[SthFRider]

I just got my tld d2 from fed ex. It fits great and everything i just have a quick question. On the chin/jaw guard right where your chin is there is the pad that kinda flips down near the bottom what is that for? I have heard of people cutting it out. What have ya'll done? Does is serve a specific purpose?

 

[Total Heckler]

I cut mine off. I think it might be there as a mud guard?

 

[Pepper Brooks]

Cut it off, it just gets in the way. Depending on the D2, some of them came with a little rubber "bridge" on the top of the jaw that I've cut off as well. It was just always in my field of view and served no purpose other than looks.

 

[IH8Rice]

ive left it there on my D2's. they have never gotten in the way so i saw no point in cutting it out.

 

[Pepper Brooks]

ive left it there on my D2's. they have never gotten in the way so i saw no point in cutting it out.

It didn't always get in the way, but everynow and then it would hit my jaw. It was annoying when you are trying to focus and your helmet is bugging you!

 

[IH8Rice]

It didn't always get in the way, but everynow and then it would hit my jaw. It was annoying when you are trying to focus and your helmet is bugging you!

if i had a beard it did get in the way and was annoying but i only really noticed it if i wasnt riding.

 

[davec113]

It's there to deflect your breath into your goggles.

 

[Big J]

It's there to deflect your breath into your goggles.

+1......

I left mine if place for the last two seasons....never thought to cut that foreskin......

J

 

[bizutch]

A giant dirt clod cost me a race run one time. A clod came up from under my old Giro and I sucked it straight into my wind pipe. I was going over a boulder and had to veer off course, drop my bike and hack the damn thing out, then get back on the bike.

Then once in Greenville sessioning, my riding buddies witnessed me do the exact same thing about to go over a boulder. Choked again. Apparently when I ride, I've got my O face in full effect.

When I bought my first D2 and saw that, I felt it made the helmet perfect! In 4 years since, no choking.