Find the right size for Kids Bike Helmet

Who has never struggled to order the right size of a child’s bike helmet? My children are like me, with abnormally large skulls.

(For French: read at this “Casques pour enfants” link)

But suddenly, it’s the m…. to find a great model and design for your toddler. All you have to do is find the right size. But how to choose the size for a child’s bicycle helmet?

A bicycle helmet should be neither too big nor too small, but very well adapted to your child’s head in order to offer him optimal protection. Also, a well-fitting bicycle helmet is more comfortable to wear, so your child will have more fun wearing it.

We reassure you right away, the choice of size is relatively easy to find, just measure your child’s head circumference. The size of the helmets is generally expressed in centimeters, but some brands will add the size expressed in letters ranging from XXS to XXL, the most important is the measurement of the head circumference.

So measure around the head slightly above the ears and make sure the tape measure is in a straight line across the forehead and back of the head.

In addition, many helmets today are adjustable: either by the strap under the chin or by the adjustment wheel which allows a better adaptation. To find out if the helmet is the right one, put it on the child’s head and ask him to move his head back and forth, then from side to side without attaching the strap: if the helmet does not move, it’s perfect !

On Little Zebra online shop, because I only buy Local

So, in fact, I buy either on Little Zebra in the Children’s Helmet category, or on myNutty. But NEVER (or sometime only) on Amazon or other hard discounters as they earn dividends at the expense of payroll taxes.