Helmet thoughts for the Atom

rossybee · Post by **rossybee** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 12:00 am

mac wrote:I'm also on the lookout for some lids - but aren't they illegal to wear on the road?

Not if you don't have a windscreen

/another Aeroscreener faction

rossybee · Post by **rossybee** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 12:03 am

rossybee · Post by **rossybee** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 12:10 am

Andy G wrote:For quick trips to the shops, I'll use my Oakleys

Hopeless.

Tried mine and they're pish.

You need something with a seal between the goggle frames & your face

As Thinny suggested, have a word with Iain at Xtreme Eyewear for a pair of Wiley-X - they kick ass

Now, the XL-1s

are regarded as the staple Caterham goggles, but I've found that the JP-1s

which I bought to try as an alternative are more effective for my shape of face

rossybee · Post by **rossybee** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 12:12 am

Oh, and if I were you, I'd make every trip as enjoyable as poss by wear no helmet, except when it's heavy rain & you cannae see jack sh1t

A wee drop rain or hail will smart a bit the first few times, but you get used to it

Andy G · Post by **Andy G** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 8:00 am

rossybee wrote:
Andy G wrote:For quick trips to the shops, I'll use my Oakleys
Hopeless.

Tried mine and they're pish.

You need something with a seal between the goggle frames & your face

Tried mine lasy year and was fine - time will tell i suppose

Rich H · Post by **Rich H** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 8:12 am

rossybee wrote:A wee drop rain or hail will smart a bit the first few times, but you get used to it

Doesn't all your hair fall out after though?

max1966 · Post by **max1966** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 9:20 am

I'd have to say if it rains put on your helmet, even light rain is painful over 50mph.

I ride a supermoto with a motocross helmet and the rain feels like pins being stuck in your face and thats the only bit exposed.

Full face I've had a Shoei, very quiet and great quality.

rossybee · Post by **rossybee** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 11:29 am

RICHARDHUMBLE wrote:
rossybee wrote:A wee drop rain or hail will smart a bit the first few times, but you get used to it
Doesn't all your hair fall out after though?

Saves on barber's fees

rossybee · Post by **rossybee** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 11:32 am

max1966 wrote:I'd have to say if it rains put on your helmet, even light rain is painful over 50mph.

rossybee wrote:A wee drop rain or hail will smart a bit the first few times, but you get used to it

Had plenty rain at over the ton in France last year, plus in the dry, road dirt getting thrown up by other road users is odd at first, but I just compare it to what wimmin pay heaps for at health spas