Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 beta 3/9/83; site sri-unix.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!vax135!petsd!pesnta!hplabs!sri-unix!porat From: porat@sri-unix.ARPA (Ron Porat) Newsgroups: net.bicycle Subject: Re: Info needed on buying helmets Message-ID: <202@sri-unix.ARPA> Date: Fri, 1-Nov-85 13:59:45 EST Article-I.D.: sri-unix.202 Posted: Fri Nov 1 13:59:45 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 3-Nov-85 09:51:17 EST References: <848@decwrl.UUCP>, <404@yale.ARPA> Organization: SRI, Menlo Park, CA. Lines: 21 I've been using both the old bell biker and the V-1 Pro. The V-1 Pro is much cooler and lighter (because of the cutouts) and therefore very comfortable compared to the biker. It also generates less wind noise and is cut higher in front, so that the field of vision is better (no interference). The advertising claims about air scoops and spacer pads letting air circulate around your head are probably true for bald mannequins (not for me). Cutouts as in the V-1 are order-of-magnitude more effective for cooling. After about 3,000 miles, the plastic clasp on the V-1 broke. I called bell and they immediately sent me a replacement with a form letter acknowledging problems with their old clasp. Indeed, the new one is stamped with a '2', whereas the old is stamped with a '1', though they look identical. Must be a materials change. Another factor to consider is helmet color (white v. black). The Black gets hot under the sun, but fortunately there is an inch of styrofoam insulating the shell from your head. The color also affects visibility. I use my old white biker for commuting, because it's more visible in the dark and warmer than the V-1 on these colder days.