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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sancho" data-source="post: 1218362" data-attributes="member: 27039"><p>Basically they're all made of Styrofoam or something similar. For more money, you get more comfortable fit and more venting and/or streamlining. Mountain bikers tend to wear ones with little peaks, that are pretty good as sun-visors. Road (racing) bikers wear ones that are "teardrop"-shaped. I have two....a Trek Mountain Bike Helmet which I use for cycling on the streets, cost about 40 euro, and a Bell "Sweep R" Helmet that I use for the racing-bike (lots of vents, air goes in the front and out the back, as do flying insects!). The latter cost a bloody fortune... about 99 euro, I think. The most comfortable racing-bike helmet I ever tried (and which I would recommend for all use) was my brother's Giro Monza, cost about 50 euro. Like binos in the hand, it's a very personal thing, and comfort depends on the shape of one's skull, really. Generally, the real cheapies, although they might feel fine in the shop, tend to be uncomfortable and hot in use. As pointed by another poster, a helmet is unlikely to help very much if you're run over by an artic, or if you have a crash on a high-speed descent. So avoid lorries and be careful coming down hills.</p></blockquote><p></p>