Brooks helmet

[oldpotatoe]

Another candidate for 'ugly' helmet and it folds...what??:D:bike::o

[Cicli]

I am not sure a folding helmet is a good idea. Me thinkith it wouldn't work so well if it folded during a side impact.

[lookout2015]

They have new helmets under development now, including a road helmet. See https://www.triboom.com/brooks/project/brooks-helmets for the limited edition pre-release

Any color you want, as long as it's black...

[Hilltopperny]

From what I've read these look extremely funny on most peoples domes...

[oldpotatoe]

From what I've read these look extremely funny on most peoples domes...

yup..

[AngryScientist]

they also look bulky and hot.

i'm sure they'll sell well enough, but i dont "get" it.

[Mark McM]

they also look bulky and hot.

i'm sure they'll sell well enough, but i dont "get" it.

Why do they make folding bicycles? Because full size bicycles can be a hassle to deal with for many commuters or utility cyclists.

With many bike-share systems popping up, the issues of dealing with the bike when not being ridden is solved for many riders. But there is still the issue of what do you do with your helmet? A folding helmet is easier to stow and tote than a non-folding helmet.

As far as safety and protection, if they pass the same CPSC tests, what reason is there to think they are any less safe than any other helmet?

[CampyorBust]

Aaaand it folds into a nice bulky floppy mass similar to the size of a regular helmet so it can conveniently be stored the same way as you would store your “average” cycling helmet. Or you can leave it nonchalantly on your office desk as a convo piece (just dont forget the leather strap! even if you are veggie) and subtle reminder to all those corporate weasels that you are more artisinal and uniquer than them and that you appreciate the finer things in life. By the way do you need some firewood?

Just remember when your living on the edge and thinking outside the box, put it on to help channel your inner genius.:D

[john903]

Ok I don't know why but for some reason that helmet reminds me of luke skywalkers helmet when he is in his X wing fighter, weird.

[bikinchris]

Hmmmm. That might work to pack with a folding bike. Not for every day use, just travel.

[christian]

I couldn't see past the loose strap.

[Tickdoc]

yup..

I see nothing wrong with that:

https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTkSo8zaVHKbOA6T301c-rxyE0rQtIOUQwy8YBu_vvdvpwKMrS6

[RFC]

Ugly? Yep. I really don't dig the plaid. Should be made with leather and steel rivets anyway.

[R3awak3n]

would only buy if painted like a watermelon

[MikeD]

Looks cool. Does it come in leather? Do you need to Proofide it?


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[dustyrider]

How does collapsible and helmet ever come up in the same sentence?

[benb]

MSRP $1000? I mean it is Brooks.

[Mark McM]

How does collapsible and helmet ever come up in the same sentence?

Because helmets absorb energy by collapsing, so all helmets are designed to collapse in some manner?

Because the Brooks collapsible helmet doesn't collapse for storage in the same way that it collapses for energy absorption?

[cadence90]

http://i1360.photobucket.com/albums/r654/traghetter/easy_zpsxxdtvo4j.jpeg (http://s1360.photobucket.com/user/traghetter/media/easy_zpsxxdtvo4j.jpeg.html)

[MaraudingWalrus]

would only buy if painted like a watermelon

http://nutcasehelmets.com/content/uploads/sites/2/2013/06/NWT2-6006-Water_Helmet-Watermelon-236x2741.jpg

How about this?

[dustyrider]

Because the Brooks collapsible helmet doesn't collapse for storage in the same way that it collapses for energy absorption?

How can it not?

[Mark McM]

How can it not?

When a helmeted head hits a solid object, the helmet is crushed (collapsed) from the inside outward, not from the outside inward. In other words, the helmet is not squeezed across its width.

[dustyrider]

When a helmeted head hits a solid object, the helmet is crushed (collapsed) from the inside outward, not from the outside inward. In other words, the helmet is not squeezed across its width.

I guess that means all these helmets built with continuous rigid structures are just for looks. Interesting.

[oldpotatoe]

MSRP $1000? I mean it is Brooks.

YGBSM.....I could buy 8 of the helmet I use for that...

[Cicli]

YGBSM.....I could buy 8 of the helmet I use for that...

Or a whold bunch of those cheap ass china ones you have one of.
What did you ever do with that thing?

[pdmtong]

YGBSM.....I could buy 8 of the helmet I use for that...



Hey you could also buy a few airborne ti frames for the price of a moots.
Cycling is beautiful. Anyone can spend as much as they want on anything

[oldpotatoe]

Or a whold bunch of those cheap ass china ones you have one of.
What did you ever do with that thing?

Took it out with son and shot it up...

[bikinchris]

It should be mentioned that a $7 helmet from Walmart will pass all safety requirements to be sold.

[benb]

It should be mentioned that a $7 helmet from Walmart will pass all safety requirements to be sold.

To be sold in the US... would it pass Snell or some of the Euro standards that actually blindly buy helmets off the shelf to keep the manufacturers honest? CPSC is barely better than the honor system last time I looked.. they let the manufacturers do the testing IIRC and don't test any production samples.

[Nooch]

it it just me, or does it not really seem to collapse enough to be a worthwhile feature? Like, collapsed it looks the size of a <gasp> regular helmet...

[Mark McM]

I guess that means all these helmets built with continuous rigid structures are just for looks. Interesting.

Bike helmets by and large don't have continuous rigid structures - they are made from molded expanded polystyrene (EPS) foam with a thin plastic cover attached.

If you are referring to the internal frameworks some helmets have, these are not for rigidity, these are to keep the EPS from breaking into pieces after the first hit.

[blakcloud]

From a guy who likes Brooks, those helmets are ugly.

[Hawker]

I'm generally a function-over-form guy....but ain't no way I'm putting that on my noggin. Or the POC. :)

[bikinchris]

To be sold in the US... would it pass Snell or some of the Euro standards that actually blindly buy helmets off the shelf to keep the manufacturers honest? CPSC is barely better than the honor system last time I looked.. they let the manufacturers do the testing IIRC and don't test any production samples.

Point taken. If you don't trust companies to produce what they say, then cheap helmets might be something to stay away from. Helmet manufacturers are required by law to test helmets and keep records of all tests. If the helmet is foreign made, the importer must either test the helmets themselves or have the specs checked to see if they match the needs of the CPSC. BTW, Snell standards are really only harder for strap design. They don't have a much harder helmet standard otherwise.