Budget helmet?

[E biker]

Is there such a thing?

 

[fooferdoggie]

Is there such a thing?

sure how cheap is your brain box? there are cheap Chinese ones but there 52.00 https://www.amazon.com/Giro-Fixture...1734391727&sprefix=bike+helme,aps,216&sr=8-16

 

[Stefan Mikes]

The helmet is as valuable as the thing it is to protect (the brains)

Mode

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www.specialized.com

 

[teskow]

Consumers Reports has several they that they have tested. You don't have to pay a lot to get a safe helmet.

 

[Rexlion]

Walmart has some for $20. I had a cheap Bell helmet from WM for use with my regular bike, but with the increase in speed from the ebike I spent the money for a tested, highly rated helmet. Still, it was only about $50 IIRC.

 

[Slaphappygamer]

sure how cheap is your brain box? there are cheap Chinese ones but there 52.00 https://www.amazon.com/Giro-Fixture-MIPS-Adult-Helmet/dp/B08FCV5M3P/ref=sr_1_16?crid=2M7X03TW8LN72&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.La6jmZbiawMP4ffPRcN7cBOqitd_dBWxhUUdamMFYmFRfP9h2xPpiy9kCMUoT6FYrIPf4xR6727HZSUTv30xhiMHP3vcq36vUsc4yPAXf856uD44Z2PnqvixCcvnK62Ws-jj76mwF3D82doBxdl-aXSbg5HFvjsozWeVuVH_l2vREt43G2AqFTBSJdnIYvY07ULmnUaSuq2b5PBCquRxJGgO9Mu4Jo4P2yVN4I2dj3l3xDwu599FzSuTP3a0_-TdbzD04FvG4RLX5964fTydqnxsfpMfDCHuC8cvnc_kU0RBZf6s55svwedy_e4tZqVJFgl0ewiwyuYN4nY5MbtE1VTGt-m4Ax62JWfodjVnTBpvSAu6QrjlmLSpQ0kcUkRJErZpB_avHnGNZM64IMqoCBDs235GPGoZj6Rsp3ThzqZF-7r0N6AYyXC45mougUjl.8-JP1JknDy0tCNwVmbekVpDhB0Qjv5nsur3VyELBBW8&dib_tag=se&keywords=bike+helmet&qid=1734391727&sprefix=bike+helme,aps,216&sr=8-16

I have the same helmet. I like it. I also like that the visor is removable.

 

[E biker]

Thanks, we have decided to take the safe route and start wearing head protection.

 

[6zfshdb]

When I bought my first motorcycle, I didn't have much money left over. I asked the store owner for the cheapest helmet he had. He said "Kid, if you've got a $2 head, I'll sell you a $2 helmet". That was over 50 years ago and I never forgot it. I don't ride motorcycles anymore but I use an expensive MIPS helmet when riding my e-bike.

That being said, a cheap helmet is better than nothing.

 

[Jeremy McCreary]

When I bought my first motorcycle, I didn't have much money left over. I asked the store owner for the cheapest helmet he had. He said "Kid, if you've got a $2 head, I'll sell you a $2 helmet".

Well put! So when you price new helmets now, whose appraisal of your head do you go by — yours or your wife's?

 

[Marcela]

My brother dug a motorcycle half helmet out of the dumpster. Is that budget enough?

 

[harryS]

When I bought my first motorcycle, I didn't have much money left over.

Remember the J.C. Whitney catalog? Warshawsky's was what would be today their Brick and Mortar store on State Street in Chicago, in a gritty neighborhood a few miles south of the fancy shopping., On a Saturday morning, take a number and wait behind four dozen others in line to approach the counter to order a part number You could get almost any part that Detrot ever made, including their steering wheel spinner, guaranteed to break a wrist,

I bought a $19 helmet, Snell approved in 1966.



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[il Munduato]

On a budget...
Watermelon

and pumpkin skins

work well.

Great for mid ride snacking too

 

[indianajo]

I've bought CPSC approved helmet at Salvation Army resale for $1. Government gives them away to kids. Solid green, no dinosaur crest as kids crave. I washed it out with 409/Fantastik/SpicnSpan and a paper towel, in case the kid had lice. Worn on 3 mph rides to the grocery+bank+dollarstore 3 blocks away. Now relegated to protecting head from toe touches in the house. Ever notice how many old men go in the nursing home right after a fall? Several of my friends. Nancy Pelosi and Mitch McConnell fell this week. A broken limb will heal, but not a bleeding brain.