[PLUG-TALK] Y.A.O.T.P. - large bicycle helmets

[Michael Rasmussen]

Keith Lofstrom wrote:
> I hope to do more cycling this year.  My current helmet is an ancient
> Bailen, with no vents.  It is the only helmet I've ever found that fits
> my 8.5 inch long, 24.5 inch circumference head.  I would like to find
> a new XXL-long helmet, with at least a few vents, but every store I
> visit has large stocks of helmets for fashionable pinheads, but very
> few large ones and no long ones.
>
> Even the largest helmets are usually designed for rounder heads. In my
> case, they tend to rest on two points front and back, wobbling side to
> side.  Useless for protection.  So I will probably need a variety of
> full 66cm/26inch sizes, with enough variation to find my peculiar
> dolichocephalic head shape among them.

Bike Gallery and Performance Bikes have the largest selections I know of in this
area.   REI may be worth a visit.


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   Michael Rasmussen, Portland, Ore, USA
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