Ok, so I don't want to bash on the product, I just wanted to put out a fair warning that some helmets just don't work particularly well with the brace. I have an Azonic moto helmet which I will be the first to admit is one of the largest helmets on the market. I had planned to replace it soon, but the timetable is being moved up because of this discovery.
Anyway, I got the brace for xmas, and I had been riding moto all spring with it and didn't even notice it, so when dh season started I brought it along. I felt a bit of interference when I was riding, even with the spacers flipped around and the rear deck in the lowest position, but I figured a few mm wasn't going to make much of a difference. Very wrong.
I got back from racing the other day where I had just felt a little slow and awkward through corners and decided I was going to do some berm workouts this week. I went out on my street bike with the open face (and no brace obviously) and I was instantly more comfortable getting over the front of the bike, leaning hard and looking through turns.
With my setup on the dh rig, I definitely can't get my head tilted far enough back to "assume the position."
If anybody can suggest a helmet combo that does work (preferably something dot/snell) and knows of a good deal let me know cause I'm in the market.
That is all.
Anyway, I got the brace for xmas, and I had been riding moto all spring with it and didn't even notice it, so when dh season started I brought it along. I felt a bit of interference when I was riding, even with the spacers flipped around and the rear deck in the lowest position, but I figured a few mm wasn't going to make much of a difference. Very wrong.
I got back from racing the other day where I had just felt a little slow and awkward through corners and decided I was going to do some berm workouts this week. I went out on my street bike with the open face (and no brace obviously) and I was instantly more comfortable getting over the front of the bike, leaning hard and looking through turns.
With my setup on the dh rig, I definitely can't get my head tilted far enough back to "assume the position."
If anybody can suggest a helmet combo that does work (preferably something dot/snell) and knows of a good deal let me know cause I'm in the market.
That is all.
