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 Post subject: Re: New Helmet
PostPosted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 1:00 pm 
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I bet not. Wouldn't make sense. They sell helmets that you can add ear speakers to so why would it be illegal to ride with a speakerless helmet and ear buds? I hear you though..why give some ego surpressed Andy Fife type a chance to have a ball at your expense. Those kind of cops are out there.


Yeah, i always wondered if they had some special kind of speaker system that made them legal, or was it just for one ear? I ride my bicycle with just one bud in while I'm on the street, the right ear. when I look over my left shoulder my right ear is pointing straight up the road and I've had occasions - yes more than once - that something flew into my right ear while looking back for traffic. With the right ear bud in no more bugs. I had a cop circle back when he saw i had ear buds in, as he made his U turn I popped the opposite side out. He pulled up next to me and gave me a really hard look when he saw I only had one ear covered. HA HA!! I got a ticket, on my bicycle, for ear phones once. NOT going to let that happen twice.


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PostPosted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 2:03 pm 
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Wow..with all the really serious crime in your area and thats a ticket..what a needle dick. Was it a young cop? I can't see an older experienced cop wasting his precious time on such BS?


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PostPosted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 4:40 am 
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The cop must have been a real spincter. I didnt' realize it was against the law to wear earphones on a bike. Some cops just don't get it.

Earlier this year a cop gave my wife a hard time because her car was parked pointed the wrong way on a street. It wasn't illegal to park there, her car was just facing the wrong way. She was at a park with our two youngest kids and he took 10 minutes out of his day to discuss her crime. :icon_rolleyes:


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PostPosted: Sun Dec 09, 2012 5:37 pm 
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Kickstand wrote:
The cop must have been a real spincter. I didnt' realize it was against the law to wear earphones on a bike. Some cops just don't get it.

Earlier this year a cop gave my wife a hard time because her car was parked pointed the wrong way on a street. It wasn't illegal to park there, her car was just facing the wrong way. She was at a park with our two youngest kids and he took 10 minutes out of his day to discuss her crime. :icon_rolleyes:


The Cop was a total idiot - he was clueless. He actually seemed gay and wanted to talk to me - I was wearing my bike shorts - I don't mind when the girls go by and admire the view but he was really creeping me out. I was happy to get the ticket and GTFOOT - stands for get the f out of there....

On the subject of ears covered - I was at the motorcycle show this weekend and checked out several new products that I"ll start new threads on.

One of them - an intercom system that uses blue tooth.
One was a rear facing camera that mounts on the back of the helmet with an actual video screen that mounts to the front of the helmet and acts like a rear view mirror. I want one that detects cops sneeking up behind me...
I also got to look at some of the newest manufacturers efforts. The helmet I recently got is no longer available. The new ones are a mat finish and only the painted carbon fiber have a shine. The mat finishes are supposed to not show scratches as easily. I can see how - since nothing shines missing or scratched surfaces have much less contrast and are harder to see. The different manufacturers had a couple helmets I was interested in. I need to do some more research on the subject. :icon_swoon:


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PostPosted: Sat Jan 05, 2013 9:32 pm 
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Cycle Gear has a 10 day return policy on their helmets


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PostPosted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 1:47 pm 
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Cycle Gear has a 10 day return policy on their helmets

That's good to know, I had a helmet once that used to give me a headache, would have been nice to bring that one back..


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roadking wrote:
Bronco wrote:
Cycle Gear has a 10 day return policy on their helmets

That's good to know, I had a helmet once that used to give me a headache, would have been nice to bring that one back..



your right I had to get through hree before I found one that fit my melon, 10% military Discount to, thats right you heard me, ya hit the lotery, Hey it better than a poke in the eye with a Burnt Stick


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PostPosted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 4:08 pm 
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roadking wrote:
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Cycle Gear has a 10 day return policy on their helmets

That's good to know, I had a helmet once that used to give me a headache, would have been nice to bring that one back..



your right I had to get through hree before I found one that fit my melon, 10% military Discount to, thats right you heard me, ya hit the lotery, Hey it better than a poke in the eye with a Burnt Stick


Yeah you're right - better than a poke in the eye with a stick any day
My new helmet has to go back because the "Inner Visor" is out of alignment - very cool feature.
Called the company - no problem - just send it back and I'll get a new one!! Yippee!!
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 10, 2013 2:17 pm 
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Helmets...so many manufacturers,so many styles. Its hard to get cool and functional together,lol.

I found vega to be closest to cool and functional. Not as cool as a novelty helmet but novelty helmets are not DOT approved either.

Vega:

https://www.vegahelmet.com/images_street ... _black.jpg


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PostPosted: Thu Jan 10, 2013 2:18 pm 
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Other cool helmets:

Biltwell is also cool and retro:

https://www.biltwellinc.com/index.php?l=product_list&c=2

Davida(cool and pricey):

https://www.davida.co.uk/styles.php?id=2


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