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  Cameron Hughes

  5 years ago

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  I got one from the Cooper Hewitt store last month. I keep my helmet in my bag, don't like it swinging around. Definitely lives up to the hype...

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  Peter Rogers

  4 years ago

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  I bike daily, year round and usually lock my helmet to my bike, because I cannot F***ing abide strapping it to my bag and have it slapping into every door frame I go through. Leaving it locked to the bike is fine except when it rains or snows, it then gets a lot wetter than my own sweat would make it. Lately I've been riding Toronto's Bike Share a lot as the stations are very convenient and it saves my bike from winter wear. Yet taking a helmet with me seems more cumbersome because I'd have to carry it with me all the time. A collapsible or compact helmet is exactly what I need so I'm about to order one. All that said, I'd like to think designers commenting here might have taken a hot second to consider all the use cases before poo-pooing the need for a compact helmet.
  

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  Tom De Vrieze

  5 years ago

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  Just make it inflatable :-D

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  Juan Cano

  5 years ago

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  Saw one of these this weekendat a store in NYC where they sell folding bikes for $1400. Not sure of the name. Seemed neat, took me a couple tries to fold it as the 'teeth' where running into each other. Felt solid.
  

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  Nigel Alcorn

  5 years ago

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  Folding function aside, it's a cool looking helmet!

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  Ken Mori

  5 years ago

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  I kinda agree with David.  I just strap my sweaty helmet to the outside of my bag or if it's for a short time, I'll lock it too my bike.  I still think the elusive problem is to make a bike helmet less dorky to wear. Is making it less dorky, making it more compact? Maybe.

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  David Beck

  5 years ago

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  Rain wrote > Anyone who regularly carries a bicycle helmet would like it to be more portable. 

  
  

  Incorrect.  If not on my noggin, my helmet just dangles from my bag, no big deal.  The idea of taking my sweaty helmet, folding it (trapping moisture) and putting it in my bag is quite vile.

  
  

  Is it really a problem?  Or just a solution in search of?

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    Frederick Fasola

    David Beck

    5 years ago

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    True, if you commute regularly by bike, then you probably have your own workable set-up (expecially if you are a fan of head to toe lycra and changing in the office, then wet towels and and keeping your shirts from getting crumpled may be a bigger concern then neatly folding your helmet... ).
    But as bike sharing schemes become more popular and you can pick up and drop off a bike anywhere, I see more and more people cycling without a helmet and I would welcome anything that would make them more likely to carry one with them. This could also be very useful to anyone with a mixed mode commute (cycling+train or subway). 
    Also, as someone who uses a bike to pop accross town for a meeting, I've always felt a little self concious about my helmet dangling off my bag and potentially knocking something over or hitting someone in the face. And I have often found myself in a cinema, theatre or restaurant, deperatly trying to shove my helmet inside my bag to minimise diruption and trip hasard.
    
    I looked into folding bike helmets before and was put off by the price, so this new offering could be worth examining !
    
    Oh and you may ask why I dont simply tie my helmet to my bike? Well having seen a dog releive itself in someone's helmet, I prefer not to !
    
    
    

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