Originally Posted by
DiabloScott
I remember the helmet rules for UCSF races back then were pretty vague - something like "can't be just leather straps - has to have some padding in there".
The Snell/ANSI sticker rule came out about 1984, and that's when SkidLids and hairnets were banned from the start line.
Giro? Gyro? Was the tolerable EPS helmet at first. Better than a hairnet. We all knew the hairnets were not much help, especially the Cinelli that all knew was just a placeholder that one had on a “helmet”.
my first in 1973 was a Lambertini, was OK, the Kucharik was… just bloated and ugly.
‘the Bell biker was worn by a few notables for a while, Ron Skarin among. Probably saved Joe Yoder’s life when he went over the fence at Encino.
Skarin later went back to a hairnet, the Bell was too hot to race in.