Helmets are ugly

itboffin

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

always_tyred

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.

Kieran_Burns

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"

itboffin

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"

blu3cat

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!

Bassjunkieuk

Get an aero one, I mean your building a TT bike so in theory you have an excuse to legitimately own one.........

roger_merriman

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.

prawny

Get this one, stripy jersey and a string of onions. For that full on original tour style




Love it

itboffin

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!

prawny

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)

Bassjunkieuk

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 side

DomPro

haha nice one belljunkie, I've never noticed that lovely bit of inuendo.

rally200

prawny wrote:

Get this one, stripy jersey and a string of onions. For that full on original tour style




Love it

or great if you want to look like Ross Kemp in one of his playing at soldiers programmes. (why can actors never put a beret on right?)

OldSkoolKona

Always Tyred wrote:

And also bear in mind that no one is really looking at you. Particularly drivers.

Fricking hilarious

The Rookie

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

bluesacs

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.

itboffin

You calling me ugly...? :evil:

bluesacs

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?

itboffin

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 & snow

bluesacs

good luck and good riding

itboffin

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! !! !

il_principe

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.

prawny

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!!

Fireblade96

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"
!

Get a purple one. Job done !

jedster

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...

il_principe

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...

Oh you'd be surprised!

itboffin

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!

Christophe3967

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.

jedster

Not been to one of our social events yet have you?

no, I will one ofthese days

Some 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: