Is there a helmet of choice for enderpos? Do most people rock half dome, XC lids, or full faces? Has somebody been sitting on a cache of switchblades waiting for this moment?
Enderpo Helmet Choice
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i normally go for full face DOT helmets, unless am riding around town. thats the only scenario where i rock a xc helmet.
in a few of my "all mountain rides", i have come across enduro moto-riders... and in some tech descents... my friends and i even pass a few of them.
on the flat out downhill-ish parts, i hit 40+mph on a 160mm bike.
going teeth first into a rock is no fun.
in a few of my "all mountain rides", i have come across enduro moto-riders... and in some tech descents... my friends and i even pass a few of them.
on the flat out downhill-ish parts, i hit 40+mph on a 160mm bike.
going teeth first into a rock is no fun.
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I still have a switchblade sitting around somewhere!
At the time it seemed like a good idea.
just like that trip to tijiuana?
On a more serious note than before, I'd wait until the rules all settle down before buying anything specifically for Enduros.
Over here the current rules tend to be that a helmet must be worn at all times, including transition stages. Which is a (understandable) pain in the @rse as I'd often like to have the fullfacer for stages, but screw climbing 4,500ft wearing it! And Euro style with fullfacers required on stages is a pain too as you'll really want to carry an XC lid for the transitions.
Quite how this'll change now that the UCI have their hands on the rule book, nobody knows
Kinda, but the helmet didn't give me a VD
There was a thread on mtbr where a guy broke off the chin guard of an Urge full face helmet and rearranged his face. They may be hot a f*ck but a full face DH helmet is better than plastic surgery.
Well that's the question. I don't know if I'll ever even race enderpo, but if I do, it's a bit of a dilemma. I like my teefs, so I'd want a full face, and I can imagine few things more painful than an extended climb up a mountain wearing a hot full face (maybe hitting my chin on a rock). I agree that you need to wear a helmet any time you're on the bike....so that leaves to wonder what people will gravitate towards.
I actually think something like the switchblade would be perfect...especially if it had thumb screws to remove the chin plate at the bottom.
I actually think something like the switchblade would be perfect...especially if it had thumb screws to remove the chin plate at the bottom.
What enduro has you climbing 4500 feet at once?
Anyway, if you think you need a full face, get a real one, not one of those fake things that won't do squat.
And oh yeah: ENDURO!!!
Anyway, if you think you need a full face, get a real one, not one of those fake things that won't do squat.
And oh yeah: ENDURO!!!
I didn't say at once. Last years Innerleithen UK Enduro had 4,500ft of climbing over the 5 stage course, despite being early March the temperature was 80 degrees (27C) so it wouldn't have been much fun in a fullfacer!
poc trabec or that new TLD lid. learn to tuck and roll.
There is no way you would want to run a full face in Enduros around here. Climbing 3500ft in this humidity and being on your bike all day, you might as well wear sandpaper underwear and do lunges between stages.
I got the TLD A1 the day that it came out. It basically replaced two helmets for me. My old worn out xc lid and my old skate lid. It fits great and is really adjustable, offers a lot of protection, and vents well as well.
It cost a little more than some other options, but it is a high quality helmet and I am hoping it will last a while.
I got the TLD A1 the day that it came out. It basically replaced two helmets for me. My old worn out xc lid and my old skate lid. It fits great and is really adjustable, offers a lot of protection, and vents well as well.
It cost a little more than some other options, but it is a high quality helmet and I am hoping it will last a while.
Isn't that just riding your bike rather than 'enduro'? Enduro = racing for me, otherwise it's just normal riding.
^ Enduroing is the new All-Mountaining.
it was about the same for the enduro at highland last october. I just wore my xc lid.
What about this. Wear a back pack,just a little one with some water and a snack perhaps (mmmm snacks) and carry your welter weight helmet (I have a 4 year old giro hex) for the uphill stages or climbs between stages when manditory to have a helmet then chuck it on your back pack nice and snug, you won't even know its there and use a real helmet like a tld d3 for your racingness. And if there is a climb during the stage hurt a bit till the end of the climb and have a drink of water and a snack (once again mmmmm snacks)
Those plastic full face things went out with the end of the 90s when 7' free ride bikes had tiny tiny chain rings for teeter totters and climbing up frome mountain.
Those plastic full face things went out with the end of the 90s when 7' free ride bikes had tiny tiny chain rings for teeter totters and climbing up frome mountain.
all-mountaineering is the old trail riding.
it was just a curious question. I thought enderping was just "broing" out with your homies, but then also racing, so it's not like racing, it's more bro-ey, but it's also racing. Just more bro-like.
It just puzzled me how you would keep your crepe crushers clean when you're out not really racing but also racing.
The more serious races give you set start times for each stage, which will be based on your seeding. So unless you and yo bros are the same category and speed there might not be any bro-ing at all (well, until finish line fist bumps anyway)
this isn't bro-back mountain (biking)
after your announcement yesterday, this kind of non-sense has me shaking my head
Makes sense in my world...my wife broke her water while crying during a viewing of Bro-Back Mountain. You know what happened next:
then I was like:
I was careful not to include "bro-fisting"
must spread rep
alright now i'm clear.
so enduro racing is clothing optional? definitely bro-back mountain (biking).
If you're Brian Lopes, every race is clothing optional
only if you're lopesing out
for him, everything is clothing optional. If he somehow won a nobel prize, he wouldn't be wearing a shirt during the acceptance.
Don't you mean a bro-bel prize?
FYI, I know of someone who is now a paraplegic from having done exactly this. Climbed up wearing xc lid. Changed to the full face at the top and strapped the xc lid to his back pack. During the descent, he crashed onto his back, where the xc lid acted as a fulcrum and did a number on his spinal chord. Granted, the chances are one in a million, but it's a downright scary thought...
Use your XC lid, just be sure to have grown a natty looking moustache to go with.
Just grow your own chin guard! Also provides a convenient place to keep your snacks during the race. A man with a beard is never hungry...
