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Suggestions for helmet to use with Divvy

Any recommendations for a cheap, small, light-weight helmet to use with Divvy? (I will be cycling on some heavily trafficked streets to get from a Metra station to my place of work and would like to wear a helmet. I'd be carrying the helmet in a shoulder bag during the train ride.)

Also, do the lights on the Divvy bikes look sufficient for night riding, or should I plan to supplement?

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Permalink Reply by Andrew on May 29, 2013 at 1:41pm

The only real consideration you should need to worry about is "does it fit well?"  There's a good description on the Divvy page of what constitutes a "good fit," and Google will have many other similar pages.  Cheap, small, light-weight and well-fitting should be pretty easy to find.

Also, this article might be worth your time:  http://www.bicycling.com/sites/default/files/uploads/BI-June-13-Hel...

There's some new styles of helmets being introduced that might significantly decrease the chance of brain injury in some bicycling mishaps.  They are not cheap (relative to standard style helmets).

Permalink Reply by David 4.0 on May 29, 2013 at 2:19pm

Try a Yakkak helmet -- 2 helments in one (stylish and funcitonal).  I love mine...

www.yakkay.com

Permalink Reply by Amanda on May 29, 2013 at 2:31pm

I bought a Schwinn skater style helmet at Target for $26. It's yellow (my favorite color), light-weight, comfortable, a good fit, and I think it looks better than the typical bicycle helmet. I don't mind wearing it at all. I'd rather be in a helmet then be in a puddle on the ground!

Permalink Reply by Thunder Snow on May 29, 2013 at 2:45pm

Thanks for posting that "Bicycling" article, Andrew!  It made for an interesting read.

There is a compelling rebuttal to some of the article's points, however, here:

http://www.bhsi.org/bicyclingmag1305.htm

Permalink Reply by Andrew on May 29, 2013 at 3:10pm

Thank you for posting that; I hadn't seen it previously and thought there were some good points.  It's been a few weeks since I read it, but I definitely wish the author of the Bicycling article had included some more counterpoints and opposing views.  Like many topics bicycle-related, I will still take some small satisfaction in that at least there is a conversation happening on the subject.

Thunder Snow said:

Thanks for posting that "Bicycling" article, Andrew!  It made for an interesting read.

There is a compelling rebuttal to some of the article's points, however, here:

http://www.bhsi.org/bicyclingmag1305.htm

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