Summer Bike Helmet
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Summer Bike Helmet
I am rapidly discovering that although well-ventilated, my trusty black Giro Fixture absorbs excessive heat on afternoon rides.
I want a white or silver helmet for summer riding and have it down to a White S Works Prevail 3 unless there's some magic cooling helmet I passed over?
I want a white or silver helmet for summer riding and have it down to a White S Works Prevail 3 unless there's some magic cooling helmet I passed over?
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My favorite helmet has been the Lazer Z1. Very very light and very well ventilated and extremely comfortable. Mine is black and blue and my new one will probably be similar but a lighter color could help. I know they had at one point cooling replacement for the liner which worked nicely in the couple times I used it. I would also recommend a nice cycling cap dipped in cool water that can help quite a bit and also keep the helmet cleaner.
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I always wear white helmets, no difference for summer or winter. For visibility and less heat absorption from the sun.
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Oh look! A 3-page thread 'debating' the impact of helmet colour on temperature:
And on this forum no less.
TLDR: People here love arguing
And on this forum no less.
TLDR: People here love arguing
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I am rapidly discovering that although well-ventilated, my trusty black Giro Fixture absorbs excessive heat on afternoon rides.
I want a white or silver helmet for summer riding and have it down to a White S Works Prevail 3 unless there's some magic cooling helmet I passed over?
I want a white or silver helmet for summer riding and have it down to a White S Works Prevail 3 unless there's some magic cooling helmet I passed over?
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Abus Airbreaker - excellent air cooling, and very lightweight. Not going to get into debate if there's any proven value to MIPS but this helmet doesn't have it and am not bothered by that fact in the least.
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In Southern AZ white with a bill. Hope you never do but if you have had a basal cell carcinoma remove you will have a bill with your sun screen.
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Love my white Lazer Z1. Super light, good airflow and better visibility than a dark color. Won’t get into the color vs heat debate which will ultimately follow. But have to say the research surprised me.
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It has been proven numerous times that black vehicles heat up faster and cool down slower than white or silver. This is one reason fleet vehicles are usually white.
don’t see why it wouldn’t apply to a helmet but perhaps it doesn’t.
don’t see why it wouldn’t apply to a helmet but perhaps it doesn’t.
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Not a lot of glass in cycling helmets.
I haven't done a scientific study, but I was swayed by the argument that all that foam between one's head and the shell makes the color a minor consideration. If I'm wrong, so be it. Also, I did the research Koyote mentions and recommend it. 'Science' ... 'scientia' ... 'knowledge'.
I haven't done a scientific study, but I was swayed by the argument that all that foam between one's head and the shell makes the color a minor consideration. If I'm wrong, so be it. Also, I did the research Koyote mentions and recommend it. 'Science' ... 'scientia' ... 'knowledge'.
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Oh look! A 3-page thread 'debating' the impact of helmet colour on temperature:
And on this forum no less.
TLDR: People here love arguing
And on this forum no less.
TLDR: People here love arguing
I mean complaining that an online forum is an online forum in an online forum is an odd one. I could understand if it came to blows and got shut down by the mods that is where arguing goes to far but a normal debate on cycling stuff is daily business for a cycling forum.
Also would not want to eat helmet sauerkraut. Not my kinda snack. Though pickles are delicious and pickle juice is phenomenal while riding but I will keep that off of my head thank you very much : )
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Yes but why was that brought up here. It wasn't the OP involved in that argument and to be fair the thread started in 2018 and got zombied in 2023 so technically 2 pages and then another one years later with I think almost if not all different people. Plus 3 pages in 5 years isn't much heck we can have 3 pages in a day. Also this is an online forum so kind of the whole point of this place is to talk about bikes and bike related topics of which helmets are one.
I mean complaining that an online forum is an online forum in an online forum is an odd one. I could understand if it came to blows and got shut down by the mods that is where arguing goes to far but a normal debate on cycling stuff is daily business for a cycling forum.
I mean complaining that an online forum is an online forum in an online forum is an odd one. I could understand if it came to blows and got shut down by the mods that is where arguing goes to far but a normal debate on cycling stuff is daily business for a cycling forum.
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Far be it of for me to spoil everybody's enjoyment of a juicy internet argument, but people have actually studied the heat transfer/retention of bicycle helmets. Although I have not reviewed all the literature intensively, to seems that air flow and hair are bigger influences on heat retention than color.
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Another old school is raw steak in the chamois. Now there's a snack!
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I linked it because I was seeing the same points being repeated pointlessly and the discussion was inevitably going into the same loop. As to the highlighted section, should I start next daily thread about disc brakes/tubeless/carbon or leave it to someone else? Why should I want this forum to be stuck in a Groundhog day loop of endless 'debates'? What if, and that's a crazy thought, we try to do a bit better instead of becoming a less popular version or Red-dit (which, hilariously, is a banned word here >.>?
I think the reason the Redd is banned because they are also home to adult Triple X content not suitable for a bicycle forum. It might be frustrating but in the end makes sense because there isn't a separate site for that content it is all part of that so you either leave it all in and get the content you don't want or you filter it out completely and no need to worry. While probably a majority of the posters here are over 18 in actual physical age the ease of which we can devolve into pubescent or prepubescent creatures is easy (as I am sure the moderators can attest to, and to which I have never taken part )
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I am rapidly discovering that although well-ventilated, my trusty black Giro Fixture absorbs excessive heat on afternoon rides.
I want a white or silver helmet for summer riding and have it down to a White S Works Prevail 3 unless there's some magic cooling helmet I passed over?
I want a white or silver helmet for summer riding and have it down to a White S Works Prevail 3 unless there's some magic cooling helmet I passed over?
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I am rapidly discovering that although well-ventilated, my trusty black Giro Fixture absorbs excessive heat on afternoon rides.
I want a white or silver helmet for summer riding and have it down to a White S Works Prevail 3 unless there's some magic cooling helmet I passed over?
I want a white or silver helmet for summer riding and have it down to a White S Works Prevail 3 unless there's some magic cooling helmet I passed over?
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