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The Street => The Bike Shop => Topic started by: JFax on October 07, 2014, 09:54:32 AM
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I've realised that I almost exclusively ride large bowls and vert now. This has made me reconsider my preferred safety gear, as I previously only rode padless and with a standard "dirt-style" bmx helmet. I am considering getting a full-face helmet now, but am unsure of what to look for. I have so far mostly been looking for design and price, but perhaps its more to it.
Are any of you guys riding one, or have experience with them? Any experience and tip?
How heavily should weight of the helmet play as a parameter, is it tiring in the long run or barely noticable?
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I have a Troy Lee Designs SE3 that I use on my downhill bike. Ive been thinking of wearing it.on my BMX too. I just feel so much safer . Chain reaction cycles had them.for €200 reduced from.nearly €600
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I only use a full face when racing. Currently using a Giro Remedy helmet that I picked up cheap. It is decently light and not too bulky. I prefer lighter helmets with a shell size that does not make my head look a mushroom.
I will probably switch to a Troy Lee or Fly carbon next year (only if I can pick one up reasonably priced this winter).
Best bet is to go to a shop that carries helmets and try some on. This will make sure you are comfortable and it fits properly.
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Thanks guys. But Im more wondering about things I should consider that I havent thought of. Like weight, I will probably knock weight off as a not so important factor, but I am afraif that it will get annoying after riding with it for a full session. Whats your thoughts?
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I rode a Pro-Tec shovelhead 2 for a few months after I fucked my face up last year, and I had a few observations.
(1) I'm not at all claustrophobic (I was stationed on a submarine a few years ago), but it took a long time to get used to that helmet. I felt like I couldn't breath, and my breathing rate was through the roof. It could have been the lack of airflow to my face or something, but I was getting this shortness of breath feeling and it made me freak out a bit.
(2) On that particular helmet, the chin bar was right where I wanted to look to spot my landings. I eventually got used to it for the most part, but every once in awhile, I would be in the air trying to find my spot, and all I saw was chin bar.
This was all riding bowls and modular park.
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I have a Kali helmet, it's under 900 grams, you don't feel the weight. I tried a friend's motorcycle lid once, really felt that.
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The new Bell convertible helmet looks like a neat idea. http://reviews.mtbr.com/spotted-new-bell-super-2r-trailenduro-helmet-with-removable-chin-bar
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some other company did that like 5 or 10 years ago, cant for the life of me remember who though
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some other company did that like 5 or 10 years ago, cant for the life of me remember who though
Possibly this Giro SWITCHBLADE.
(http://i1026.photobucket.com/albums/y326/enzo038/giro_switchblade1.jpg)
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id rock that
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^this thing is ugly as hell, saw it in person.
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I saw some HORRIBLE injuries back in the day when the og troy lee and bmx lids had retrofittable chin guards. They might as well not have been there, avoid them like ebola.
Modern TL lids have a nice big face hole, so they dont really obstruct your vision and vitally they look bad ass, but they wont take many knocks. If thats ok then go for it, if not look at a higher end carbon mx lid, you can pound your head off the floor all day long and they'll still protect you.
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(https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/v/t34.0-12/10872340_10100464391248409_1798531188_n.jpg?oh=88090c924a0b8865636dc76f5efe0740&oe=54ADB0CE&__gda__=1420655587_ff449971da248f54a5d05148b2dd97e0)
New helmet and goggles for 2015 bmx season. Pretty stoked.
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That helmet look sick! Beside the visor. What brand is that?
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Goggles for BMX? Why?
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some other company did that like 5 or 10 years ago, cant for the life of me remember who though
Possibly this Giro SWITCHBLADE.
(http://i1026.photobucket.com/albums/y326/enzo038/giro_switchblade1.jpg)
Hardly the same, that looks like it would take 10 minutes and an allen key to fit the chin bar and back of the head looks left pretty exposed, whereas the Bell:-
The new Bell convertible helmet looks like a neat idea. http://reviews.mtbr.com/spotted-new-bell-super-2r-trailenduro-helmet-with-removable-chin-bar
Looks pretty good to me, and from what I have heard they have done some decent testing on it.
:)
G.
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I feel safer with peripheral vision
I prefer my periphreals
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Goggles for BMX? Why?
I think it's just a trend. Over the past 15 years they've come and gone. Back now I think because of pros racing the SX tracks. It makes sense there due to the speeds and danger, it's more lf a protective layer than anything to do with dust or roost. Non pros are running them again because the pros are. my 2 cents
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Goggles for BMX? Why?
I think it's just a trend. Over the past 15 years they've come and gone. Back now I think because of pros racing the SX tracks. It makes sense there due to the speeds and danger, it's more lf a protective layer than anything to do with dust or roost. Non pros are running them again because the pros are. my 2 cents
I started racing in the south with no soil tac tracks and the amount of sand in the clay there is unimaginable. I rode without goggles for a while and now it's just habit. The sand will get everywhere and in your eyes. Lenses get ruined less than 6 months after purchase because of the sand getting all over everything. Love me some red clay.
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Hardly the same, that looks like it would take 10 minutes and an allen key to fit the chin bar and back of the head looks left pretty exposed, whereas the Bell:-
The new Bell convertible helmet looks like a neat idea. http://reviews.mtbr.com/spotted-new-bell-super-2r-trailenduro-helmet-with-removable-chin-bar
Looks pretty good to me, and from what I have heard they have done some decent testing on it.
:)
G.
I agree with you here. I remember even as a young, aggressive teen thinking that entire Giro looked about as substantial as their visors.
The Bell helmet that this one is based on would be my top pick for an MTB helmet today. The added protection on the back of the head made sense to about everyone in the shop, and a gopro mount is just icing. Would have got one but I fell somewhere between a M and a L, and it just didn't sit right.
EDIT: Actually I renege. I think the new (Non-full-face) Smith helmets are dope.
http://www.smithoptics.ca/Root/Men%27s/Helmets/Cycle/Forefront/p/HB14-FOADMD/sizeVariants (http://www.smithoptics.ca/Root/Men%27s/Helmets/Cycle/Forefront/p/HB14-FOADMD/sizeVariants)
Plus that drinking-straw Koroyd lining just might get recycled, unlike the foam. I think that's good because helmets should not last forever. I've also read their roady helmet is like ... 290g?