Bicycle and Helmet Safety
Welcome to the best site of bicycle helmets. We can carry highly functional yet eye-catching bicycle helmets from Giro, Bell, Louis Garneau and Rudy Project that will not only protect, but make you look good, too. Looking to increase your bike split? Look into an aero helmet and you could simply be purchasing your next personal best on your bike. We have a broad selection of the top aero helmets currently on the market.
Let's face it, being on the road is dangerous and you need a helmet! All helmets we carry are CPSC Certified, which ensures your head will be as protected as possible. We carry all the top highly functional, yet eye-catching bicycle helmets.
It’s known for everybody that helmet reduces the peak energy of a sharp impact. This requires a layer of stiff foam to cushion the blow by crushing. Most bicycle helmets do this with expanded polystyrene (EPS), the white picnic cooler foam. Once crushed, EPS does not recover. Another foam, expanded polypropylene (EPP), does recover, but is much less common. A stronger EPS called GECET appeared in 1992 and is widely used now. The foam called EPU (expanded polyurethane) is used in Taiwan. It has a uniform cell structure and crushes without rebound, but is heavier and requires a manufacturing process that is not environmentally friendly. The spongy foam inside a helmet is for comfort and fit, not for impact.
The helmet must stay on your head even when you hit more than once--usually a car first, and then the road. So it needs a strong strap and an equally strong fastener. The helmet should sit level on your head and cover as much as possible. Above all, with the strap fastened you should not be able to get the helmet off your head by any combination of pulling or twisting. If it comes off or slips enough to leave large areas of your head unprotected, adjust the straps again or try another helmet. Keep the strap comfortably snug when riding.
Most bicycle helmets are made of EPS foam with a thin plastic outer shell. The shell helps the helmet skid easily on rough pavement to avoid jerking your neck. The shell also holds the EPS together after the first impact. Molding EPS in the shell rather than adding the shell later makes some excellent helmets.