How interesting is your helmet?

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I had a look around in the search and only found 1 or 2 interesting pictures so I was wondering what people did to make their helmets look different/interesting?

In the shops you only get either plain colour or a pattern that you’ve already seen 20 different people wearing on your way to the store…

Anyways. As a solution (and of boredom) I did this to my helmet today with a sticker and some nail varnish :stuck_out_tongue:

What do you think?

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I put my head inside it. Not another head on the planet that looks like mine.

I think kittens are cute.

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My helmet is totally not interesting, just another MTB helmet from my BIKE past.
I would like something more cool, like a scaters helmet.

I just wear my helmet to hide the very large bolt spot on my head. My helmet makes me look 10 years younger.

And what does that figure above your name mean ?

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I tried to make my helmet fun. Mostly because there are a lot of kids around and I am trying to set a pro-helmet example.

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It’s a Gusset logo that came free when I bought new pedals for my unicycle. I put it on there in my original attempt to make my helmet interesting a while ago

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*snigger

what’s your helmet like :stuck_out_tongue:

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Wow, not much love here for custom helmets. :roll_eyes:

I kinda like the first helmet. I’m not sure I could withstand the kidding in wearing the second with the stickers all over it. :o

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Mine looks like a watermelon

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Hehe. I like It. The phrase “protect your melon” takes on a whole new meaning :stuck_out_tongue:

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:slight_smile:

Made to special order. Just needs the right head inside to make it cool. :sunglasses:

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Not verry. Mine is a solid white mtb helmet that I covered w/ slivers of reflective tape cut to similate arrows.

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I like it!

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I bought this helmet at the Danish blood donor shop:

Best regards,
Samme

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Thanks chinh. It’s not mine, just one I knocked up for a m8.

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It never crossed my mind that I’d get teased for it and I don’t. An occasional compliment is all.

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Is it safe to use nailvarnish on these things?
Isn’t there a chemical danger of weakening the helmet?

I think we’ve come a long way as a community and a sport when we can have a discussion about making your helmet interesting, and not if you should wear one or not.

Progress is grand.

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I went wizard for a while but de-dazzled when I got sick of ducking under tree limbs.

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I think most of the brain protection comes from the inner foam on helmets so weakening the outer shell shouldn’t be a big deal, I mean it already has holes in it right?

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I never wear a helmet when I ride for fun. Only when I work.
I have different helmets for different country’s

default (coffee)

Great Britian (high tea)

Gulf region (Karak)

And while writing this up I just realize the pointy piece of wood in pic #3 made serious damage to my skull, not too long ago. I heard a nasty “crack!!” when I hit it, then it started bleeded soo much, I was in doubt it would stop. I’m still not wearing helmets in my house to prevent this kind of injury.

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Possibly, yet I have to assume that the protection comes from the structural integrity of the entire helmet.

Unless someone can tell me otherwise?

Sorry to sound like a party-pooper here, I just remember some dire warnings about putting stickers on skating helmets all those years ago, I’m just trying to find out if those concerns are still valid.