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Helmets - the definitive thread.. ** Mod Note - Please read Opening Post **

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    #2222
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 49,346 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    weirdly, my dad also bought a bike helmet today (in cyclezone in blanch) and they told him there that the irish have larger than usual heads.


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    #2223
    youtheman
    Registered Users Posts: 1,278 ✭✭✭youtheman


    magicbastarder wrote: »
    anyone know of anywhere on the northside with a decent stock of helmets?
    i've a large head for the size of me, and the size L mavics derek in humphries had in stock are too small (57-61cm i think); the other decent helmets he has are the wrong shape (too round) and the only helmet which seemed to be a good fit was a cheaper BBB one with not enough ventilation for me. that was a 58-63cm one IIRC.

    I, too, have a massive 'noggin'. But I have been quite successful in getting helmets that go up to 63 cm. Current one is Giro Savant. Before that I had a Specialized Max. Both fitted well (with room to spare).


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    #2224
    CramCycle
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    For the amount going on in many of them I imagine it is unexpectedly large in many cases.


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    #2225
    MojoMaker
    Registered Users Posts: 4,635 ✭✭✭MojoMaker


    magicbastarder wrote: »
    weirdly, my dad also bought a bike helmet today (in cyclezone in blanch) and they told him there that the irish have larger than usual heads.

    Bike shop owners during COVID-19 I assume he meant :pac:

    Good auld Justin :)


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    #2226
    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 39,513 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    Just following up on my recent query: I've purchased a Giro Atmos 2 Helmet 2019 - bright red/black from bike24.
    Thanks for the help.


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    #2227
    68 lost souls
    Registered Users Posts: 3,985 ✭✭✭68 lost souls


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Can't help with shops but can tell you the sizing on my ones.

    A L in a Kask Mojito / Mojito X is 59-62 and fits nicely. I believe they also do an XL in those. Giro sizing adds .5cm so L is 59-62.5 and they also do one size up again.

    The Kask is perfect on my head and the Giro nice and better than most but still looks a bit mushroomy on my head.

    I have a large kask mojito and a large giro vanquish. I find the giro is actually a little too big. My head is somewhere in the border between large and medium it seems


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    #2228
    CantGetNoSleep
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    I've also got a massive head,have had to send back L helmets in the past. Once got a Giro that fitted great after two or three that just wouldn't work, and I've stuck with them every since. Looking for something new now actually so considering if I should change or go with a Giro Synthe


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    #2229
    MojoMaker
    Registered Users Posts: 4,635 ✭✭✭MojoMaker


    If you like Giro then their Foray helmet is worth a look. It sizes down quite small and has pretty low volume up top. I was a 61-63 in a Giro Savant but oddly a 57-59 in a Foray. Nice neat helmet and won't break the bank, even if you go for the MIPS version.


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    #2230
    JMcL
    Registered Users Posts: 2,212 ✭✭✭JMcL


    My head is both large and shaped such that the majority of helmets I try seem to be uncomfortable up top (not helped by lack of padding from hair) so I've a divil of a time trying to get helmets to fit (that and the mushroom look). I've a Giro at the moment which I'm very happy with I must say


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    #2231
    tomasrojo
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    Potential all-ages mandatory helmet law passed in lower house of Isle of Man

    https://road.cc/content/news/iom-make-bike-helmets-compulsory-all-274379

    Would be the only one in Europe, if it goes all the way.

    I don't know anything much about the Isle of Man, so no idea if the legislative council can amend the proposed road traffic legislation much.


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    #2232
    magicbastarder
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    Doesn't the isle of man have no speed limits?


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    #2233
    JMcL
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    tomasrojo wrote: »
    Potential all-ages mandatory helmet law passed in lower house of Isle of Man

    https://road.cc/content/news/iom-make-bike-helmets-compulsory-all-274379

    Would be the only one in Europe, if it goes all the way.

    I don't know anything much about the Isle of Man, so no idea if the legislative council can amend the proposed road traffic legislation much.

    Like the channel islands they're a bit odd with regard to their relationship with the UK. Kermode and Mayo had a lengthy discussion about it on their BBC film podcast a few weeks ago (as you do!), so they've sort of got an in but not in relationship with the UK (wikipedia entry), but can make their own laws, hence stuff like the no speed limit and facilitating all manner of tax dodgers.


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    #2234
    magicbastarder
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    from tomasrojo's link:
    While some European countries have compulsory helmet laws that apply to children – under-15s in the case of Slovakia and Slovenia, and under-12s in France and Sweden, for example
    are kids expected to carry ID?
    i.e. if an 11 year old is out cycling in france without a helmet, and is stopped by police, what happens next?


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    #2235
    triggermortis
    Registered Users Posts: 2,684 ✭✭✭triggermortis


    magicbastarder wrote: »
    Doesn't the isle of man have no speed limits?

    There are speed limits in built up areas but once you’re out of those it’s a free for all


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    #2236
    buffalo
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    magicbastarder wrote: »
    i.e. if an 11 year old is out cycling in france without a helmet, and is stopped by police, what happens next?

    Guillotine?


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    #2237
    Cookie_Monster
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    tomasrojo wrote: »
    Potential all-ages mandatory helmet law passed in lower house of Isle of Man

    https://road.cc/content/news/iom-make-bike-helmets-compulsory-all-274379
    .

    i presume they want to get rid of cyclists and get more vehicle based tourists due to the lack of speed limits? Because that is the only thing a mandatory rule facilitates.


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    #2238
    magicbastarder
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    is there an isle of man TT for cyclists?


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    #2239
    [Deleted User]
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    magicbastarder wrote: »
    is there an isle of man TT for cyclists?

    There is a sportive held there every year that uses the TT course I think.


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    #2240
    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 39,513 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    Isle of Man NOT looking to make cycle helmets compulsory
    Members of Tynwald's lower house had expressed concerns over cycle helmets being made mandatory...


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    #2241
    magicbastarder
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    does anyone know if there's such a thing as buying a sheet of the lined foam used for helmet padding, from which you could cut your own pads? rather than paying €10 upwards for a set of replacement pads.


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    #2242
    magicbastarder
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    this is odd.

    Bicycle shop owners lobby Co Mayo TD to call for mandatory helmets
    Some of Co Mayo’s bicycle shop owners have lobbied a local TD to call for making bicycle helmets mandatory — an idea which is highly controversial and opposed by Irish and European cycling campaign groups.
    https://irishcycle.com/2020/06/13/bicycle-shop-owners-lobby-co-mayo-td-to-call-for-mandatory-helmets/

    it's based on a claim made by a TD but no bike shops actually named.


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    #2243
    tomasrojo
    Registered Users Posts: 11,766 ✭✭✭✭tomasrojo


    Think that's a polite "no" from Griffin.


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    #2244
    WashYourHands
    Registered Users Posts: 75 ✭✭WashYourHands


    I saw someone on a cycle today that had a helmet... but it was hanging from their handlebar! Personally I'll always bring my helmet on a cycle. I don't even notice it really.


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    #2245
    tomasrojo
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    Dillon appears keen to keep pushing this:
    https://twitter.com/Alan_Dillon/status/1272114055403024384


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    #2246
    tomasrojo
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    Look as if it's getting fairly ratio'd though.


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    #2247
    magicbastarder
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    yeah, the comments are an entertaining read.


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    #2248
    AndrewJRenko
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    magicbastarder wrote: »
    yeah, the comments are an entertaining read.

    You can just imagine the 'sure this is a no-brainer, who could possibly object to this' thinking behind the proposal, and then suddenly he starts reading the twitter replies....


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    #2249
    LeinsterDub
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    AndrewJRenko wrote: »
    You can just imagine the 'sure this is a no-brainer, who could possibly object to this' thinking behind the proposal, and then suddenly he starts reading the twitter replies....

    He's done this before. He clearly doesn't care what people think


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    #2250
    tomasrojo
    Registered Users Posts: 11,766 ✭✭✭✭tomasrojo


    I suppose if there's another election he might have some chance of success, I don't know, but I can't see the proposed programme for government, with the 3x higher budget for walking and cycling, permitting something that's associated with a drop in the number of people cycling.


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    #2251
    tomasrojo
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    AndrewJRenko wrote: »
    You can just imagine the 'sure this is a no-brainer, who could possibly object to this' thinking behind the proposal, and then suddenly he starts reading the twitter replies....

    I think this has happened to other politicians: "Hey, look at this open door that apparently nobody's noticed in decades!". Apparently it's brought up in the Dáil most years, with the proponent suddenly finding out that there's very stiff opposition to it. Seems to have happened to Paul Murphy anyway.


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