Limar F105

Price Paid:  $45.00 at LBS

Favorite Ride:
Eastern Township

Bike Setup:
Ryffranck Columbus Ultrafoco
Full ultegra
FSA Carbon Cranks

Summary:
Great helmet, excellent ventilation. I use to ride often without a helmet (way back when!) because I did not like the "heat". Bougth this one because of the cool looks and was on sale. Really feels like I am not wearing a helmet at all. Can't compare to any other helmets (had 2) but it is pretty lightweigth.

Strengths:
Excellent ventilation
Nice look (have the Carbon one)
Confortable

Weaknesses:
Pricey when retail

Similar Products Used:
Louis garneau mid-80s
Specialized

Price Paid:  $100.00 at LBS

Favorite Ride:
The next one

Bike Setup:
2002 Fuji Newest frame, Ksyrium SSC, Profile Desingn AC fork, FSA Pro Team carbon crankset, Ultegra group, Easton EC 70 seatpost, Deda stem and handlebars, Speedplay, and Serfas Aria saddle.

Summary:
This helmet is the greatest. It is very comfortable and light. The helmet looks trick and the fast adjustments are convenient.

Strengths:
Air flow, comfort, easy adjustment, and rugged.

Weaknesses:
The velcro headband sucks. It wears out too quickly.

Similar Products Used:
None

Price Paid:  $70.00 at Glory Cycles and Nas

Favorite Ride:
Around water... old scenic roads

Bike Setup:
Felt S22 triathlon, shimano ultegra, FSA carbon cranks, syntace, speedplay...

Summary:
Very comfortable, light weight, ample ventilation, sharp looking, IMO.

Strengths:
Coolmax cover for chinstrap, Retention system (one hand operation, and I'm not the best bike handler after the swim), feather weight (240 g) under 9 oz, nice color shcemes, fits a big head, big air vents.

Weaknesses:
price

Similar Products Used:
Giro, Bell

Price Paid:  $60.00 at Performance Bike

Favorite Ride:
Right-hand, no-stop around the block

Bike Setup:
Stock 2002 LeMond Tourmalet except for Mavic Ksyr. Elite wheels.

Summary:
Italian, designed-in, comfort; great ventilation; light weight; looks as good as it feels.

Strengths:
Comfort for the large head size (esp. for the broad flat forehead). Good adjustments. Excellent padding w/ moisture wicking material.

Weaknesses:
Price. Get it on sale. But its worth it not to finish several hours in the saddle with dents in your forehead!

Similar Products Used:
Giro, Schwinn, LeMond

Price Paid:  $55.00 at Performance

Favorite Ride:
Carlisle loop

Bike Setup:
Does it matter for helmet review? Ultegra equipped Trek 2500, 1999 model, as well as steel Bianchi from early 90ies.

Summary:
The helmet is very light, provides excellent ventillation and good looks for a very reasonable price. In general, Limar line of helmets are one of the best looking out there, IMPO.

The straps are relatively easy to work and provide a good degree of variability in fit, even though it could have been a little more adjustible (some strap loops are fixed). Word of caution - the sizing runs on the small side. The medium (54-57cm) barely fits someone like me (55.5 cm size, and it's pretty tight with the cycling cap or thin winter hat on) and I doubt it would fit a 57cm head. So if in doubt, get a larger size. The color schemes and 22-vent design is very nice, I actually prefer 105 model to 107 in terms of looks (105 has a "turbo" vent on top). 111 is nicer though, but the price bites.

One unusual feature is chinstrap cover (soft Coolmax wrap that goes around the chinstrap to prevent chaffing).

Strengths:
Reasonable price, light weight, great ventillation, good looks. Coolmax cover for chinstrap is a great idea.

Weaknesses:
sizing (your head may vary!) seems to run small. Straps may require some initial fiddling to achieve a good fit, but there's enough variability to achieve it.

Similar Products Used:
Giro Pneumo, Bell Phi, etc.