[jimbowho]

classic lid.

 

[da'HOOV]

OK, how bout posting pics of your vintage headgear? Or better yet, vintage pics of riders wearing vintage headgear..:thumbsup:

I picked one of these SkidLids up today, This is not a pic of mine but the one I found is identical and everybit as clean...mid/late 70's?

 

[sgltrak]

Helmets:
Two Bell V-1 Pros
One 1st Generation Giro, w/ Lycra/net cover
Don't remember what the white ones were.
Edit: Think the white ones were:
One Vetta
One Bell Biker

Bikes:
'88 MB-1
'88 Univega Alpina Pro
'87 Rockhopper
'87 Schwinn Cimmaron
'88 GT Tequesta
'87 MB-1

 

[H_Tuttle]

I have a bailen bucket

remember those lycra helmet seat and pump covers from the 80s?

 

[girlonbike]

Helmets:
Two Bell V-1 Pros
One 1st Generation Giro, w/ Lycra/net cover
Don't remember what the white ones were.

Bikes:
'88 MB-1
'88 Univega Alpina Pro
'87 Rockhopper
'87 Schwinn Cimmaron
'88 GT Tequesta
'87 MB-1

Is that your mb-1 with drop bars?

 

[sgltrak]

Is that your mb-1 with drop bars?

THREAD DERAIL

Nope. I'm the dork on the other end sticking my butt out while trying to hold up my '88 MB-1 and the photographer's Univega. Ken, the rider with the drop bar '87 MB-1 rode it that way for about a week and then went to flat bars and a 150mm T-Bone. He kept the drop setup for the future, but the bike was stolen a few years later without having the drops re-installed. Seems like the stock stem wasn't quite high enough for the drops to work well.

Ken was a shop employee with me and he got the bike on closeout for $380. Wish I would have bought one of them at the time, but I wanted the new one with the black XT stuff, and as a broke college kid I could not afford both, though the total would have only been $742 at the shop employee price. Seems like a bargain now.

/THREAD DERAIL

 

[83stumpjumper]

I always wanted a skid Lid back in the early '80s. They looked like something that was worn in Star Wars. I tried to buy one off Ebay a year or so ago, but to my surprise, I was well out bid.

Yes, I had lycra covers for my bike saddles. They looked pretty good when you got the color to match something on the bike.

 

[83stumpjumper]

I was served very well for many years by my Bell Biker 1980 to at least 1990. Big, old mushroom looking thing.

 

[IZH-35M]

I have a few new old Vetta helmets?

They're brand new from. Late 70's?

 

[Rumpfy]

Only vintage helmet I have.

 

[jeff]

Is that one of JT's?

 

[Rumpfy]

Is that one of JT's?

Jersey and the helmet, ya.

 

[shawnw]

Camo V1 Pro

This is from 1984, and it sports the original Point Reyes Bikes decal.

 

[Fillet-brazed]

This is from 1984, and it sports the original Point Reyes Bikes decal.
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That's awesome. Old decal makes it even cooler.

 

[felixdelrio]

no comment ...

 

[She&I]

Where are the leather lids? I guess they went out before MTB went commercial.

I've got mine in the shed. (Don't have my Skid Lid anymore.) Amazing how long the leather helmets were used--well into the 70s. I wore mine at my local skateparks, too.

Mike

 

[fat tire trader]

The first helmet that I bought when I started racing in the early 80S

Then

And Now

 

[Fillet-brazed]

The first helmet that I bought when I started racing in the early 80S

Is that your current Pro Cruiser behind you at the start? That's one big boy!

 

[rockcrusher]

Is that your current Pro Cruiser behind you at the start? That's one big boy!

Wow good eye and holy cow!

 

[rockcrusher]

OK, how bout posting pics of your vintage headgear? Or better yet, vintage pics of riders wearing vintage headgear..:thumbsup:

I picked one of these SkidLids up today, This is not a pic of mine but the one I found is identical and everybit as clean...mid/late 70's?

Anyone have the Shoei Helmet still? Those were the real first All-Mountain helmets, like the Giro Xen, longer tail to protect the back of your hat, a serious visor and reasonable ventilation. I had a friend that rode one for years while I pursued the light weight direction. He probably still has his and I now use a Giro Xen. Go figure.