Re: maybe we should talk about helmets for a while...

[Teddy Lancaster <Teddy@runningbear.com>]

Get helmet covers instead..two purposes...1.) you can ride to suit you
mood...conservative or crazy, 2.) the cover will keep branches from getting stuck
in the holes!

Teddy

Liz Carpenter wrote:

> Karen,
>
> > Has Troxell or anybody else come out with riding helmets in that kind of
> > color/design?  Oooooh boy were they sharp.  People in basecamp could see
> > you coming from 20 miles away with one of those baby's!!
>
> Well, I don't know if they came straight from
> Troxel this way, but a supplier here in the UK
> (Border Trails I think it was) was selling
> limited edition Troxels at the Cirencester
> Festival of Endurance last year which were all
> sorts of crazy day-glo colours and everything.
> Very smart. In fact, if you take your Troxel to a
> cycle shop here in the UK they can spray it in
> any colour you want with a special spray which
> doesn't damage the shell integrity. I keep
> thinking that I oughta go and get mine sprayed
> yellow but I just never get round to it. Maybe
> you could do that in the US to get a personalised
> psychedelic helmet?
>
> Cheers!
>
> Liz and Basil The Nag
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