Yakkay Helmets (with fashion covers)

cee
cee Posts: 4,553
edited February 2010 in Commuting chat
What do folks make of these then?

http://www.50cycles.com/yakkay-helmets.php

:D
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  • artaxerxes
    artaxerxes Posts: 612
    I've seen a guy on my commuting route from Greenwich with one of these (the herringbone one). I wonder how hot they get in the summer, and also how waterproof those helmet covers are.
  • fossyant
    fossyant Posts: 2,549
    :?
  • Mikelyons
    Mikelyons Posts: 154
    Might be of interest to anyone worried about being "uncool " with a normal helmet.

    I note that they're marketed by an electric bike company and I guess if you ride one of those, you don't need so much ventilation.

    Probably too hot for use on a normal bike.
    Sizes also seem a bit small .Certainly wouldn't fit me

    Their large size is 57-59cm , Giro large size is 59-61cm.

    Mike
  • Agent57
    Agent57 Posts: 2,300
    artaxerxes wrote:
    I've seen a guy on my commuting route from Greenwich with one of these (the herringbone one). I wonder how hot they get in the summer, and also how waterproof those helmet covers are.

    Do the covers need to be waterproof? Surely the hardshell helmet underneath possesses waterproof powers.
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  • claash
    claash Posts: 145
    thought they looked great. Tried one on and it was soooooo uncomfortable. Maybe I have an odd shaped head
  • artaxerxes
    artaxerxes Posts: 612
    Do the covers need to be waterproof? Surely the hardshell helmet underneath possesses waterproof powers.

    Well if they soaked up rain like a towel wouldn't it be quite heavy after a long ride?
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Not my cup of tea.
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  • CdrJake
    CdrJake Posts: 296
    I'm sorry but you wear those kinds of helmets to play polo not to ride a bike!
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  • teagar
    teagar Posts: 2,100
    CdrJake wrote:
    I'm sorry but you wear those kinds of helmets to play polo not to ride a bike!

    Even the Bez one? yakkay-leaves-150.jpg
    Note: the above post is an opinion and not fact. It might be a lie.
  • artaxerxes
    artaxerxes Posts: 612
    They should do one shaped like a pith helmet, would be a good one to wear for the tweed run.
  • CdrJake
    CdrJake Posts: 296
    teagar wrote:
    CdrJake wrote:
    I'm sorry but you wear those kinds of helmets to play polo not to ride a bike!

    Even the Bez one? yakkay-leaves-150.jpg

    You may laugh but I have seen it among the young female players.
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  • supersonic
    supersonic Posts: 82,708
    tokyo-stripes-450.jpg

    I gotta get one of those!
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  • N0bodyOfTheGoat
    N0bodyOfTheGoat Posts: 6,071
    A reverse baseball cap top: Maybe
    A tweedle-dee tweedle-dum or horse jockey affair: Not on your nelly! :twisted:
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  • fossyant
    fossyant Posts: 2,549
    Not very aero is it :lol:
  • cee
    cee Posts: 4,553
    I just thought that they were quite neat....

    Personally though, I am holding out for the Deerstalker!

    :D
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    H.G. Wells.
  • rally200
    rally200 Posts: 646
    cee wrote:
    I just thought that they were quite neat....

    Personally though, I am holding out for the Deerstalker!

    :D

    absolutely, I'll take one of each: a Tokyo for round town, a Cambridge (sshurley they mean Newmarket) for the racing, and (until they make a deerstalker) a Paris in oilskin for shooting on the estate.
  • NGale
    NGale Posts: 1,866
    much to someone disgust I quite like them, a deffinate maybe for me :wink:
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