terryn wrote:
elizabeth18088 wrote:


-helmets, old velvet helmets that are faded brown make a rider stick out as a newb

Haha! Back in the day when we all wore the apparel only helmets, an old faded helmet with dangling ribbons was a status symbol on Planet H/J. Fading to some shade of brown was preferable to the weird purple-phase and it was EXTRA COOL if you were an adult and could wear the helmets with no harness. I still have mine, it's positively gorgeous. I don't know why I keep it other than for photos.


When we were kids, my best friend actually tried to bleach her helmet so it would be that super cool brown color. Um, yeah. Did not work. Helmet was forever after referred to as "Goldie" and was never shown in again.