is this bicycle helmet too little girly for a 14 yr old grl?

flower.!

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Bell-Youth-Aero-Helmet-Poppies/12528137

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TERRIBLE helmet on at least 2 accounts.

#1) Lack of ventilation. I've seen that exact helmet in stores. Not enough slots or areas to let air both in & out.

#2) At 14 years old, most kids are ready to step up to an adult sized helmet.

#3) Although the law states all helmets must meet certain requirements in theory, there's still a difference between 'theory' & practicality.

If you must buy a helmet from Wally World - see the two links below. Much better helmets. For a really good helmet at a good price & FREE shipping, see 3rd link from Amazon.com.

Why do babies wear helmets now?

Q. In almost every store i go to, like Walmart or the mall, i see women carrying babies with helmets on their heads. It's really weird and i'm curious.

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There are a few kids that need a helmet in order to protect their head as they have some condition that makes head injury very easy. It is really rare to see anyone with this though. Maybe the mom's rode a bicycle to the store and just kept the helmet on the child. It could just be overprotective parents. It is actually not advised to have a helmet on a child when not on a bike(or riding in a bike carrier) because of the risk of strangulation-so I don't know if the overprotection thing would be why.

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how do I pick the right size bicycle for my child (45 inches, 4 years old, needs training wheels)?

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mr190762

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Take him to your local bike shop and get them to help you pick out a bike. They are interested in getting him a bike that will fit him and are experienced in the industry. Don't buy from WalMart, or Academy, or department stores, where the sales help is usually clueless. The average "department store" bike gets less than 100 miles on it before it hits the dumpster - and for good reason - they aren't fun to ride because the quality is so poor. Even for a kids' bike that you expect him to outgrow in a couple of years can be handed down to a sibling or friend. You'll pay a little more, but the piece of mind knowing that his bike will hold up to the crashes, getting dumped in the yard, jumping curbs is worth it.

You can get good kids' bikes in some of the main brands - Giant, Trek, Specialized, etc. They will be good quality. (Note, if you are as old as I am, Schwinn was the thing to get when you were a kid - but they are no longer. The name was bought out by a very low end, cheap company (Pacific Mongoose) and the quality has gone way downhill.)

And as everyone says: get a helmet & a pump. The tires should be aired at least once a week (they will lose ~10% of their pressure *each* night).

How cool is your kid's school? What freebies do they get?

Michelle

I am always amazed at the free stuff my daughter brings home from school. And I often wonder if this is a small town thing (not many kids, so it doesn't cost local businesses much to sponsor things) or if the bigger cities do the same or more.

Yesterday they had a bicycle safety course for the first graders. The actually gave my daughter a free helmet! It doesn't look cheap either. The design is cool (I wouldn't mind wearing it) and the way it is built looks better than the cheapos I was looking at at walmart.

What kind of stuff does your kid bring home from school? And is it public or private? My daughter goes to public school.
Grace - My kid's teacher actually pays the kids pennies for being good at school every day. You get 3 pennies if you stay out of trouble. You get more if you do something really good. At the end of the six weeks, they get to buy stuff like you are talking about and little toys. I think that's pretty cool too :)
Katie ... One of the schools I went to separated us into teams like that too. Stinks, doesn't it?
KitKat - I like the sound of what your school does. My daughter loves books! They have sent home 2 or 3 this year. But every kid gets the same one, sponsored by the local bank, grocery store, and phone company. Still pretty neat. I never knew kids came with so many cool accessories!
Mom to 4 girls : Wow! Your kids' schools have more people than my whole town! Our city has barely passed the 2,000 people mark. ... And many of them are retired!

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We are in a very small town as well. We don't get anything near as nice as a bike helmet. However, the kids have brought home free footballs (not the small nerf kind), they get backpacks at the beginning of the year, t-shirts, ice cream from the local DQ, and they have a book program to choose one book from the library every month to keep.

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how do I pick the right size bicycle for my child (45 inches, 4 years old, needs training wheels)?

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mr190762

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Take him to your local bike shop and get them to help you pick out a bike. They are interested in getting him a bike that will fit him and are experienced in the industry. Don't buy from WalMart, or Academy, or department stores, where the sales help is usually clueless. The average "department store" bike gets less than 100 miles on it before it hits the dumpster - and for good reason - they aren't fun to ride because the quality is so poor. Even for a kids' bike that you expect him to outgrow in a couple of years can be handed down to a sibling or friend. You'll pay a little more, but the piece of mind knowing that his bike will hold up to the crashes, getting dumped in the yard, jumping curbs is worth it.

You can get good kids' bikes in some of the main brands - Giant, Trek, Specialized, etc. They will be good quality. (Note, if you are as old as I am, Schwinn was the thing to get when you were a kid - but they are no longer. The name was bought out by a very low end, cheap company (Pacific Mongoose) and the quality has gone way downhill.)

And as everyone says: get a helmet & a pump. The tires should be aired at least once a week (they will lose ~10% of their pressure *each* night).

How cool is your kid's school? What freebies do they get?

Michelle

I am always amazed at the free stuff my daughter brings home from school. And I often wonder if this is a small town thing (not many kids, so it doesn't cost local businesses much to sponsor things) or if the bigger cities do the same or more.

Yesterday they had a bicycle safety course for the first graders. The actually gave my daughter a free helmet! It doesn't look cheap either. The design is cool (I wouldn't mind wearing it) and the way it is built looks better than the cheapos I was looking at at walmart.

What kind of stuff does your kid bring home from school? And is it public or private? My daughter goes to public school.
Grace - My kid's teacher actually pays the kids pennies for being good at school every day. You get 3 pennies if you stay out of trouble. You get more if you do something really good. At the end of the six weeks, they get to buy stuff like you are talking about and little toys. I think that's pretty cool too :)
Katie ... One of the schools I went to separated us into teams like that too. Stinks, doesn't it?
KitKat - I like the sound of what your school does. My daughter loves books! They have sent home 2 or 3 this year. But every kid gets the same one, sponsored by the local bank, grocery store, and phone company. Still pretty neat. I never knew kids came with so many cool accessories!
Mom to 4 girls : Wow! Your kids' schools have more people than my whole town! Our city has barely passed the 2,000 people mark. ... And many of them are retired!

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We are in a very small town as well. We don't get anything near as nice as a bike helmet. However, the kids have brought home free footballs (not the small nerf kind), they get backpacks at the beginning of the year, t-shirts, ice cream from the local DQ, and they have a book program to choose one book from the library every month to keep.

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BIKE FOR 270LB WOMAN?

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Jennifer

I want to begin riding a bike around everywhere as an exercise. maybe 1 hr a day. i weight 270 and want to make sure I get a bike that supports me well. maybe take it up hiking hills on the weekends as well. so I need a GOOD but AFORDABLE bike, maybe cute? but thats the least of my worries. I was looking at this one


http://www.walmart.com/ip/26-L-Karaoke-cruiser-comfort-bike-model-26730-white/12509652#ProductDetail

but it doesnt show weight limit. any opinions?

Thank you

also, what other gear besides helmets are necessary to wear (like its illegal if you dont wear it) I haven't been bicycling since I was a kid so I dont know anything! Fill me in! lol all I heard is that it's good exrcise. I loved riding bikes when I was a kid!

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That bike won't be much fun to ride on any kind of a hill. It is a heavy, single speed cruiser, suitable for leisurely rides on flat roads. If you are planning to ride your bike for exercise this may not be the best choice. Bikes in this price range are not going to be good quality. On the plus side, the bike should have no trouble supporting your weight, and the simple drive system should not be too trouble prone. The bike is simple enough that assembly will not be too bad, often a big problem with bikes sold in Walmart. Odds are this bike won't last you very long before things start to wear out. At this low a price a lot of corners have to be cut to produce a bike.

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Things you have to do at a gas station.

1. Stand by a gas pump and when someone approaches, scream "Kid get off my lawn!"
2. Stand by a gas pump and when a car pulls up yell "How may I take your order" in a bad accent, and then say "Would you like fries with that?"
3. Stay at the gas pump for an hour, and if someone honks, get out of your car and act "mental".
4. Park your car in front of a pump, and run off, hiding in the bushes. If someone honks, slowly walk to your car. Once there; give the people behind you the finger, and just sit in your car. If they honk again; get out and fill your car, like nothing ever happened
5. Act like a foreign gas attendant. (Especially in places where you fill your own car :P)
6. Knock on everyone's car windows, making sure they roll them down, after they're rolled down, ask;"Leaded or unleaded Sir/Ma'am"
7. If the gas station only has one other car, honk, and pretend your didn't do it.
8. Honk continuously for a minute.
9. Get out of your car and act like a hobo, asking for money from everyone.
10. If you have a nice car; park in front of a pump and sit in your car, with your windows down. When someone approaches, say "Money for the poor?"

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I love lists like these. Here are 30 things to do at wallmart:

1. Get 24 boxes of condoms & randomly put them in people's carts
when they aren't looking.
2. Set all the alarm clocks in housewares to go off at 5 minute
intervals.
3. Make a trail of tomato juice on the floor to the rest rooms.
4. Walk up to an employee and tell him/her in an official tone,
"Code 3 in housewares," and see what happens.
5. Go to the Service Desk and ask to put a bag of M&M's on lay
away.
6. Move a 'CAUTION - WET FLOOR' sign to a carpeted area.
7. Set up a tent in the camping department and tell other shoppers you'll invite them in only if they bring pillows from the bedding department.
8. When a clerk asks if they can help you, begin to cry and ask,
"Why can't you people just leave me alone?"\
9. go up to one of the cameras they have on display and us it as a mirror and start picking your nose.
10. While handling guns in the hunting department ask the clerk if he knows where the antidepressants are.
11. Dart around the store suspiciously while loudly humming the
theme from "Mission Impossible."
12. In the auto department, practice your Madonna look using
different size funnels.
13. Hide in the clothing rack and when people browse through say,
"PICK ME! PICK ME!"
14. When an announcement comes over the loud speaker, assume the
fetal position and scream, "NO! NO! It's those voices again."
and last but not least,
15. Go into a fitting room and yell loudly, "Hey! We're out of
toilet paper in here!"
16.While walking through the clothing department, ask yourself
loud enough for all to hear, "Who buys this crap anyway?!"
17.Ride a display bicycle through the store; claim you are
taking it for a test drive.
18.Follow people through the aisles, staying about 5 feet
behind them. Do this until they leave the store.
19.Test the fishing rods and see what you can catch from other
aisles.
20.Hold indoor shopping cart races.
21.Attempt to fit into very large gym bags.
or Attempt to fit others into very large gym bags against their will.
22.Two words: Marco Polo.
23.Relax in the patio furniture drinking beer until you get kicked out.
24.Start playing football and see how many people will join.
25.Stand in front of the WalMart greeter and say "Welcome to WalMart" before the greeter can.
26.Have a long conversation with the greeter so that he/she cannot greet customers entering the store or give them a shopping cart.
27.Roll a tire down the aisle and chase after it.
28.Go to the auto department and get a few jugs of antifreeze, put them in the freezers in the grocery department.
29.Put on a baseball helmet backwards, a hunting vest, a big stuffed bear under one arm and a pool cue. Tiptoe in and out of isles and yell "BANG" while pointing the pool cue at customers and employees, then jump into an isle where they can't see you. or Commando crawl through isles doing the same thing, but roll off into other isles and crawl away as fast as possible.
30. Challenge other customers to duels with tubes of gift-wrap.

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Things you have to do at a gas station.

1. Stand by a gas pump and when someone approaches, scream "Kid get off my lawn!"
2. Stand by a gas pump and when a car pulls up yell "How may I take your order" in a bad accent, and then say "Would you like fries with that?"
3. Stay at the gas pump for an hour, and if someone honks, get out of your car and act "mental".
4. Park your car in front of a pump, and run off, hiding in the bushes. If someone honks, slowly walk to your car. Once there; give the people behind you the finger, and just sit in your car. If they honk again; get out and fill your car, like nothing ever happened
5. Act like a foreign gas attendant. (Especially in places where you fill your own car :P)
6. Knock on everyone's car windows, making sure they roll them down, after they're rolled down, ask;"Leaded or unleaded Sir/Ma'am"
7. If the gas station only has one other car, honk, and pretend your didn't do it.
8. Honk continuously for a minute.
9. Get out of your car and act like a hobo, asking for money from everyone.
10. If you have a nice car; park in front of a pump and sit in your car, with your windows down. When someone approaches, say "Money for the poor?"

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I love lists like these. Here are 30 things to do at wallmart:

1. Get 24 boxes of condoms & randomly put them in people's carts
when they aren't looking.
2. Set all the alarm clocks in housewares to go off at 5 minute
intervals.
3. Make a trail of tomato juice on the floor to the rest rooms.
4. Walk up to an employee and tell him/her in an official tone,
"Code 3 in housewares," and see what happens.
5. Go to the Service Desk and ask to put a bag of M&M's on lay
away.
6. Move a 'CAUTION - WET FLOOR' sign to a carpeted area.
7. Set up a tent in the camping department and tell other shoppers you'll invite them in only if they bring pillows from the bedding department.
8. When a clerk asks if they can help you, begin to cry and ask,
"Why can't you people just leave me alone?"\
9. go up to one of the cameras they have on display and us it as a mirror and start picking your nose.
10. While handling guns in the hunting department ask the clerk if he knows where the antidepressants are.
11. Dart around the store suspiciously while loudly humming the
theme from "Mission Impossible."
12. In the auto department, practice your Madonna look using
different size funnels.
13. Hide in the clothing rack and when people browse through say,
"PICK ME! PICK ME!"
14. When an announcement comes over the loud speaker, assume the
fetal position and scream, "NO! NO! It's those voices again."
and last but not least,
15. Go into a fitting room and yell loudly, "Hey! We're out of
toilet paper in here!"
16.While walking through the clothing department, ask yourself
loud enough for all to hear, "Who buys this crap anyway?!"
17.Ride a display bicycle through the store; claim you are
taking it for a test drive.
18.Follow people through the aisles, staying about 5 feet
behind them. Do this until they leave the store.
19.Test the fishing rods and see what you can catch from other
aisles.
20.Hold indoor shopping cart races.
21.Attempt to fit into very large gym bags.
or Attempt to fit others into very large gym bags against their will.
22.Two words: Marco Polo.
23.Relax in the patio furniture drinking beer until you get kicked out.
24.Start playing football and see how many people will join.
25.Stand in front of the WalMart greeter and say "Welcome to WalMart" before the greeter can.
26.Have a long conversation with the greeter so that he/she cannot greet customers entering the store or give them a shopping cart.
27.Roll a tire down the aisle and chase after it.
28.Go to the auto department and get a few jugs of antifreeze, put them in the freezers in the grocery department.
29.Put on a baseball helmet backwards, a hunting vest, a big stuffed bear under one arm and a pool cue. Tiptoe in and out of isles and yell "BANG" while pointing the pool cue at customers and employees, then jump into an isle where they can't see you. or Commando crawl through isles doing the same thing, but roll off into other isles and crawl away as fast as possible.
30. Challenge other customers to duels with tubes of gift-wrap.

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