Michael Daly wrote:

On 9-Sep-2003, Brian Nystrom wrote:

Funny thing, the ProTec helmet started out as a hockey helmet.

??? - given how crummy they are by comparison to the standard helmets
used by hockey players, that sounds odd. A Protec helmet as sold today
is comparable to a hockey helmet of the '60s, before the hockey standards
were seriously tightened up. I never heard of Protec until I got into paddling
and hockey is practically a religion here in the GWN.

I sold 'em when they first came out, which was ~1980. They had hockey and cycling
versions , the only difference being that the hockey helmet had full ear coverage.
The same two variants were probably sold for other activities as well.

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Regards

Brian