Bicycle Helmet Pages on our Site
Summary: This page is an index to many bicycle helmet pages on our site.
- Helmets for the 2025 season
- Our report on helmets for this year.
- Where is the anti-concussion helmet?
- You can look for it...but you won't find it.
- Cheap vs. Expensive Helmets
- Lab tests showed no difference in impact protection.
- A visit to the CPSC helmet testing lab
- A photo tour of CPSC's helmet test facility.
- CPSC complaints database
- First case illustrated good and bad features of the database.
- Helmet recalls
- All CPSC helmet compliance actions since 1995.
- Types of helmets
- Road, mountain, downhill, skate, chrono
- Helmet terms and definitions
- Meanings for the helmet terms we use.
- Bikeshare programs and helmets
- Including first study on helmet use.
- Folding helmets
- Needed for bike share programs, but must meet CPSC for US.
- Plastics in your helmet?
- Helmet plastics are probably not a cause for concern.
- Are Ribcaps OK for cycling?
- They do not provide the protection you need.
- Cheap helmets!
- Sources of helmets for promotion campaigns.
- Yard sale helmets
- Should I buy a used helmet at a yard sale?
- Full Face helmets
- Do you want facial protection?
- Helmet size
- Size chart and how to measure your head for a helmet.
- How to Fit a Helmet
- How to fit a helmet for best protection.
- Helmet fit checklist
- Helmet fitting steps.
- Very large helmets
- Our advice for riders with very large heads.
- Small helmets for adults
- Advice on finding small adult helmets
- Very small helmets for children
- Why can't I find a helmet small enough?
- Helmets for unusually-shaped heads
- Our advice for riders with unusually-shaped heads.
- Hairstyles and baseball caps
- Baseball caps, pony tails, beads, braids, "helmet hair"
- Do-rags and head covers under helmets
- Does a head cover affect helmet fit?
- One-size-fits-all helmets
- Can ring fit systems fit your head?
- Vents and squared-off lines
- You can have too many vents in your helmet!
- Visors: good and bad experience
- How to report shattered or snagged visors
- The helmet industry
- Industry news on a few of the manufacturers.
- Bell's True Fit system is worth a look
- System simplifies the fitting process.
- Winter helmets
- Warm headgear for winter commuting and riding.
- Lights on Helmets
- Headlights and taillights mounted on helmets can be useful.
- Giving a helmet as a present.
- May not be a simple task.
- Reflective helmets
- Should you add reflective tape to your helmet?
- Stickers on helmets
- Should you add stickers to your helmet?
- Painting helmets
- Can you paint a helmet?
- Helmets for many other activities
- Scooter, ski, soccer, skating, equestrian and more.
- Multi-purpose helmets
- Can't I just use the same helmet for everything?
- Helmets for motorbikes and motor scooters
- Why a bicycle helmet is not ok for motor vehicles.
- Crash stories
- Stories where the helmet worked.
- Other crashes
- Helmet, no helmet or non-bicycle. These are downers.
- When can I ride again?
- Ask your doctor before riding after a crash.
- Response to "truck ran over cyclist's head"
- A helmet can help squirt the head out, but will crush if squarely run over.
- Helmet damage sensors and indicators.
- Most are not really concussion indicators.
- Fake or counterfeit helmets
- How to avoid them.
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