Best helmet for visibility? (color on underside of rear)

Anyone know of a good helmet at a good price for visibility safety?

I'm thinking that an optimally visible helmet would be a bright color
with the coloring extended under the rear 'tail' of the helmet so that
drivers can still easily see it from the rear when a rider is going
hard with their head tipped down a bit.

Any brand/model ideas? Links?

--JP

On 6 Nov 2004 10:24:51 -0800, (Jeff Potter) wrote
in message :

Anyone know of a good helmet at a good price for visibility safety?

Do you ride a recumbent? On a wedgie you will get much better value
by wearing a fluorescent jacket.

If you are really concerned, try a pennant on a pole, available from
recumbent and trailer bike shops. These wave around like crazy on
their flexible poles and are really visible.

Guy
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Jeff Potter wrote:

Anyone know of a good helmet at a good price for visibility safety?

I'm thinking that an optimally visible helmet would be a bright color
with the coloring extended under the rear 'tail' of the helmet so that
drivers can still easily see it from the rear when a rider is going
hard with their head tipped down a bit.

Your head probably isn't tipped down as much as you think, unless you stare at
your feet while you ride. Put a strip of good, 3M reflective tape around your
helmet, and a few pieces here and there on your bike and clothing.

Matt O.

6 Nov 2004 10:24:51 -0800,
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(Jeff Potter) wrote:

Anyone know of a good helmet at a good price for visibility safety?

Personal observation:
Fluorescent Hot Pink (in daylight) followed by White (under most
lighting conditions), Hi-Viz lime green, yellow.

I'm not looking for pennants so have only noticed them after spotting
either the white helmet or jersey or brightly coloured jacket or
trailer. After ascertaining what it is, do I see the orange pennant.
This time of year they're less effective with the autumn background.
--
zk

On 6 Nov 2004 10:24:51 -0800, (Jeff Potter) wrote:

Anyone know of a good helmet at a good price for visibility safety?

I'm thinking that an optimally visible helmet would be a bright color
with the coloring extended under the rear 'tail' of the helmet so that
drivers can still easily see it from the rear when a rider is going
hard with their head tipped down a bit.

Any brand/model ideas? Links?

--JP

I've had no problems applying adhesive-backed reflective tape to the
styrofoam sections of helmets, including the bottom back section. In
ten years and three helmets, I've seen no signs of the adhesive
attacking the foam.

Then again, bright clothing and/or lights are probably more effective.

: I've had no problems applying adhesive-backed reflective tape to the
: styrofoam sections of helmets, including the bottom back section. In
: ten years and three helmets, I've seen no signs of the adhesive
: attacking the foam.

I haven't had any problems applying it, either. It's getting it to stay in
place that has been the problem for me. Maybe it's the Texas summertime
heat, but the reflective tape just curls up...

Pat in TX

(Jeff Potter) wrote in message om...
Anyone know of a good helmet at a good price for visibility safety?

I'm thinking that an optimally visible helmet would be a bright color
with the coloring extended under the rear 'tail' of the helmet so that
drivers can still easily see it from the rear when a rider is going
hard with their head tipped down a bit.

Any brand/model ideas? Links?

--JP

I've been thinking about this, and my own personal opinion, being
someone with no professional expertise in this whatsoever, is that a
solid bright colour, like white or yellow, is your best bet. My
thinking is that you not only need a colour bright enough to draw the
eye, but you need to present a shape that the viewer recognizes as a
person on a bike, and can quickly get an accurate bearing and range
on. That's where the solid colour comes in.

I'm convinced that isolated bright lights, little stripes of reflecto,
complex patterns of loud colour, etc, may nominally be visible from a
great distance, but it can form part of the visual noise of a
streetscape without imprinting "hey, there's a cyclist".

I do agree with the other poster who suggested that your jacket or
jersey will make more difference than your helmet.

Chip C
Toronto

On Sat, 6 Nov 2004 21:46:30 -0600, "Pat" wrote in
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I haven't had any problems applying it, either. It's getting it to stay in
place that has been the problem for me.

The solution is to buy non-adhesive reflective and glue it on with
cyanoacrylate.

Guy
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On 7 Nov 2004 08:51:48 -0800, (Chip C) wrote in
message :

I've been thinking about this, and my own personal opinion, being
someone with no professional expertise in this whatsoever, is that a
solid bright colour, like white or yellow, is your best bet. My
thinking is that you not only need a colour bright enough to draw the
eye, but you need to present a shape that the viewer recognizes as a
person on a bike, and can quickly get an accurate bearing and range
on. That's where the solid colour comes in.

How about red and white quartered, or painted up like a crash test
dummy? Seriously.

Guy
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On Sun, 07 Nov 2004 19:30:19 +0000, "Just zis Guy, you know?"
wrote:

On Sat, 6 Nov 2004 21:46:30 -0600, "Pat" wrote in
message :

I haven't had any problems applying it, either. It's getting it to stay in
place that has been the problem for me.

The solution is to buy non-adhesive reflective and glue it on with
cyanoacrylate.

Guy

Have you done this? Cyanoacrylates/ super glue will eat many foams.