I've worn Troy Lee Design lids for 9 years, I use the Stage for Enduro and the A2 for general trail, both have MIPS, both have great colour options and both look the nuts, Mushrooms they're not, Merlin Cycles always have offers on.
Helmets that don’t make your head look like a mushroom
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Bell super air R, brilliant lid, plenty of air flow when it’s hot and you hardly know you’ve got one on it’s so light, and when it’s really hot the padding wicks away sweat and channels it to the brow bar where it’s expelled with a quick push on the lid front
Gareth Bowen
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EebStrider
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I’ve ordered a Smith MIPS lid & it arrived today. A quality bit of kit. Thanks folks.
I have a forefront 2 which I bought after a bad concussion episode last year. Wanted something with a crumple zone. Been really pleased with it so far. Seems to "run cooler" with the "straws" than a traditional one with a lump of polystyrene insulation wrapped around your head.
I quite fancy replacing my existing FF helmet with something better cooled and with koroyd, I think the Endura MT500 is my only option if I go that route.
EebStrider
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Yep, mine’s the Forefront. Will see how the ventilation is next week, as it’s meant to be getting warmer again.
I think the only downside I've found is when you get a mosquito in there ... take your helmet off and can you find the b4stard !
What colour did you get Rich? I wanted the Matt Gravy, but couldn't find it at the time.
EebStrider
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I went for the matte black one. Unfortunately, Wiggle didn’t have stock, so I had to order from Amazon.
You're doing nothing for Scottish stereotypes ...£137 for a hat
I can't talk though .. I spent a while stroking the hedgehog in my pocket (french expression of tightness) searching for a good price ..
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You're doing nothing for Scottish stereotypes ...
I've got a house full of Arai and Shoei helmets the price would make you shudder at, so I know what expensive helmets.
Steve940
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Just bought the new shoei x spirit 3 marquez rep.I've got a house full of Arai and Shoei helmets the price would make you shudder at, so I know what expensive helmets.
Silly money but well.worth it
I'm a bit of a helmet whore to be honest lol
You know somewhere deep down inside .. if you ever go completely off the rails and start collecting heads, all the old helmets would be a fashionable and artistic way of displaying them ....
I've not touched my RX7-RR for so long it's probably turned into a new life form.
I don't see a great deal of difference in moto Vs cycle helmet pricing.
A plain black carbon TLD D4 is £500 and aero roadie helmets can be even more expensive (£800+) and don't even protect you very well.
Thing is price isn't necessarily the best indication of safety anyway.
Just to balance out Cabby's stereotypical Scottish tightness I have 6 "cycling hats". two of which are TLD D2s that had an RRP of around £400 each and I rarely ever even wear a helmet.
A plain black carbon TLD D4 is £500 and aero roadie helmets can be even more expensive (£800+) and don't even protect you very well.
Thing is price isn't necessarily the best indication of safety anyway.
Just to balance out Cabby's stereotypical Scottish tightness I have 6 "cycling hats". two of which are TLD D2s that had an RRP of around £400 each and I rarely ever even wear a helmet.
You do have a particularly big head though which probably requires at least 6 helmets to cover it correctly ?
Steve940
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No idea about cycling helmets,which safety wise look poor at best,but for motorcycle helmets I go off sharp ratings...was going to but the rpha11 but with a 3/5 I give it a miss...my heads pretty important to me,not so much to the mrs mind you
you mean Condoms obviously.
I'm piss poor at wearing those too
I'm piss poor at wearing those too
Cycle helmets are only tested to impacts of 14mph
Yes. pretty useless.
And just one of the reasons I rarely bother wearing one at all.
Steve940
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As much as I agree I still wear my fox flux.
Jimbo Vills
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i once bought an Xs3 and totalled it the first day I had it on track. ???
You know they're not for that don't you ? Instead of trying to save money all the time, maybe buy the right product for the job, try searching google for "colostomy bag", it keep things a lot tidier for you.
Steve940
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I'd be gutted lol
Jimbo Vills
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should have seen the bike ?
Steve940
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I can imagine....
Michaelp66
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Another vote for the POC Tectal from me ???I have a small and round head
I actually think that outside of a full face, decent skate/dj style helmets are safer than the vast majority of fancy bike helmets, simply because of coverage, they have proper hard shells and dont have loads of holes in em. Its also dead easy to damage most helmets by dropping them, or without realising.
I used to ride around London every day, and no way I would wear a road helmet, hitting a curb in a light weight piece of foam, mips or not, no thanks. My good old Protec was my go to for commuting.
I have a couple of Fox Drop frames that I mainly use now, I really like the extended coverage, most of the crashes I have had involve hitting the side of my head, and the the wrap down design of the pro frame means the helmet aint moving. Had a big off in one last year, and if I hadn't have had the earflaps or whatever you call them, it would have been a head injury on top of a fecked hip.
I used to ride around London every day, and no way I would wear a road helmet, hitting a curb in a light weight piece of foam, mips or not, no thanks. My good old Protec was my go to for commuting.
I have a couple of Fox Drop frames that I mainly use now, I really like the extended coverage, most of the crashes I have had involve hitting the side of my head, and the the wrap down design of the pro frame means the helmet aint moving. Had a big off in one last year, and if I hadn't have had the earflaps or whatever you call them, it would have been a head injury on top of a fecked hip.
@R120 Skate helmets seem to rate among the least safe according to this source:
www.helmet.beam.vt.edu
Bike Helmet Ratings
Virginia Tech Helmet Ratings - Bike helmets have been tested to evaluate their ability to reduce brain injury risk.
www.helmet.beam.vt.edu
Eddy Current
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One tip, some brands/helmets size M up to 58 others 59 even some have one universal size up 62 ... black helmets also look smaller.
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