Helmet advice

So do helmets, plastic at 20 degrees= nice and 'soft', plastic at -10 degrees= fairly 'stiff', in my experience a helmet that is a little too tight to wear at home or in a shop can be quite uncomfortable in the cold.

You should be able to feel it. Not long ago I purchased a Bern helmet.

It should be snug and should not slide around your head when you tilt it from side to side or up and down.

The straps should lie against your jaw line when fastened with no gaps.
If the straps are not touching your jaw at the side then the helmet is too big.

bandit wrote:Your helmet should ideally be quite snug, and you should be able to hold the top and wrinkle your forehead up and down without it feeling like it's pinching.

Chuffy wrote:The straps should lie against your jaw line when fastened with no gaps.
If the straps are not touching your jaw at the side then the helmet is too big.

These are the sort of comments I was expecting when I asked the guy how I should test the fitting. That chain has lost a customer I'm afraid :evil:

Thanks guys :thumbup:

Pablo Escobar wrote:I would say having a helmet that fits then getting goggles to fit that helmet would be more important than the other way around.

I would second this, but would also say that it's really important to make sure to get a good fit between the goggles and helmet to avoid brain-freeze on that area of the forehead left exposed on particularly cold/snowy days.

Thats where woolly hats come in I guess.

...and my teenage son tells me that it's very cool to wear a thin beanie under your helmet for just this reason - just make sure you get an extra size up when you buy your new helmet to accommodate the beanie! )

graviteski wrote:...and my teenage son tells me that it's very cool to wear a thin beanie under your helmet for just this reason - just make sure you get an extra size up when you buy your new helmet to accommodate the beanie! )

As witnessed when watching the boarding on Eurosport from London last week.

graviteski wrote:...and my teenage son tells me that it's very cool to wear a thin beanie under your helmet

:shock:

Big advantage of a helmet, compared to a hat, is the ventilation that stops you getting too sweaty - a beanie's going to stuff that up (literally!).