Dorky is in the eye of the beholder — I hate the running-shoe-on-your head look of most bicycle helmets, but I wouldn’t go so far as to claim my Thousand Heritage Collection helmet is “cool ...

The bareheaded hipsters on fixies are right: It's tough to look cool wearing a bike helmet. After all, helmets were born of prudence. Wearing one doesn't exactly project a devil-may-care image ...