Lightweight full face helmet recommendations...

miss notax

Not for me, but for Notax

We need to have full face's for the Mega, I already have mine (bog standard 661) but Notax needs to get one. It needs to be very lightweight as he injured his neck years ago and whilst it's ok now it seems sensible not to aggrivate it (he will also be wearing a neck brace). I'm sure i've seen 'enduro full face's' advertised - basically FF's with some vents - anyone tried these?

Thanks for any advice!

nicklouse

if he is wearing a leatt or other neck brace a proper MTB FF is a must.
TLD tend to be light but dont fit all heads. I can not use them.

sorry but he needs to see what fits and is comfortable with the brace on.

miss notax

What's a TLD?

I don't know what make his neck brace is but i'll check at home - it didn't occur to me that it might not be compatable with some FF's so thanks for that

bails87

Troy Lee Designs

Squarepants

Troy Lee Designs

bails87

Troy Lee Designs

peter413

I use a THE Point 5 which is pretty light and cheap. Works perfectly with my Leatt neck brace. May not work perfectly for him though. As has already been said, you really need to try helmets on with the brace to make sure they work for you. I'm assuming he hasn't worn the brace before? If so, make sure he takes time to set it up and don't give up on it after a few rides. It does take some time to get used to it.

Squarepants

Tran Li Designs (Chinese copy)

lostboysaint

Might be worth heading up to the Forest of Dean on May 20th. Surf Sales are demoing Transition and other stuff including Kali helmets. You could do some uplift stuff to practice and Notax to try out the Kali helmets (I have a Chakra and it's very, very impressive).

miss notax

So what was TLD again....? (kidding!)

Thanks Good idea about the demo day at FOD - unfortunately Notax is rallying that weekend or I think we would have gone along.

jairaj

Specialized deviant is a full face helmet with lots of vents. Also comes in a carbon version which I guess is supposed to be lighter?

delcol

tld tld tld tld tld tld.. carbon... love my tld carbon lid... nice and light and snug..

our kid has a 661 carbon lid thats light i would say it's lighter than my tld lid. and lighter than my carbon t,h,e lid..
the industries carbon lids are decent to they light enough.
he is better of trying them on though as helmets area personal thing.. what fit one may not fit another..

rockmonkeysc

I use a Urge Donw-O-Matic. Lighter than a lot of carbon helmets, nicely ventilated & very comfy. I can quite comfortably wear mine all day.

miss notax

RockmonkeySC wrote:

I use a Urge Donw-O-Matic. Lighter than a lot of carbon helmets, nicely ventilated & very comfy. I can quite comfortably wear mine all day.

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... elID=58787

This? In the sale too.....

Will pass this info on to Notax, thanks!

lostboysaint

Urge can take some serious work to get to fit. They do come with a LOT of internal pad options and despite that I was never able to get the Enduromatic to fit my Giro shaped head.*

Which does bring is on to the usual caveat (and already mentioned) that he really ought to try as many as possible on to get the best fit.

nferrar

+1 for the Spesh Deviant Carbon

miss notax

Yep, I get the fitting issue - he'll try before he buys!

It's good to know people's opinion as a starting point, so thanks

rockmonkeysc

The Urge does come with a few pad options, took me about half an hour to get the right combination so it's not that bad. CRC do free returns so you could order one, try it & send it back if it doesn't fit