheap one as like you i only expect to wear it a few times a year. I think the tour of the black mountains is okay, in that the info says one is advised rather than must, rather like the HI VIS and other such things.0 -
Get this one, stripy jersey and a string of onions. For that full on original tour style
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Bassjunkieuk wrote:Get an aero one, I mean your building a TT bike so in theory you have an excuse to legitimately own one.........
mrs itboffin is very patient but she draws the line at aero helmets i think she has a point on that one.
Er NO!Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.0 -
blu3cat wrote:Stupid ugly plastic foam useless rubbish grrr mumble mumble
Yep absolutely, although after face planting a van at about 20+mph, I was glad I was wearing my ugly lid.
Can you get covers for 'em, ie 70's 'fro, army bearskin etc?
F**k aerodynamics, I wanna pimp my helmet!
Not a from but ridiculous all the same 8)
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itboffin wrote:Bassjunkieuk wrote:Get an aero one, I mean your building a TT bike so in theory you have an excuse to legitimately own one.........
mrs itboffin is very patient but she draws the line at aero helmets i think she has a point on that one.
Er NO!
Why on earth would a company called "Bell" make a helmet...........would be amusing if it had "End" on the other side0 -
haha nice one belljunkie, I've never noticed that lovely bit of inuendo.Shazam !!0
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Always Tyred wrote:And also bear in mind that no one is really looking at you. Particularly drivers.0
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Helmets are ugly, but not as ugly as a cyclist who's done a face plant into asphalt at 25mph!
Or for that matter into the front of an SUV
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So we have to look ugly all the time because there's a very small chance we'll look ugly sometime, maybe, most likely never.
Let's live the beautiful life and throw the helmets.0 -
You calling me ugly...? :evil:
Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.0 -
Well I'm new to all this but I've heard about trolls and i thought looking at your picture...oh well the weather looks like it's turned for the weekend..what do you think?0
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I'm pleased about the change in weather for once if it rains this weekends Highclere sportive will be much more fun, those climbs and descents are hard in the dry but add a little water and the inevitable mud and its going to be a blood bath wooohahaha
PS. 99% of my training has been in the rain, wind & snowRule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.0 -
good luck and good riding0
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so i'm in Evans at the cut this morning trying on more helmets and I'm thinking to myself "you look like a giant penis"
Yes I said penis so what! it's in context :roll:
Here said it again...! stone him! !! !Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.0 -
The Beginner wrote:Helmets are ugly, but not as ugly as a cyclist who's done a face plant into asphalt at 25mph!
Or for that matter into the front of an SUV
http://www.pinkbike.com/news/rachel-ath ... -2009.html
Simon
Fail to see how a helmet is gonna help in a face plant situation! And I speak as someone who has face planted whilst wearing a lid - unsurprisingly it did nothing to help.- 2023 Vielo V+1
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jashburnham wrote:The Beginner wrote:Helmets are ugly, but not as ugly as a cyclist who's done a face plant into asphalt at 25mph!
Or for that matter into the front of an SUV
http://www.pinkbike.com/news/rachel-ath ... -2009.html
Simon
Fail to see how a helmet is gonna help in a face plant situation! And I speak as someone who has face planted whilst wearing a lid - unsurprisingly it did nothing to help.
Aha!!
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itboffin wrote:so i'm in Evans at the cut this morning trying on more helmets and I'm thinking to myself "you look like a giant penis"
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Get a purple one. Job done !
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Helmets ugly?
You are probably right but it's all about time, place and what you are used to.
I doubt many of us put on the full lycra to go down the pub. Why? Cos we wear it for function on the bike rather than it's inherent aesthetic qualities...0 -
jedster wrote:Helmets ugly?
You are probably right but it's all about time, place and what you are used to.
I doubt many of us put on the full lycra to go down the pub. Why? Cos we wear it for function on the bike rather than it's inherent aesthetic qualities...
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jedster wrote:Helmets ugly?
You are probably right but it's all about time, place and what you are used to.
I doubt many of us put on the full lycra to go down the pub. Why? Cos we wear it for function on the bike rather than it's inherent aesthetic qualities...
Not been to one of our social events yet have you?
Some people go home to get their lycra before coming to the pub FACT!Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.0 -
jashburnham wrote:The Beginner wrote:Helmets are ugly, but not as ugly as a cyclist who's done a face plant into asphalt at 25mph!
Or for that matter into the front of an SUV
http://www.pinkbike.com/news/rachel-ath ... -2009.html
Simon
Fail to see how a helmet is gonna help in a face plant situation! And I speak as someone who has face planted whilst wearing a lid - unsurprisingly it did nothing to help.
Until this week, all my offs were without a helmet. I've fixed that now - fortunately the helmet is undamaged.Bike1
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Bike 2
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New Bike
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Not been to one of our social events yet have you?
no, I will one ofthese daysSome people go home to get their lycra before coming to the pub FACT!
Yeah but it's like a Freemason's convention - rolling up the trouser leg and baring a breast - it's not a NORMAL pub trip is it? IS IT? :shock:0