Is it worth the £65
supersonic
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The best helmet is the one that fits the best. Mostroad helmets are fine, butsome MTB helmets have deeper rear coverage, peaks.
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Downhill and Scale 20 don't really mix... Assume you mean more XC type downhills, as in riding down hills, rather than DH!0
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Descents, then.
Downhill is an entirely different breed of riding.0 -
Yeah downhilling is, well, riding very fast down a hill as presumably you know.
But not to get it mixed up its better to call anything else a descent/descending, it's still riding down a hill just a lot slower and without massive rocks or huge drops etc, basically nowhere near as gnarly
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Well, no, there's really no point calling it anything at all, it's just riding. When someone says they're intending to ride their bike, we can safely assume they are going to ride up and down gradients. It's fu**ing pointless telling us so, unless they specifically mean tthey're going to ride DH.Briggo wrote:its better to call anything else a descent/descending,
Most people who ski, for example, are descending, so much so that it's uneccesary for them to say "skiing down a hill", because not only is cross country skiing is a much less popular activity, is also includes going down hills.
However, that does not mean that all skiiers are "downhill skiiers" - which is a rather different branch of competitive sport.
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yeehaamcgee wrote:
Well, no, there's really no point calling it anything at all, it's just riding.Briggo wrote:its better to call anything else a descent/descending,
So when you're talking to your mates, you don't say anything at all, you just say oh wow that was an awesome ride. You don't describe the section that was awesome?
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njee20 wrote:Downhill and Scale 20 don't really mix... Assume you mean more XC type downhills, as in riding down hills, rather than DH!
I've been riding red downhill runs in the Alps all summer and if my Rockhopper can manage it I reckon that Scott can too. You just gotta know you and your bikes limits"Why have that extra tooth if you're not using it?" - Brian Lopes
Votec V.SX Enduro 'Alpine Thug' 2012/2013 build
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Well if I was riding an XC trail or something like that, I'm not going to say "wow, that DH was awesome", since we weren;t riding DH. I might say, "that descent was sweet", or "that climb was a bugger, eh?".Briggo wrote:yeehaamcgee wrote:
Well, no, there's really no point calling it anything at all, it's just riding.Briggo wrote:its better to call anything else a descent/descending,
So when you're talking to your mates, you don't say anything at all, you just say oh wow that was an awesome ride. You don't describe the section that was awesome?
I find that hard to believe
What's so hard to grasp about that?
Hell, I might even talk in more than one language too, depending on who's in the group I'm riding with.0 -
djbarren - back on topic!
I got myself and Enduro-O-Matic on friday, i really like the styling but it isn't everyones taste when you actually see it in the flesh.
I would have bought it no matter how much i liked it if i didn't fit, it does fit and better than my Giro Atmos i use on the road and i thought that was perfect.
Make sure you try it as there was a guy in the shop at the same time as me and it didn't fit him in the slightest..........
I have also figured out how to mount a torch on the side using only a 10p rubber strap from a garden centre, see below.
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which one did you go for in the end?
you dont need a bike, i just took the visor off mine and walked round asking if anyone had seen my baseball!!!
On another note i wish chainreaction would open a store near me, sometimes buying online means i buy stuff i end up sending back as it wasnt what i expected!0 -
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Rubbish, it's not a DH helmet at all.
I find it hard to believe it's not hotter in use than my Flux, mind, but apparently they're very easy to live with, lots of people using them for all sorts of riding (other than downhill). Check out Chris Akrigg pedalling up big hills in Spain and doing slow-speed trials in one frinstance.Uncompromising extremist0 -
davewalsh wrote:I personally wouldn't use that type of helmet for cross-country riding as it is a 'Downhill' specific helmet with very few vents. You may find that your head gets very warm in it !
tosh, mate, utter tosh
its an enduro/xc helmet, hence the name Endur-O-Matic. I have been using one since friday when the weather was humid and i found it better than my old specialized propero which had loads of vents.
the vents work by using a venturi effect to draw more air in and then there is a channel in thats lets the air pass over your head and into the rear vents allowing cooling!0
