Helmets @ Aldi

Heads Up, intentional pun:rolleyes:

Once again Aldi is going to be selling their snowboard/ski helmets which are also good for cycling

https://www.aldi.co.uk/en/specialbuys/thur-3-dec/product-detail/ps/p/adults-skisnowboard-helmet-1/

I purchased one of these helmets 3 years ago for £19.99 and have found it to be far superior to the normal cycle helmet . It fits snuggly , is warmer and the chinstrap is comfortable . They only came in matt black or white then . Anyone with doubts should set them aside and buy one . I remember recommending one to Lynda , but she was having none of it . I won`t try with Flecc , I don`t think I could convince him !

These helmets do look like they give better protection than a normal cycle helmet.... although i should imagine they are hot in the summer.

Although neither will apply to me as i rarely wear a cycle helmet anyway.

I won`t try with Flecc , I don`t think I could convince him !

 

If I needed a helmet, for example in doing something dangerous like rock climbing, climbing a ladder or getting a heavy saucepan down from a high shelf, I'd be very happy to wear one of these.

 

But not for walking down the street, running or cycling.

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If I needed a helmet, for example in doing something dangerous like rock climbing, climbing a ladder or getting a heavy saucepan down from a high shelf, I'd be very happy to wear one of these.

 

But not for walking down the street, running or cycling.

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Oh flecc, you don't go running do you?

Oh flecc, you don't go running do you?

 

While I've been out walking in tne countryside I do very occasionally break into short runs just to keep muscle loose, active and able.

 

You know the old motto, "Use it or lose it".

 

But my mention of running was just a deliberate tease of the helmet brigade. E-bikes are assist limited to about 15 mph and most who ever buy an ebike never exceed that on the flat but often wear helmets, even when cycling in very flat areas. An averagely fit adult can run at around 18 mph for short distances but when doing so would never dream of wearing a helmet. Of course this is only one of the many examples of irrationality in helmet wearing choices.

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Is that a smart Aldi designer helmet?

• Size/height adjustable for optimal fit
  
• Adjustable strap with cushioned chin pad
  
• Goggles holder
  
• Washable inside padding
  
• Includes removable rear light
  
• M/L available in white and L/XL available in blue or black
  

Two unusual but potentially useful features I see

Heads Up, intentional pun:rolleyes:

Once again Aldi is going to be selling their snowboard/ski helmets which are also good for cycling

 

Thanks for the link, though I doubt the small Aldi nearby will have much in, I do wear a helmet, but had to get a pointy one as that's all the local Halfords had in my size - what can I say - I have literally a big head, and after 40yrs driving a van (not white van man) I know how people drive around where I live especially how close they get to cyclists, (and I know how my sister drives - but don't tell her I said that).

mine has a goggle holder tho cant see the point in it tbh

mine has a goggle holder tho cant see the point in it tbh

Do they hold goggles with an elastic strap only, or can they hold a pair of cycling glasses too? Can't see on the Aldi picture, quite how the holder works.

ill take a pic off mine. back in a bit.

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk37/necromunger666/20151127_1852541.jpg

Is that a smart Aldi designer helmet?

It would be if you stuck this on it:rolleyes:

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk37/necromunger666/20151127_1852541.jpg

Can you play it again Sam!

 

MS.

Hubby and me have just bought helmets on eBay which I think are good value, here:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/321802565575?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

I have checked and they are indeed selling for the £59.99 rrp online so £10 including delivery is superb value.

 

The helmet was delivered within a couple of days by tracked delivery and it fits comfortably, has good adjustment and a flashing LED light on the rear for safety.

 

They still have a selection of similar helmets available.

Hubby and me have just bought helmets on eBay which I think are good value, here:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/321802565575?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

I have checked and they are indeed selling for the £59.99 rrp online so £10 including delivery is superb value.

 

The helmet was delivered within a couple of days by tracked delivery and it fits comfortably, has good adjustment and a flashing LED light on the rear for safety.

 

They still have a selection of similar helmets available.

 

Those bug catchers are a bit chilly for winter riding. The link from John are cool dudes helmets, I have similar ones a snug summer one and a looser fitting winter/cold weather one which I use with a beanie hat inside, also the side bits keep your ears nice and warm.

winter riding

......... What's that?

cool dudes

....... And that?!

Edited November 28, 201510 yr by Lancslass

Don't let the weather stop you unless of course it is stair rodding, If the snow and ice arrives I will be out to enjoy the riding esp with the studded tyres now fitted for winter. I find the traditional cycle helmets look ungainly sitting on top to me they just don't look or sit right so the cool dudes style that skate/snow borders use looks much better but that's my preference. On the other hand there is always SW's star wars look.

Don't let the weather stop you unless of course it is stair rodding, If the snow and ice arrives I will be out to enjoy the riding esp with the studded tyres now fitted for winter. I find the traditional cycle helmets look ungainly sitting on top to me they just don't look or sit right so the cool dudes style that skate/snow borders use looks much better but that's my preference. On the other hand there is always SW's star wars look.

 

You tend not to get so hot with a pedelec so that much ventilation isn’t needed either. In winter it can be a positive drawback too.

 

I use a BMX/skateboard type helmet now, and although I used to wear the trad cycle helmet, and needed the ventilation on my road bikes, I always thought they were a style disaster.

While I've been out walking in tne countryside I do very occasionally break into short runs just to keep muscle loose, active and able.

 

You know the old motto, "Use it or lose it".

 

But my mention of running was just a deliberate tease of the helmet brigade. E-bikes are assist limited to about 15 mph and most who ever buy an ebike never exceed that on the flat but often wear helmets, even when cycling in very flat areas. An averagely fit adult can run at around 18 mph for short distances but when doing so would never dream of wearing a helmet. Of course this is only one of the many examples of irrationality in helmet wearing choices.

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Don't be a stubborn old fool. I too, poo pooed helmets, but just after my son was born, over 30 years ago, my good lady said if I was to continue cycling I was to wear an helmet. I told her that in 25 years of cycling I had never needed one (apart from racing) and was not going to start wearing one now.

The discussion reached a head (no pun intended) and it was either helmet or divorce. I suppose it is a bit stressful waiting for someone you care for to arrive home from a 15 mile cycle ride home from work, especially on dark, wet, windy winter nights.

So I decided to go along with her suggestions and dug out an alpine climbing helmet I had bought in the Italian alps the previous summer.

I felt really stupid wearing it. The only helmets around at the time were the leather sausages we had to wear in amateur racing.

The second day I wore it I was hit up the back end by a truck, just entering the Kings Arms roundabout in Wilmslow. I was thrown off the bike and apparently my head , encased in climbing helmet hit the kerb. I woke up in hospital 3 days later. When I had recovered the helmet was given back to me by a police officer. It had split in two. I have always taken my wife's advise since that day, because without it I would have not been around to enjoy the last 30+ years.

Shortly after this I imported a cycle helmet from the USA a Bell one of the first bike helmets I had seen.

I never even ride down the drive with out an helmet these days.

 

When you are running you on your own legs and probably on a pavement. When you fall off a bike you go head first.

When you are running you on your own legs and probably on a pavement. When you fall off a bike you go head first.

 

Somewhat different for me. I've never been off a bike in a way that could possibly hit my head, but while running in the countryside I have tripped and hit the front of my head really hard, both forehead and nose taking the brunt with nose probably broken but not offset since it was painful for over a week. Since I've cycled for over 69 years but have only very occasionally run, there's no doubt which is the more dangerous for me.

 

Everybody's experiences and circumstances are different, which is why such decisions on safety wear are strictly personal. I'm very happy for others to make their own decisions and would never presume to advise another on their choice which is for them alone.

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Edited November 30, 201510 yr by flecc

Flecc

 

I'd be interested to know if you were to take up mountain biking tomorrow, would you choose to wear a helmet?

 

Of course, I am not suggesting that you do anything of the sort at your time of life.

Flecc

 

I'd be interested to know if you were to take up mountain biking tomorrow, would you choose to wear a helmet?

 

Of course, I am not suggesting that you do anything of the sort at your time of life.

 

Yes, just as I used a motorcycle helmet in competition at a time when I never used helmets for m/c road riding for 23 years. That was when there were no wearable helmets for road use and no law requiring them.

 

The reason for my helmet use choices in those circumstances is simply that the risks are very considerable then. That the risks to me when on the road are very low is proven by my 69 years of cycling and well over 50 years of motorcycling. Neither has ever injured me, indeed, I've never come off a motorbike on the road.

 

Basically I've always known that I'm not at all accident prone, always seeming to be able to veer towards a safe choice when others do different, so I trust my own judgment.

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I am looking for one that is comfortable and which fits at the moment but I will only wear it when I have to - on the other side of the border on the open road. If I was to take up trail riding I would consider one because of low hanging branches. This one comes out in February, has a visor (I wear glasses) and is the right size (63cm). I barely fit in my current 61cm "Large" Decathlon one.

 

http://www.casco-helme.de/images/products/models/thumbs/t_roadster_black_cascohelme_6171543_m1249.jpg

This one is a bit more expensive but the visor comes standard not as an extra

 

http://www.uvex-sports.de/typo3temp/_processed_/csm_41018903_b54bad0ca6.jpg

 

Cratoni are finally coming to market with their s-pedelec helmet. Meets motorbike EN spec, lots of ventilation and 850 grams (100% carbon fiber)

http://cratoni.com/en/bike/pedelec_-_e-bike/vigor oh and 250€

 

The two pedelec helmets are north of 100€ but they look a whole lot safer (and sexier might I add) than those ugly damned egg crate thingys. In fact they look like helmets!