Giro Me2 Infant Bike Helmet
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Description of Giro Me2 Infant Bike Helmet
The Me2 features thoughtful touches that parents adore and kids appreciate, like simple strap guides, an adjustable fit system and a buckle that won't pinch soft skin. It's the perfect start to a lifelong bond with helmets.Make sure your kids have a fun and safe ride with the Giro Me2 bike helmet for infants and toddlers. In addition to several colorfully fanciful designs--including yellow chicks, aviator pigs, pink bunnies, and red duck and goose--the helmet features 20 vents (protected with a built-in bug net) to help to keep your child's head cool. It also features Giro's Mini-Loc fit system with simple strap guides that enable your kid to put on the helmet without pinching skin. There's soft padding inside that feels great and a built-in visor for a bit of shade. This helmet is adjustable, enabling it to grow with your child. It's sized for infants and toddlers with heads measuring 18.75 to 20.5 inches in diameter.
 20 vents with built-in bug netting keep your child's head cool. |  Giro's Mini-Loc fit system features simple strap guides. |
Fitting a Helmet
Here are some guidelines to getting the best fit for a bike helmet.
- Eyes: The rim of the helmet should be up to 1 to 2 finger widths above the eyebrows
- Ears: The straps should form a V under just beneath the ear lobe
- Mouth: When the rider opens her mouth, the buckle should feel snug on the chin and the helmet should hug the head
About Giro
Working late nights in his garage, designer/bike racer Jim Gentes created the first lightweight adult cycling helmet in 1985. Friends at NASA helped tune the final helmet shape and vent placement, and the result was the Giro Prolight, a helmet that was better looking than traditional designs while offering a superior fit and still met the industry's toughest safety standards. Plus, it was half the weight of traditional helmets. Since then, Giro has advanced its helmets, many of which have set the standards for styling, function, and innovation for progressive, performance-oriented riders on dirt, pavement, and snow. Giro helmets are worn by millions of riders, cyclists, skiers, and snowboarders around the world. Young-bloods and old-timers; hard-cores, heshers, and hipsters; rookies, experts, and a few regular Joes too--in fact, pretty much anyone that appreciates superior fit and function, cutting edge styling, and the very best ideas you get in a helmet.
Sports reviews of Giro Me2 Infant Bike Helmet
Customer Review: Ideal for Infant Rider
Sport shop rating: 5 Stars
We have a front-mounted bicycle seat. This is an absolutely wonderful way to tote your kid, but as with all biking, it has its dangers and it was critical that my 10-month old child have a proper helmet. With all the folks out there riding around with their little kids attached, I thought it would be easy to find not only a proper-fitting helmet, but also one that didn't have some obnoxiously gendered color scheme or commercial characters plastered all over it. Hey, if I'm buying a helmet for a child that will soon outgrow it, then I want it to be acceptable for the next little kid who comes along!
Well, crickey! It is not alway easy to identify the helmets sized for 1-year old toddlers as opposed to the 4-year old "toddlers". And it's downright difficult to find a helmet that isn't screaming hot pink butterfly princesses or whatever cartoon Disney/Pixar/McDonald's is trying to market to kids right now.
We finally settled on this yellow duckies Giro Me2 and couldn't be happier. This helmet fits the bill and, best of all, my child's head. It is about as solidly constructed as your average adult helmet, big but not bulky. The straps are adjusted easily after unsnapping a clasp, and retain their sizing after your re-snap the clasps. The head circumference is adjustable (48 to 52 cm) with a little snapping dial at the back of the head, which means it'll grow with your child. And, happily, it comes in several friendly and timeless color patterns so you can feel good passing it on to the next kid, whether boy or girl or other. Score!
Customer Review: Cute Helmet
Sport shop rating: 5 Stars
I bought this helmet because it was the only infant helmet available locally at the time. However, although the price is a bit steep, when you take your childs safety into account, it's worth it. At first I had a bit of a problem figuring out how to fit it to a squirming toddler. But once I did figure it out, it's easy to adjust. I have now had it over a year, and it still going great. Deedee still loves her pink bunnies. It hasn't gotten used at much as I would have liked, but I'm glad that it's growing with her so we don't have to buy another one for her yet. I like that there are several cute designs to choose from. I have heard that it's better to have a smooth rounded back vs. a back that protrudes, however I can't say that I've noticed a difference. Both of my boys have Bell helmets that do protrude in the back, and they have never complained about it when riding in the trailer or in on of the infant seats. Although this is marketed as pinch free, expect that you will pinch your child once in a while. Especially if the chin strap is too tight. Still, it happens much less often than one the older style clips. Another eason I would reccomend this over a Bell is because of the dial in the back that tighten's/loosen's the strap to the perfect fit of the head without having adjust the chin strap. A child's Bell helmet doesn't have this feature.Customer Review: Versatile adjustment for infants
Sport shop rating: 5 Stars
I read a lot of different reviews for bike helmets including those of a well-known national consumer's group magazine. Our local sporting goods store has an array of helmets for kids age 3 and up, but just try and find one for an infant/toddler. Amazon's reviews were very helpful and I finally narrowed the choice down to the Bell Boomerang and the Giro Me2. Both were rated well, but the feature that got my vote for the Giro was the adjustable fit system. With just the twist of a knob (located at the rear of the helmet), the inside strap that encircles the infant's head can be tightened or loosened for a custom fit. This is particularly useful when dealing with an infant who is new to wearing a bike helmet, and therefore resistant to putting it on and fiddling too long with strap adjustments. Giro also includes some extra stick-on foam pads to help provide extra cushion and a good fit. I had the most difficulty finding the right position for the chinstrap. But I suspect with any brand helmet, it would take some finesse to cajole your infant while making the proper adjustment. My son, who is 10 months old, did not like it when I fastened the clip, but once we were on the bike, he loved it and totally forgot about wearing the helmet. I'm well satisfied with this purchase, plus with Amazon's free shipping, it was a good deal.Customer Review: Great for Infants!!!
Sport shop rating: 5 Stars
I first bought a Schwinn helmet for my baby at Target, which I was able to adjust snugly, but the back was pointed, which made it difficult for my baby's head to lay back in her bike seat, which in turn would cause the straps to practically choke her. I decided I needed to look elsewhere.
I read some reviews of the Me2 helmet on other websites, and decided to try it out. When I got home, I adjusted it to fit her in minutes and it fit very securely and snugly (she is 9 months with a 45cm head circumference), and has a wonderful, adjustable knob to tighten it around the bottom of her skull, similar to my bike helmet. Another huge plus is the flat back so the baby can wear it in a high-back bike seat or trailer. It also has a brim in front which adds protection to her forehead.
It is a little pricey, but definitely worth it for your child's safety. For an infant around 9 months who is just starting to wear a helmet, this is the place to start. I'm not sure how long she'll be able to wear it, but I'm excited about our many bike rides together.
Customer Review: Terrfic helmet for a toddler!
Sport shop rating: 5 Stars
I got this helmet for my 13 month old daughter primarily for these features:
Fits heads measuring 18.75 to 20.5 inches (48 to 52 centimeters)
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Mini-Loc fit system with simple strap guides and buckle that won't pinch skin
My daughter as 13 month old measured at 46 centimeters for head size. She was still able to use this helmet because of the extra padding that came with this helmet. It took us only 5 minutes to adjust the straps. She did feel uncomfortable at first but once the bike got going she had no complaints, even when she got off the bike.
I included a picture of her in her pink bunny bike helmet on the Amazon product page.
The child bike seat we chose is the iBert Safe-T Front Mounted Child Bicycle Seat. I left a review for the iBERT too.