Racing Bike Helmet

The Bell racing bike helmet brand pioneered the creation of wearing safety speed sports. Created in 1923 by George Wight, Bell began as a small store auto parts in a suburb of Los Angeles. To address growing under benevolent Roy Richter, Bell became a leader in safety equipment for competitive car, motorcycle and bicycle and went from being a sole proprietorship to a multi-million dollar empire. In 1933 Roy Richter graduated high school in the High School will work to George Wight as a pattern maker. Roy decides to auto racing, driving the Model T of his friend. In 1933 Roy Richter built the Bell Special, a small racing bike helmet car replica of the "Betsy" (at the time) he built from parts found in Bell's store. It was the first of many race cars Richter, built and which he used in racing bike helmet cars competing against professionals. While Roy showed his talent as a runner, he performed what he called design and build cars and competing products. From 1937 to 1941 is the golden age of racing cars Richter. Richter-built cars won many championships, beat hundreds of careers and countless track records in the various teams competing with them. On July 2, 1945, Roy Richter buy "Bell Auto Parts" to sell this car and invested their life savings were a total of $ 1,000. In 1946 in a racing bike helmet accident killed his former friend, Swedish, Lindskog. It is the second close friend of Roy who died while competing. Roy created a commission to make competing products safer. In 1949 The first national speed trials carried out on the plains of the Salt Lake Bonneville, Utah. Bell is there with a truckload of spare parts and a large tent to provide shelter to the commentators. It was a complete success and the tent would be a fixture at Bonneville for the next 30 years. In 1954 Bell started manufacturing its first helmet, 500, in a garage located behind Bell Auto Parts. Several members of the Lincoln team, including the winner of the Indianapolis 500 in 1953 and 1954, Vukovich, wear helmets during the Pan-American race as they ran in Mexico. Cal Niday in 1955 became the first driver to wear a racing bike helmet from Bell in the Indy 500. On lap 170, Niday suddenly crashes into a wall. He credits the racing bike helmet the save of a more serious injury. The police department of Los Angeles requiring helmets for motorcycle agents. Bell would eventually be the official supplier of helmets more than 800 police departments. In 1961, Bell helmets line is extended to nine different types. In addition to auto racing bike helmet are also available for hockey, skiing, skydiving, baseball, football, police and firefighters. The ski center is adaptable to compete in cycling. In 1962 The 500-town tx model is selected by the Museum of Modern Art in New York for its excellent design. Four Bell helmet models are continuous display in this museum. In 1963 Parnelli Jones wins in Indy (Indianapolis) 500 using a Bell and Jim Clark becomes the first champion of the world that leads to Bell. The publicity of the Bell logo was seen around the world was incalculable. At that time the only money was paid to pilots as a bonus to the winners - the only way to get something, it was winning. In 1968, the January 1, Evel Knievel crashes sources at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas to try to circumvent them. When she wakes up after 28 days in coma, thanks to Bell saved his life. In 1970 the Foundation created the standard SNELL standard for bicycle helmets. It is so strict that only manage to pass motorcycle racing bike helmet and this is not achieved until 1973 together with the rules of ski helmets and riding, became the industry standard 1970 for protective clothing from head. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3. 0, additional terms may apply. Read Terms of Use for more information. . .
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