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Cycle helmet advice

JustAnotherSaver · 2017-04-05 19:53:01

Looking at getting into cycling. It'll be mainly used for road/track (not racing track :o) and possibly canal. Went into a local bike shop at the weekend & one of the things i looked at were helmets. The bottom row were £30 helmets & as you worked up i saw price tags of £70. The upper shelves were probably dearer than…

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Enterprise_1701C Posts: 23,414 Forumite

2 May 2017 at 7:40AM

esuhl wrote: »

I've never worn a helmet. Part of the attraction of cycling, to me, is the feeling of freedom. Of silently gliding through the countryside, with the wind in my hair...

Many helmets have fantastic air circulation, I can certainly feel the wind in my hair when I am riding.

What is this life if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare
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