Vote Now: Bell Blank Canvas Contest

Jul 15, 2015
by Bell Bike Helmets  

The Bell Blank Canvas contest entries have been narrowed down to the ten designs below (shown in no particular order). Look them over and cast your vote now for the design that you think Danny Hart should race in.

The Top 5 People’s Choice Finalists from this stage will get a new Full-9 - size and colour of their choice from the current line.

The final winner will be selected by Pinkbike, Bell Helmets’ artists, and Danny Hart.

Vote at the bottom of the page now to help decide the Top 5 People’s Choice Finalists.



1. Ranger92
Bell Blank Canvas Contest entry



2. jonnywellman #1
Bell Blank Canvas Contest entry



3. jonnywellman #2
Bell Blank Canvas Contest entry



4. jonnywellman #3
Bell Blank Canvas Contest entry



5. jonnywellman #4
Bell Blank Canvas Contest entry



6. jonnywellman #5
Bell Blank Canvas Contest entry



7. DonDee
Bell Blank Canvas Contest entry



8. Shredner
Liquid Ink Bell Full-9 Design.



9. NickyVanLier
EDIT I designed this helmet to avoid the clich Danny s from the UK let s plaster the thing with UK flags and red and blue and white... . It doesn t use baby blue to reference his Mondraker Alpinestars kit as he won t be wearing that at the World Championships. It is designed to be a more neutral uncrowded helmet. I hope this clears a few queries up that people had. A helmet design inspired by Danny s unbelievable run at Champery in 2011. The top of the helmet features an overlay of quotes pulled from the commentary of the run. Having hints of the UCI stripes around each side of the helmet as well as keeping logos out of the goggle strap area played important roles in this design. I hope you enjoy it



10. brendanbohn
Union Jack colors. Subtle company logos and EKG heart graphic throughout.



Vote now for your favourites and the top 5 will be announced along with the winner in a few day's time.




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114 Comments
  • 132 4
 Would've been nice to see a range of ten helmets from ten different people and not have half of the contest already being offered to one guy. His designs are nice and he's followed the rules, but it just kind of ruins the chance % for the other guys.
  • 121 5
 My designs mate, & I kind of agree that all mine shouldn't really be in the running. Maybe one or two though.
  • 11 0
 Yeah it'd be fine if there were even three of your designs as you have put more time into making them than just one. 5 is just that little bit excessive though haha. Good luck winning mate Smile
  • 37 1
 Perhaps a lack of eligible entrees?
  • 20 0
 Actually hurts your chances, if people are split between two colours. Nice designs, though
  • 7 12
flag chyu (Jul 15, 2015 at 19:51) (Below Threshold)
 Bells people are so lazy. they might as well settle with the dick and tit design than all the hassle they don't seems to be interest in.
  • 16 0
 where's the penis????
  • 8 0
 Agree with you @NateTeh there is no reason for 50% of the options going to one guy, Ok if they are absolutely different designs, that I would understand, but they are similar approaches or variations of the same stuff. I love the lions but reminds me Steve Peat helmet from some years ago... I think I can choose 2 or 3 design not included in this bunch that deserved a chance instead of choosing between lions or stripes colours.

Sorry the bitterness @jonnywellman I know is not your fault you did a nice job.
  • 2 1
 I didnt even try to enter the contest, so my question may seem dumb, what did u use to design them?
  • 4 1
 Jonnywellman, where can i just buy one of your lids dude? I want one with pres. Obama on it(as a joke) . You do great work.
  • 10 0
 I was promised gratuitous amounts of dicks and poo... Just sayin jonny
  • 1 0
 @src248 Has the best point. Votes are spread out between similar designs. @jonnywellman Your #1&5 and #3&4 are just color switches which simply splits the voting population by color preferences alone and not design. I think you would have had more votes for your #1 with the gold sections in black or white, but I may be in the minority and only like gold in very few applications. I do think you will squeeze into the top 5 but I'm curious if another artist could have squeezed in if there were more artist to choose from. Ultimately it is up to the final judges and Danny himself. Good luck, even though I didn't vote for you lol.
  • 9 0
 The only reason I submitted 5 entries was in the vain hope that I had 1 selected for the judging. I didn't expect to get all 5 chosen. Lots of other people submitted colour variations. I think the reason I had so many selected was the clean lines of my designs, the logo placements were on brief and the colours closely reflected the mondraker race kit.
  • 2 0
 @jonnywellman Good point you didn't force the initial judges to choose all 5. Not knocking your designs in any way. I agree your designs are clean and you were my runner up. I really like your #1 and #3 especially if #1 had the gold in black or white, and symmetrical logos where the Bell logo was on both sides of the visor and the Fenwicks on both sides of the jaw. The Bell logo is too round for the jaw portion of the helmet for me, even though you make it work in your #1. My main gripe is that there are a couple designs in the bottom 4 that are out voting you, 2 in particular. Most likely due to your spread out votes. Mathematically all your votes combined account for the most votes, if you had 1 or 2 designs up I would bet on you being in the top 2. You got dealt a weird hand. Again, good luck!
  • 1 0
 @triber66 nailed it I think. With the random reminder posts all the time this contest, me thinks most didn't meet the criteria. Napkins and crayons just won't cut it. I would have loved to see a waki helmet though.
  • 1 0
 If you add the votes on all of Johnny's entries right now, he'd be in the lead. Not that it would have have shaken out exactly that way if he had only gotten one in the contest, but it may really destroy his chances.
  • 1 0
 What a rip! Not one penis and no turds? I R DISAPPOINT.
  • 23 0
 danny, stay on your bike!
  • 8 0
 Had to choose that one, it's winning by a lot!
  • 2 0
 Viewing from mobile, was wondering what all that text was.
  • 20 0
 Someone shouldve designed a purple helmet, I'd vote for that.
  • 22 2
 So is he from the UK????
  • 15 1
 I think he's from Japan actually.
  • 14 2
 I dont like any of these to be honest.. @brajal had the best designs hands down - www.pinkbike.com/photo/12333559
Can anyone explain to me the selection process? Not to take anything from the designers but some of these shouldn't have made the cut, and 5!! designs from the same guy? seriously
  • 4 1
 I think that one looks terrible but yeah, they shouldn't have included 5 from 1 guy.
  • 6 0
 Top one and bottom one there are excellent and should've been in the running.
  • 5 0
 I definitely agree with you @brajal that there should have been some others showcased rather than 5 designs from one person – not taking any credit away from you @jonnywellman, your designs are excellent and I believe that if only one of yours made the finals your votes would be amplified tenfold – however some of the ones you have listed (I think) slightly missed the mark for eligibility because of their branding. The rules probably could have been clarified further there.

Props to everyone who entered – it was a challenging task!
  • 3 0
 agreed - @wheelgmbh (first link) looks great!
  • 1 0
 thanks @NickyVanLier, branding wise all the examples I gave are in the rules and have with similar brand presence as some of the top 10 (I guess) respecting the " .. winning design should include bell and fenwick's on both sides of the helmet" this is quite open to interpretation but I miss a proper local and minimum scale for that matter then...
  • 2 0
 @brajal yeah it's a tricky one. Would be keen to see the thoughts of the people behind the selection process.
  • 3 0
 @Tricky008 - Bottom blue one is really nice looking… shame it isn't in the running… good job!
  • 4 0
 @brajal There are a few of those links that once I saw them literally said "WTF" out loud confused why they are not in the running. Especially the first @wheelgmbh and last @Tricky008 like @Thustlewhumber mentioned. I like symmetrical logo placement and still like the asymmetrical design of the first one. Logos are still symmetrical though.
  • 3 0
 Yeah but isn't it kind of the tradition with these PB contests to disqualify all entries that followed the rules and ending up awarding the prize to one that totally didn't?...
  • 3 0
 I would have voted for the first one, hands done the best I have seen.
  • 3 0
 @cmmx I wouldn't say that usually the awards goes to people that don't follow the rules, but for instance the leader design actually does not have a Fenwick's logo in the left side as stated on rules, lol
  • 4 0
 Or a Bell logo on the right side Wink
  • 1 0
 Congratulations to the top 10 entries!.Great designs by @jonnywellman.I hope my entry got in but it's ok.best of luck next time Smile
  • 1 0
 @brajal: you're just proving my point.
  • 15 0
 I love shredners, its simple but so sick at the same time
  • 15 1
 who picked the top 10???, this contest is an absolute joke. all the entries should have gone to a vote!
  • 2 1
 Yeah, I don't know about you, but I don't have time to scroll through that. Though I won't disagree that the contest is a joke.
  • 1 0
 they could have narrowed it down to the ones that qualified, a lot didn't have the fenwicks logo or bell logo on each side plus there was a few pics of the same helmet.
  • 1 0
 Okay, let me rephrase that. I don't have time to scroll through and choose from any more than 10 helmets. I'm pretty busy.
  • 2 0
 but my point was that the vote was for the peoples choice designs not for us to vote on pinbikes top 10
  • 1 0
 Alright. Forgive my ignorance and enlighten me. How many helmets qualified?
  • 1 0
 Not got a clue, have a look & get back to me
  • 14 1
 Soooooooooo, only ten entries were submitted?!?!
  • 66 3
 no there were only ten that weren't covered in dicks and poo
  • 3 0
 I kind-of want to see that. You must be joking, covered?/ That's so much poo and the dicks would look way out of proportion. I mean, once I wrapped a all-day load all the way around the top of the bowl - had to be over two feet long. In perspective (of course) poo & dicks in such an arrangement to both a) display one and/or the other in a high contrast scale and b) be familiar would not truly be rendered very well. Sure, it could but would you imagine the concept-phase for the first draft?? May as well leave it blank, spell out 'THANKS FOR THE RIDE" in some sprawling, antiqued font, like....
...wait a minute!!!
  • 2 1
 @mprosper shame, I'd have voted for the one covered with dicks and poo.
  • 1 2
 There are around 200 entries and then it gets narrowed to these top 10 and now you get to help narrow it to the top 5 options.
  • 1 0
 the help would be needed on the top 10 already, is hard to decide between #2 or #6 or even #4 from #5
  • 1 0
 Then why are half of them from the same guy? Only hurts his chances.
  • 2 1
 They picked the best designs that Danny would wear, it just so happens that one person did a really good job in the end with their designs in having multiple picked.
  • 7 0
 We all understand that this person designs are great and very well executed, but for instance, 2 of them are slight color variations, so why not taking 2 other valid and different options from other people instead? That I do not understand and probably I dont have to... sorry @brule
  • 2 0
 Confused @brule - So Danny specifically asked for the royal coat of arms and union jack? I would have also liked to see more variety... and more that match his 2015 kit and bike which is blue, black and yellow.
  • 6 0
 I don't understand... there were some incredibly nice and original entering the competition like this one: www.pinkbike.com/photo/12433916 and many others that you can all see here www.pinkbike.com/photo/list/?category=116&date=all .... and we have a final with that one from Shredner.. that is so "basic and simple" and 5 from jonnywellman that, 'couse people got pissed off will not even enter in the final 5 even tho they are all sick!
  • 6 0
 I agree, I feel like some designs got "Norbed"
  • 12 3
 Shredner all the way... Looks like a face explosion! Rocker!
  • 4 0
 Thanks
  • 7 3
 methinks the NickyVanLier voting is being gamed. Bottom of this 10-selection barrel, but with the most votes? mhmm sure.....

Some really nice designs here, and a tough choice. Had to go w/ the Shredner though. Cool idea, and it'll stand out due to it's non-busy design.
  • 18 0
 Thanks for the feedback Smile
  • 2 0
 Thanks for the vote avidtest.
  • 1 1
 I have to agree. No disrespect to @NickyVanLier, but his design really doesn't hold a candle to the designs offered by jonnywellman and Ranger92 IMO. My first thought upon seeing vote results: It's being gamed.
  • 8 0
 This should be in the voting:
www.pinkbike.com/photo/12438102
  • 3 0
 Second that! Enough with the Union Jack-age. This guy actually had a lot of depth behind the design story. Wonder if they read it. Also interested (maybe a daft question) to know nationality of judges ... would be surprised if UK folks would see so much red white and blue as something to be so proud of these days.
  • 2 0
 I know this guy and his designs are so good!So good.I m really disappointed i didnt see his name above.I was looking forward to it.I think all they wanted was to project the UK's flag along with the must-have designs and names with some "graphics" and that's all...
  • 10 4
 My entry didn't make it... guess Danny is shit outta luck on this one. That's a lot of blue, red and white.
  • 7 1
 #1 and #5 are unique. They aren't overly pinstripy and the flags have been done plenty before.
  • 6 0
 Its funny how the people choice is not chosen by the people. And by funny, I mean not funny.
  • 5 0
 There were a couple from a dude named @brajal that I thought for sure would have been up here.
  • 2 0
 Thanks dude!
  • 2 0
 Full disclosure, I like #1 @Ranger92. Balanced color use, good logo placement that fits around the design not over it, I like the Danny Hart logo and light use of the WC colors, light use of the baby blue, the lion and cityscape is subtle, and the Union Jack is integrated into the design element and not just "stickered" to a section of the helmet. A second option with the black being a dark blue like the Union Jack would be cool too. Good luck with the final judging!
  • 2 0
 Me too. I loved the lion logos on the other helmets, but that first one looks really sharp, AND it looks fast just standing still. Great concept with the flag and such but somehow made it look razor sharp and fast. Love it.
  • 2 0
 Thanks for the kind words.
  • 2 0
 Well congrats to the finalists, some nice clean designs but if im honest nothing stands out and looks like the other million lid designs out there on the trails. So many other designs that were epic and totally ignored because lack of blue!? Except Shredners which looks like he did it after a night out on the lash Razz I am disappoint Pinkbike.
  • 5 0
 Wow, there is serious protest voting. #8 & #9 aren't that good.
  • 3 0
 I don't get the hype on #9. Maybe people are voting based on commentary nostalgia?
  • 1 0
 In case you do not realize the text on top of NickyVanLier 's helmet is the commentary said during Danny Hart's insane World Champs winning run at Champery; which happened to be a steep ass bog at the time! And he won by over 10 seconds and threw a stinking huge whip in near the end. "How can he sit down with balls that big"- Rob Warner, World Champs 2011
  • 1 0
 So public gets to vote? Your choices are the ten that someone other than the public selected, and by the way you really only get to vote in 5 as we decided in your best interest that you the public selected 5 of the same pattern. Pretty lame contest when you limit choice like that!
  • 5 0
 where is the helmet covered with shit? I came here to vote for it.
  • 3 0
 NickyVanLiers design is the least creative one of all of them 0_o. I don't get it why he gets this many votes Big Grin Big Grin #DonDee FTW
  • 3 0
 My "bell end" proposal was the best concept by far. Some of These designs look like Steve peat used to wear them. A lot.
  • 1 0
 so true...
  • 3 0
 VAN LIER. Love the concept! Can't help but recall Danny's run and how Cunny & Rob did the commentary. "YEEEEESSSSSSS!"
  • 4 0
 Not a singel dick or shit helmet, i'm disappointed!
  • 1 0
 The asymmetrical design of #3 has my vote. If only the flag (left side) was more pronounced and popped out more...but that's just me. However I don't know what's so great about the black #9 helmet everyone's voting for.
  • 2 0
 Jonnywellman #4 gotta win it! Dude ur designs are awesome! Good luck! Btw can design one for me? Hehe
  • 3 0
 Not feeling any of the designs to be honest, don't know if it's just me
  • 3 0
 Not much variety of design ideas here... disappointing.
  • 3 0
 #9 VanLier, there's just something about it, I dig it.
  • 1 0
 is everyone voting for NickyVanLier because it has carbon? You do realize the helmet would still be carbon underneath anyways...
  • 2 0
 @NickyVanLier "oh god Danny stay on your bike", wins by a 10sec easily.
  • 1 0
 I chose nunber 9...it also had the most votes, which must be a good thing..Smile
  • 1 0
 Not crazy about n.9's colours or layout but the concept of printing the commentary easily gets my vote.
  • 1 0
 Suppose I should have put Tower Bridge and the London Eye on mine, how gosh-darn careless of me.
  • 2 0
 Ranger and Nickys are the best. Im hoping for Nickys
  • 1 0
 my vote for the Fish n Chips one!
  • 1 0
 fuck i'm not in the top 10 !! hihi great works guys !!
  • 2 1
 where is the promised poo helmet ??
  • 1 0
 I guess none of the judges were surfers, dang. Oh well. I vote Shredner.
  • 1 0
 I wonder which one Danny likes the most.
  • 2 1
 Absolutely gutted.
  • 1 0
 None more Black
  • 2 1
 #7 for the ugliest one !
  • 1 1
 jonnywellman is the winner...
  • 2 2
 jonnywellman #3 love it!
  • 2 4
 Troy Lee Designs for the win !!!!
  • 6 9
 That BELL symbol disturbs me
  • 2 5
 jonnywellman... great stuff... but make up your mind.
  • 20 3
 Safety in numbers mate..
  • 2 0
 looks like you diluted your votes mate
  • 3 0
 Tell me about it!!







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