Kask helmet chin strap

philkeeble
philkeeble Posts: 109
edited July 2019 in Road buying advice
Has anyone tried cutting the excess ‘eco leather’ chin strap on a Kask helmet? There’s way too much ... looks like it’s designed for folk with faces as long as Djokovitch. Not sure how I’d seal the cut, or if I’d need to.
Cheers,
Phil, in Inverurie

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  • Midnight
    Midnight Posts: 80
    philkeeble wrote:
    Has anyone tried cutting the excess ‘eco leather’ chin strap on a Kask helmet? There’s way too much ... looks like it’s designed for folk with faces as long as Djokovitch. Not sure how I’d seal the cut, or if I’d need to.


    Easy, a cigarette lighter if it is nylon or Gorilla tape (strong duct tape) but I would cut nothing unless really needed to
  • sungod
    sungod Posts: 17,405
    i simply adjusted the sliding bit to retain the end, no need to cut it
    my bike - faster than god's and twice as shiny
  • cougie
    cougie Posts: 22,512
    I know plenty of kask helmet wearers. Nobody's needed to cut the eco leather bit.
  • gethinceri
    gethinceri Posts: 1,666
    Sharp knife, piece of pi55
  • neeb
    neeb Posts: 4,473
    My Protone had a little plastic stop/cap thing fixed to the end of the eco leather strap. I removed this (might have needed to cut a stitch or something, can't remember), cut the strap to length with scissors and then superglued the end stop back on again. Looks as new except with shorter strap.
  • Midnight
    Midnight Posts: 80
    cougie wrote:
    I know plenty of kask helmet wearers. Nobody's needed to cut the eco leather bit.


    Leather, sharp knife but personally I would just use some tape to tape it up so it isn't lose
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    I have the same issue with my new kask Valegro. About an inch and a half poking out beyond.

    How did you go?
    _
  • gethinceri
    gethinceri Posts: 1,666
    Sharp knife, piece of pi55.
  • aehwarner
    aehwarner Posts: 1
    Yes it is stupidly long especially for a small sized helmet

  • neeb
    neeb Posts: 4,473
    neeb said:

    My Protone had a little plastic stop/cap thing fixed to the end of the eco leather strap. I removed this (might have needed to cut a stitch or something, can't remember), cut the strap to length with scissors and then superglued the end stop back on again. Looks as new except with shorter strap.

    Just do this. I now have three Kasks and have done it on all of them.

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