Retro or not?

[richen987]

i have a nixon watch that looks a lot like that.
looks quite surf/snow style rather then mountain biking

 

[elite504]

neo-retro. Third cat required

 

[GoldenEraMTB]

neo-retro. Third cat required

agreed

 

[Pickle]

see i don't even think that is retro styled . . . just a weird design with a bunch of colours thrown on it. :?

Correct 100%

+1

+ 2 ................. and I hate visors too.

 

[Scrat]

I OWN one, because its almost identical to the Giro supermoto i had mid 90s

Def retro inspired

 

[dyna-ti]

see i don't even think that is retro styled . . . just a weird design with a bunch of colours thrown on it. :?

Correct 100%

+1

I also think it has no form

 

[RockiMtn]

looks modern to me, vents look too large to be retro. only retro'ish thing about it is the colour scheme, which i'm not too fond of.

wish i still had my spesh sub 6 pro.

 

[Jamiedyer]

Retro not

I think the only way that could be retro is if you wore it to a 70's roller disco at the local gay bar :roll:


As Nelson once said.........Ha! Ha!

Jamie

 

[mickey@spooky]

Ugly. Just ugly. Giro is doing a bunch of Matte Black this year though.

Matte+ http://www.vcgraphix.com/
= whatever you want.

Can you say repop?

 

[Andy R]

neo-retro. Third cat required

No. "Retro" means, by definition, something new but deriving its overall look and style from times past.

Therefore - all Retro is new (or at least later than the period from when it draws its influences), or else it's just old. For example, a 1988 Kona Explosif is not a retro bike, just an old bike.

Although around these parts it sometimes seems that the definition has been re-written...

So, back to the helmet. New (obviously) but the graphics are clearly influenced by the early nineties (IMHO).
So it meets the criteria for being considered "retro" then. I think I'll buy one ....