"nath" <ferness261@voyager.net> wrote:
Old helmets. . . . In my closet I have my first helmet, bought with the insurance money from the only time I've been hit by a car. It's a Bailen's Bike Helmet, made in New Zealand, dating from 1981, maybe 1982. Yellow, with white inside, and a little pad for the top of the head. A spiffy pen-and-ink image of a funny man--Bailen? No ventilation, of course! I remember MSR helmets, but I can't remember when they came along. Were they before or after Bailen's Bike Bucket?
MSR was earlier than Bailen. I don't remember Bell v. Bailen; still have one Bailen and one early Bell.
harvey sachs
mcLean VA