Re: new F9 video on Snell helmets
Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2021 9:00 pm
https://kaliprotectives.com/products/sh ... 0318656536
DOT approved. I know there are a couple others too but hard to search for them on my phone.
What I really meant though was the line between moto and DH helmet is blurring. Some of the guys going big are wearing moto helmets (though for the last couple years I haven't kept up.). A Fox Rampage Comp (mtb helmet) is a fiberglass shell, mips, multi layer EPS, etc. 1275g. Same features AND weight as my Fly moto helmet.
Kali Shiva 1050g
TLD D4, carbon & all the same stuff. 1000g (one of the lightest ASTM-15 rated)
6D ATB1 all the same same features, 1350g (mtb)
The prices overlap now too. Pretty easy to spend $300-$600 on a DH mtb lid now. (only one of the above listed helmets is under $500)
Its hard to find *WHICH* ASTM F1952 standard they test too. The most recent is the -15 (2015 version). Many helmets are still tested to the less stringent -10 or earlier. Trying to get info out of some helmet manufs is a mess :(
I obsess a bit about weight. This goes doubly so for the kid. He has a huge noggin. At 9yo I took him to Hyser cycle for his first helmet. I figured MAYBE he was big enough to fit an adult small. The always helpful lady took one look at him and grabbed adult S & M. Yup. Hes rocking a Bell MX-9 MIPS in adult M. Turning 11 next mo. (Won't be long before he can share my L helmets.) Though he has a huge head he's still scrawny. I just weighed his Bell... 1550g. Thats a lot of mass dangling off his pencil thin neck in a wreck. I've decided when I buy another DH helmet, I'm going to get one for him too. He only goes but so fast on his X160 and I'm convinced a ~850g DH mtb helmet would be safer and still more than enough protection.
DOT approved. I know there are a couple others too but hard to search for them on my phone.
What I really meant though was the line between moto and DH helmet is blurring. Some of the guys going big are wearing moto helmets (though for the last couple years I haven't kept up.). A Fox Rampage Comp (mtb helmet) is a fiberglass shell, mips, multi layer EPS, etc. 1275g. Same features AND weight as my Fly moto helmet.
Kali Shiva 1050g
TLD D4, carbon & all the same stuff. 1000g (one of the lightest ASTM-15 rated)
6D ATB1 all the same same features, 1350g (mtb)
The prices overlap now too. Pretty easy to spend $300-$600 on a DH mtb lid now. (only one of the above listed helmets is under $500)
Its hard to find *WHICH* ASTM F1952 standard they test too. The most recent is the -15 (2015 version). Many helmets are still tested to the less stringent -10 or earlier. Trying to get info out of some helmet manufs is a mess :(
I obsess a bit about weight. This goes doubly so for the kid. He has a huge noggin. At 9yo I took him to Hyser cycle for his first helmet. I figured MAYBE he was big enough to fit an adult small. The always helpful lady took one look at him and grabbed adult S & M. Yup. Hes rocking a Bell MX-9 MIPS in adult M. Turning 11 next mo. (Won't be long before he can share my L helmets.) Though he has a huge head he's still scrawny. I just weighed his Bell... 1550g. Thats a lot of mass dangling off his pencil thin neck in a wreck. I've decided when I buy another DH helmet, I'm going to get one for him too. He only goes but so fast on his X160 and I'm convinced a ~850g DH mtb helmet would be safer and still more than enough protection.