yeah i think it hit the ground and focused the impact cracking the palstic.
Cheap vs Expensive helmets and your preferred bike style?
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yeah i think it hit the ground and focused the impact cracking the palstic.
Apparently so
Mine is mounted on top of my head, so not much chance of that really, unless I high sided it or got knocked off at high speed and landed directly on the top of my head somehow
Do mirror/iridium visors make it much darker than plain tinted then? I have a plain tinted 'track use only' visor which I couldn't do without. I don't see how it's unsafe, it's no worse than wearing sunglasses in a car (which can easily be even darker than my visor) and stops me getting blinded, particularly sunrise/sunset. Granted, sunglasses can be taken off easily in a car, but I can see everything perfectly with my dark visor...
As long as you put a clear visor on when it's dark, or dull (raining etc.) then no problems. I carry my clear visor in the winter with me as my commute home is in the dark (can't wait for that
).Do mirror/iridium visors make it much darker than plain tinted then? I have a plain tinted 'track use only' visor which I couldn't do without. I don't see how it's unsafe, it's no worse than wearing sunglasses in a car (which can easily be even darker than my visor) and stops me getting blinded, particularly sunrise/sunset. Granted, sunglasses can be taken off easily in a car, but I can see everything perfectly with my dark visor...
As long as you put a clear visor on when it's dark, or dull (raining etc.) then no problems. I carry my clear visor in the winter with me as my commute home is in the dark (can't wait for that
No, its pretty much similiar. When I had a moped 4 years ago, my visor was dark/black. Mirrored visor is just a dark visor applied with foil, once its lifted just a tiny bit you can see through it depending on what angle you look at it from outside. Have you ever seen one of those mirrors in a police station? That's how that foil on that dark visor works, so its pretty much the same.
I prefer to wear mirrored visor on a sunny day, then get blinded by the sun and crash into something...
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I hate wearing sunglasses, as they always make me misjudge the distance between me and an object. This also goes for those sun glasses built into the helmet, I think they're more dangerous than the mirrored visor...
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Since owning my shoei, wind noise isn't an issue anymore, my frank Thomas helmet is loud and no matter what vents you open up, you always get a steamed up visor.
My new helmet is definitely worth the cost, wouldn't hesitate to pick up another if I had to.
My new helmet is definitely worth the cost, wouldn't hesitate to pick up another if I had to.
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How do you misjudge the distance, unless you're not putting the visor all the way down and instead have the rim right in your line of vision?
IMO, there's nothing better - Sudden sun through the clouds, flip down. Enter a shaded road, flip up. Quick, easy, simple, effective.
What did you go for from the Shoei range?
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If I hadn't of picked up my Shark about a week before that deal first appeared I'd have been all over that, cracking value.
If the the taste police were real, you'd be going down for a long stretch. Mirrored/iridium visors are unbelievably tacky.
Something wrong with your eyes maybe, or you have some very shoddy sunglasses? Sunglasses or built in sun visors should in no way affect your distance perception, there are no actual corrective optics involved, they simply reduce the amount of light reaching your eyes in exactly the same way as the nasty looking mirrored visors.
The only thing wrong with the build in sun visors IME is that they often aren't dark enough.
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they're cheap bent plastic they are not optically correct so they will affect your perception.
visors tend to be better quality/standards.
i prefer just a plain black visor
How do you find it in terms of noise? For every review I can find saying it is quiet there is one saying it is stupidly loud
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I agree, I find something not quite right about it, same with sunglasses really.
I have a clear visor and never seem to have had a problem with the sun. I never wear sunglasses either though, even abroad.
Quite possibly the gayest thing ever said in this forum
Exactly, even my aunty who is a optician she told me not to drive/ride in cheap sunglasses as they make you misjudge. She bought me a pair of sunglasses which I still have somewhere, they're a bit small now. But these weren't cheap and they don't affect my vision like other cheap sung glasses do.
I agree, I find something not quite right about it, same with sunglasses really.
I have a clear visor and never seem to have had a problem with the sun. I never wear sunglasses either though, even abroad.
I was coming back home there was a sunset, the sun was shinning straight into my eyes as I was riding towards it. Without my mirrored sun visor, I would be blinded as I refuse to use those inbuilt sun glasses.
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Just squint a little
No problem with noise, I'm only on a 125 which can't do 70mph so wind noise above that speed might be noisy, but anything under is very good. Loads of padding so your head is nice and cushioned inside
I was about to buy a shark helmet when I found that deal, jumped all over it, delivery was next day too.
I was about to buy a shark helmet when I found that deal, jumped all over it, delivery was next day too.
I like that helmet, but already got the shark. I'll go to my bike shop and try them (GT abd XR) on.
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