What kind of helmet do you use?

I am here in the city also and as some have said just wear a warmer liner or hat under my helmet when it starts getting cooler. I wear one of these http://oldglory.com/lp/Captain-America-Face-Ski-Mask/p/044836CTHT?gclid=CK614cmFpKwCFQJ8hwod6yJnBg without the graphics though rei has lots http://www.rei.com/search?search=snow+hat&origin=Google&seq=281&hist=search%2Csnow+hat when it gets colder I wear something more like madrhinos pic http://www.rei.com/product/820622/rei-quilted-aviator-hat-girls with matching lipstick of course. :) You need the gloves for when they run you down for to keep all yer fingers in one place.
 
If it's too cold for me to just wear a turtleneck sweater unrolled up over my chin, and one of my regular bike helmets, I put on my MC FF helmet, with the face shield down if I need to.

Before I got the MC helmet, I'd usually just pull the turtleneck up over my nose, too, soemtimes two of them, or a scarf with elastic bands sewn onto it. (I hadn't yet thought of making or finding balaclavas).
 
AW - my favorite Balaclava is made of Silk. Very thin but very warm. Found via snowmobile supplier many years ago. Used for thousands of cold weather miles on m/c and now winter eBike commuting.

This site was in a thread recently and those interested should also check the unique helmet offerings:

http://goeco.ie/index.html
 
This helmet has worked out well for me year around in sun and rain: AGV Blade Helmet

If you wear glasses then it's a must-have. The inside tends to fog up if the humidity is high and/or the weather is cold. I use Cat-Crap to prevent that.

+5 Balaclava and/or turtleneck ;)

Cheers, KF
 
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Personally I use one of these, keep it round my neck to keep the cold wind from getting down the front of my jacket and pull it up like bandit mask when it get's really cold or to cut out a bit of bus exhaust fumes.

Can also be worn like a hat under the helmet to keep your ears warm.

Oh and it fits in your back pocket easily.
 
Thanks all for the suggestions!

I would wear my MX helmet and most all of my issues would be resolved, but the main trouble I have with it is that in the position that I am in on a recumbent, it's more difficult to turn my head to look unless a sit-up, and that is just too much work! :roll: :lol:

With a standard bicycle helmet, I can see much better, but once the helmet is much thicker on the sides, it becomes a problem.

Sure I could get some larger mirrors to mount on the handlebars, but I'm just not sure I want to have to do that just yet, and I would still need to glance back sometimes.

With the MX helmet I catch myself wanting to turn with out looking as good as I should! Not a good habit to start. :shock:
 
Maybe it's because I'm a motorcyclist 1st but I can't understand how people can ride in traffic without mirrors? IMHO, gotta know what's coming up behind you in order to take 'protective' action.
 
Ykick said:
Maybe it's because I'm a motorcyclist 1st but I can't understand how people can ride in traffic without mirrors? IMHO, gotta know what's coming up behind you in order to take 'protective' action.
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Oh I do have a mirror, and I completely agree with you, I just don't have them on my bars, I have one on my helmet that works very well, I just mean it might be time to have both.

Here is that kind I use:

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http://sheldonbrown.com/harris/mirrors.html

I have it attached to the visor of my helmet, and I totally agree, a friend of mine refused to get even a helmet mirror until he was convinced to do so on his bicycle trip from Portland to San Francisco by his wife.

I really like mirrors that are attached to the helmet because you can instantly adjust them with a minor tilt of the head, and if you position them right, you have an even larger field of vision than anything I have had with a typical bar mounted motorcycle mirror.

Once I get my set-up where I truly want it, I will have hard and semi-hard luggage with batteries, charger, and turn signals all around the bike, and I will have mirrors that also have blinkers integrated into them.

Good mirrors that don't buzz are not cheap, and I will most likely end up modifying something designed for a scooter, hopefully that have the lights in them in factory trim.
 
The two motorcycle mirrors I've used are the only ones that don't "buzz". They actually are cheap ones, probably in the $10-20 range. The one I cracked when CB2 fell over, which came from a box of assorted junk on Freecycle, and the one donated to me new that I put on DayGlo Avenger (and moved to CB2 after breaking the other) have both been good.

I prefer the ones that are "widescreen" shaped, as I can position them to see more of the road.

Helmet mirrors are good, too, but I have always had a problem damaging them or breaking them off because I forget they stick out, and I hit them on things when I am walking with the helmet on (like when parking the bike, or locking it up, bringing it in the house, etc.). So I currently don't have any helmet mirrors (just parts to build a couple new ones, sitting in a bin somewhere).
 
amberwolf said:
The two motorcycle mirrors I've used are the only ones that don't "buzz". They actually are cheap ones, probably in the $10-20 range. The one I cracked when CB2 fell over, which came from a box of assorted junk on Freecycle, and the one donated to me new that I put on DayGlo Avenger (and moved to CB2 after breaking the other) have both been good.

I prefer the ones that are "widescreen" shaped, as I can position them to see more of the road.

Helmet mirrors are good, too, but I have always had a problem damaging them or breaking them off because I forget they stick out, and I hit them on things when I am walking with the helmet on (like when parking the bike, or locking it up, bringing it in the house, etc.). So I currently don't have any helmet mirrors (just parts to build a couple new ones, sitting in a bin somewhere).
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You might want to test out one of these if you like the idea of a helmet mirror too, they are guaranteed not to break period.

They are very well made, they flex and bend to get just the right angle on all three axis.

I have dropped it, sat on it, stepped on it accidentally when I used to have them attached to my glasses and they never even scratched.

Using them on glasses was a bit of a pain because I would reach up to move my helmet and catch them with my hand and knock them off, but once I decided to firmly attach them to the visor of my helmet, I haven't had a problem with them since. :)
 
I have been looking at their construction, and I should be able to make one easily enough, once I have some time. :roll: :lol:

I can use old broken stainless spokes for the rods, and some brass tubing I have around here somewhere for the pivot joint sleeves. Then just use the dental mirrors I'd intended for my other mirror project.
 
amberwolf said:
I have been looking at their construction, and I should be able to make one easily enough, once I have some time. :roll: :lol:

I can use old broken stainless spokes for the rods, and some brass tubing I have around here somewhere for the pivot joint sleeves. Then just use the dental mirrors I'd intended for my other mirror project.
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Well, you could, but I would recommend something much more pliable than a spoke, it's much less stiff wire. :wink:

And the mirror is plastic, something pretty strong but not brittle, and the coating is pretty tough, maybe a dental mirror from the kit of someone who goes to help out in third world countries would be strong & resilient enough, not the typical glass or plastic mirrors. :p
 
The Harris Cyclery site said they are stainless steel and brass, so I assumed the steel part is not meant to bend but rather simply flex if needed. The pivots appear to be inside the brass tubes, so that there are two separate wires going into them, one from each end, which can independently rotate within the brass.

If I need more pliability of the steel, I can simply use crappy steel spokes, as they are VERY bendable (I've used old broken ones to tie down hardware onto bikes, like baling wire). But the handful of broken stainless ones I have are flexible enough to suit, I think.

I'd love to use an acrylic mirror, but what I happen to have is stainless-steel backed and edged little round dental mirrors, so that's what I'll have to use. I also have various other mirrors I could cut small enough pieces from, but none are plastic except for some garbage ones that the silver flakes off from after they get wet.

If I had any idea where the brass tubing was, or the mirrors, I'd probably try whipping one up right now. :)
 
I only max-out at 32mph (50kmh) like most folks here, which ia plenty fast, this is cool and safe helmet made for e-bikes.

They also sell earmufs that are buit-in.
 
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For sure, at 50 mph you are a motorcycle, so why wear a bike helmet for that?

I ended up running a race with a open face motorcycle hemet. Why? because in a low tuck, I couldn't see out of my full face motorcycle helmet. It's low forehead covering blocked my view of the upcoming corners. That was no racing helmet, it was for cruising on a goldwing or a bmw.

Something to consider, if 50 mph also means tucking.

On a "bike" I wear bike helmets. In winter, I switch to a snowboard helmet, or a full face DH bike helmet. I noticed this year at the red bull cliff hucking competition, that the riders often wore not only full face, but had the attached neck collars as well. Makes sense if you are backflipping off cliffs.
 
@ 45+ mph I'd put on body armor too. A mind is a terrible thing to waste. So is your arms and legs.
 
During winter, a full face mc helmet works great. Recently bought this one. For just around the hood, I usually don't wear a helmet with temps above 58F.helmet.jpg
 
i usually wear full face all year round but then i live on the south coast of england so its pretty cold most of the time and i like my face and teeth the way they are lol

this is mine :
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I also wear a ski/snowboarding helmet now. Much more protection, warmer, more comfortable and stylish than a bike helmet. They're still very light-weight and relatively cheap.
 
I wear a Giro Remedy DH racing helmet, about a dozen times in the summer. I also wear a helmet in the winter sometimes, when it is very cold. For me it is not a matter of speed, it is about weather and trail conditions, where and how I'm going to ride. I don't like wearing a helmet, but sometimes it is better to.
 
Boston weather was something like 20*f, plus a bunch of wind chill. Cold enough to make exposed skin hut if outside more than a minute. This is the weather where a full face helmet of come sort really helps. I use a full face "modular" motorcycle helmet. That's the kind where the whole face part flips up. The flip-face function is great for catching breath at a stop (when pedaling heavy), or to see clearly when stopped/fishing in the bag for stuff. I swear by one for riding below ~35*f/2*c
 
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