Eventers care about fashion just as much as Hunters its just their fashion is different!
[QUOTE=Madeline;8267865]
Mid seventies roughly corresponds with helmets with good harnesses.[/QUOTE]
Really? I remember harnesses being required for Juniors in 1984 for the first time. And harnesses within the helmets were only around for a year or two before that - 1981-82ish.
Prior to that time if you wanted a “harness”, you either pulled the little elastic band forward and over the brim so it went under your chin. Or there were separate harnesses you could buy that fit OVER the helmet.
See pic of hunt cap with separate harness below. You can see how the separate harness was a black nylon loop that circled around the helmet, with the chin strap and cup attached.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1214817454275&l=07cd0a45d7
[QUOTE=comingback;8267370]
Well I would hope the manufacturer, who has to meet the safety guidelines outlined by researchers. Here is the CEO of Charles Owen showing how to fit the helmet. It starts by saying you should try on the helmet with your hair as it will be when you ride. Go to 11:14 if you don’t want to watch the whole thing.[/QUOTE]
I just wanted to add that I wrote to Charles Owen asking about this and their response specifically mentions that they do not recommend the hair be put up inside the helmet with the exception of the Rider 2000 which apparently allows for it somehow.
“As for the fit of your daughters’ wearing their hair up. We recommend to get the most accurate fit that a child wear their hair down (or in a bun). Because long hair takes up so much room and does move you do not always get an accurate fit. We do have a velvet helmet with a higher peak, Rider 2000, that can allow the hair to be on top of the head not to interfere with the sides, but then again to assure the best fit, down is recommended. We do not recommend going up a size but to be fitted with how the hair will be worn.”
