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| View Poll Results: Would you wear a flip front helmet? | |||
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24 | 63.16% |
| No, Full face only. |
  
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13 | 34.21% |
| I'd wear an open face, no problem. |
  
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0 | 0% |
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1 | 2.63% |
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10-12-14, 07:36 AM
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Re: Would you wear a flip front helmet?
Always liked the idea of them, however having "tested" my first full face helmet and ripped the visor clean off on a crash barrier, I think I'll stick to a full face.
I'd like to NOT crash again, but if I do I'd like my jaw to stay where it is.
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11-12-14, 10:12 PM
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Re: Would you wear a flip front helmet?
Not worth the risk for the gains for me. Though I have thought about it.
I've never had a problem with my head getting hot, I think I only open the top vents on my Qwest when its 25+ out, so about three times so far. I don't think I've ever needed to fully open the vents on my X-Spirit 2. I only once had a petrol station ask me to remove my lid, but there were a dozen on my commute, so I just went to the next one. I thought for a while that the internal sun visor would be handy, but now I seem to have my routine for using tinted visors, it just doesn't seem like that big an advantage, but would still be nice. One of the big problems for me is that the mechanisms for the chin guard and internal sun visor make the helmet too narrow internally at the temples, I can feel a headache coming on about 3 minutes of wearing all the flip-front sun visor lids I've tried. |
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11-12-14, 10:55 PM
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Re: Would you wear a flip front helmet?
Hey its a good point about the mechanism.
Maybe why the lazer Monaco fits me as well as it does
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12-12-14, 12:25 AM
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Re: Would you wear a flip front helmet?
I wouldn't bother with a flip front as I don't need a flip fronted helmet. Also my eyes stream on warm summer days with visor open under thirty so this is another reason I wouldn't buy one.
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12-12-14, 08:33 AM
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Re: Would you wear a flip front helmet?
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