Early last year I needed a new helmet, so bought a Giro Hex. It fitted well in the shop and has done sterling service over a year of commuting and riding in general. It's always been comfortable and stable, even with a tesco torch (remember those?) velcroed to it for commuting in the dark duties.
Yesterday I replaced the pads in it because they were going a bit manky; in doing so I noticed some little things like pop-fasteners between the front of the plastic strap round the back of your head and the actual helmet were undone. Assuming they had popped out while I took the old pads out I popped them back in.
Come this morning and my helmet wouldn't fit on! After puzzling for a moment I unpopped the poppers and it's back to normal.
It's a medium sized helmet, and I've always had medium sized helmets before, but with the poppers in it was miles too small; the plastic strap was way inside the outer shell.
What gives? Should I really be using a Large (or even an Extra Large, given how much smaller it was) helmet? Do Giro helmets size up really really small? Is it just optional adjustment that you don't have to use?
Could anyone else with one see whether their poppers are in or out, as it were?
Confused of Cannock
