The fact that some of you believe more spend buys more protection is interesting, aside from not wanting to feel like you’ve been mugged, what is that based on?
Based on the fact that cheap helmets tend to have few vents, are heavier, and have less adjustment latitude, whereas more expensive helmets are much lighter, with bigger vents, a much wider and more sophisticated range of adjustment and don’t look like you’re wearing a pudding bowl strapped to your head.
Having hit my head hard on tarmac once at walking speed when my singlespeed went out from under me, for no obvious reason, leaving me with a life-changing knee injury, (osteoarthritis in two places), and the side of my face badly grazed, the peak on my lid, a Giro if I remember, took the brunt of the impact, which I’m certain would have seen me in hospital with at least a concussion, possibly worse – people have died from a fall hitting their head on a kerbstone.
I’m not prepared to compromise safety or comfort by being a cheapskate. I’m also not going to wear something that’s just plain ugly.
