Roof R06 Bamboo Motorcycle Helmet
I would advise against wearing this lovely bamboo motorcycle from Roof. Not because its top, covered in interlaced bamboo, is fragile—it's passed all due European safety measurements, probably because there's something more sturdy underneath—but because wearing a motorcycle helmet without face protection is dumb. You'd feel really silly if you wore a bamboo helmet and then caught a tree in the teeth.
It's available later this month for £189.
Roof release Bamboo helmet [MotorcycleNews.com via Treehugger]
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Make it full face and I'm on that like whoa.
the bamboo helmet has a very nice face shield if you look at the picture.
Considering that riding a motorcycle is about as safe as running down the middle of a busy freeway, does it really matter if the helmet has face protection or not?
A motorcycle helmet isn't a seatbelt - if you are involved in a real MVA on a bike then you are more than likely going to cop some serious injuries, regardless of the amount of armour you're wearing.
If you are going to risk death you might as well strap a chunk of bamboo to your head whilst your doing it (if that's the kind of thing you like to do).
I don't see the problem of a helmet without face protection. If you look at the boxer models of roof the face protection part isn't realy that strong either.
So i think this is a nice different looking helmet.