Update on the Lumos helmet, it is awesome. I haven't tried the turn signals yet; no place to mount the remote on the handlebar of my gravel bike. The Bluetooth remote attaches with O-rings, so is not hard to move from bike to bike, but I wouldn't want to do it all the time, so I'll need to decide which bike I want it on.
- Press the button on the back and it turns on with a double-beep. Long-press to turn off. (with a single beep)
- It has a rubber cover for the USB-C charging port, which is just below the power button. When charging, an LED behind the power button comes on red. When charged, it turns green.
- I gave this a thorough try last night on an 11 mile ride home on the city streets. (In that ride, I only had one A-hole in a full size truck honk at me for daring to be in the street. I had to take up some of "his" lane for 50', causing him to have to slow down, to stay out of the door zone of parked cars.)
- The visor is a fairly snug fit so that it gets close to the nose. Any glasses you wear under it would also need to fit the countour of your face fairly well in order not to scrape. Sporty sunglasses would work. Full size glasses with right angle horn rims won't work.
- It is noticeably heavier than a regular bike helmet in the hands, but once on my head, I didn't notice it at all.
I'm doing some soul-searching as to whether a helmet like this with great lighting makes me safer, (since it makes me more conspicuous) or one with a chin bar. (since it will protect my face better in the event of a crash.
I've been hounding helmet mfrs. to not make us choose. I'd like a chin bar-equipped version of this helmet in the future. Whoever makes the first one will have no competition.
