Racing helmet shops in Scotland?

[DMC2]

Is there any shops in Scotland with a decent selection of helmets? I need to find a new race helmet and would rather try some on than order over the interweb.

D.

[DevestatinDave]

There's Hein Gericke on Great Western Road in Glasgow. They're geared towards bikers, I don't know how that affects helmet choice. I'm quite happy with the one I bought to use for karting, they seemed like a decent bunch.

[Kiltie]

DevestatinDave said:

There's Hein Gericke ...

... careful ...

Blue Book said:

(a) INTERNATIONAL EVENTS & ALL MSA EVENTS.
FIA 8860-2004.
SNELL SA2010.
SNELL SA2005.
SNELL SA2000*.
SNELL SAH2010.
SFI Foundation 31.1A, 31.2A.
BS 6658 Type A/FR**.

• May be withdrawn with effect from 01/01/15.

• May be withdrawn with effect from 01/01/16.

Cheers,

Eric

[kartstart 1]

rennat design at knockhill they are bell agents

[Shenanigans]

Umm....id give forth gear a shout. They specialize in motorbike gear....but a helmet is a helmet.

http://www.forthgear.co.uk/

[TheD]

Flyingfoxbikes

[Kiltie]

Shenanigans said:

... but a helmet is a helmet.

No, they must comply with MSA requirements as per my post above.

It's the one thing you can rely 100% on that scrutineers will check.

If the helmet doesn't comply, it'll be impounded until the end of the meeting or event.

Unless you can borrow one, you won't be competing that day.

Bike helmets generally don't comply with the MSA required standards.

IIRC, it's something to do with the design being different for one big impact as opposed to lots of smaller ones (like regularly rattling your bonce off a roll cage).

Cheers,

Eric