chain protection on helmets?

ageis
ageis Posts: 49
edited March 2019 in MTB beginners
Hi

I am relatively new mountain biking. I seem to have a tendency to get myself thrown over the bars alot.

Are there helmets availilble with a chain guard thats not a full face?

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  • jamski
    jamski Posts: 737
    You mean chin guard? Fox Proframe is a lightweight full face, meant to be good.
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  • The Rookie
    The Rookie Posts: 27,812
    Learn to tuck and roll (or not go over the bars) would be better.

    Unless your doing enduro plus levels of riding you really don't want a chin guard. As for a chain guard, I'll leave that for Raleigh Shoppers.
    Currently riding a Whyte T130C, X0 drivetrain, Magura Trail brakes converted to mixed wheel size (homebuilt wheels) with 140mm Fox 34 Rhythm and RP23 suspension. 12.2Kg.
  • tom_howard
    tom_howard Posts: 789
    Are there helmets available with a chin guard thats not a full face?

    No. A chin guard is literally what makes a helmet a full face. Some have removable chin guards, but are compromises of both full and open face designs IMO
    Santa Cruz 5010C
    Deviate Guide
    Specialized Sequoia Elite
    Pivot Mach 429SL
    Trek Madone 5.2 Di2
    Salsa Mukluk Carbon
    Specialized Turbo Levo Expert 29er
  • billycool
    billycool Posts: 833
    A full face or chinguard type helmet might help reduce injury but in the long term I'd look to try and get on a skills course to stop you going OTB. As has already been said, learning to fall off is also helpful but preventing/reducing the chance of OTB is beneficial (it's not much fun either)/

    On this video I manage a nice parachute roll on the first `exit` and a less glamourous faceplant on the 2nd. Neither were technically OTB but still relevant. I was wearing a FF helmet on both and it did its job.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tjYcqoW0wo
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  • steve_sordy
    steve_sordy Posts: 2,453
    A skills course would be a better investment. Stuff such as body position, where to put your feet, braking technique, reading the trail,.......

    My first OTB was a bad one and I was off the bike for ten days. It was caused by me sitting on the saddle when going over rough ground. The first hole I came to and the saddle threw me OTB. I did a full superman onto a downhill gravel track and slid quite a way. The horror, the horror! :shock:

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