No I used to have a helmet for my road bike and a helmet for my mountain bike as the peak got in the way when on the drops. Now I commute on a mountain bike I prefer to wear my mountain bike helmet as the peak is useful. But its been destroyed in the last 6 months with the crap weather and mountain biking at the weekends too.

So do you have a dedicated commuter helmet/ road helmet and weekend mountain bike helmet?

Nope. Just an MTB helmet.

One Specialized 2d sworks thing for road riding, mtbing, night riding, commuting. Light bracket gets removed for riding during the day, peak comes off for road riding.

Specialized deviant carbon for bmx and dh.

Just one but it’s a Bell Volt which is designed for both (eg peak on or off) but I’ve never bothered having more than one.

5 Helmets 2 x DH full face, p.pot for BMX and 2 MTB Xen and Xar, visor off for road stuff

1 x full face for mtb/bmx,
1 x piss pot for bmx,
1 x trail lid for commute/mtb.

you honestly didn’t realise mtb helmet peaks are removable? 😕

1 x DH
2 x jump
3 possibly 4 MTB

Road? No need for a helmet in the mighty Mondeo 🙂

3 helmets at present

1 in the shed, one in the car and one under my desk, I just grab whichever one is handy at the time

I have two, a roadie type one and a MTB one so I can fit in at the trail centre car park.
Seriously though my MTB one has a DX light mount cable tied to it and gets used for night riding six months of the year.

1 knackered MTB for commuting
1 road helmet for road
2 MTB helmets – trail vs XC 🙂

1 full face DH
1 cheapo specialized £20 – peak lost [ ok i rested it on the fire and two days later lit the woodburner – it was black I did not notice ..it did not smell nice!
1 Exensive Specialized one – use mainly for road and summer
The one under the desk priceless but sadly the least used

Just my old trusty Xen.

3 for me in regular use:

White 2D mainly for road riding
Black/yellow prevail for racing and mountain biking
Red 2D for night riding, always has the light bracket so I know it’s in the right place!

Did have a black 2D which broke and an Atmos which just wasn’t as comfy!

One for mtb, commute and road (just take the peak off).
One for DH.

3, Giro advantage for TT’s and longer tris, Specialized Propero for road, xc and commuting and a spare for when the inevitable crash happens and I need one as a stop gap before I can get a new one. Got loads of old helmets lying around though as I replace my MX ones every year my cycling ones every couple or when I have a big off and I can’t bring myself to chuch any of them.

Iain

Why do people take the peak off for riding on a road?

Honest query.

thems the rules
You are lower down [in the tuck] and it obscures visibilty as you are effectively looking up to see forward

the answer’s already been given

Rule #35 says so.

specialized 2d for road and a 661 dirt lid for mtb

used to have a bell xc lid as well but i cracked that in March and used the pisspot in the meantime, surprisingly didnt find it too hot during the summer so have stuck with it since.

Why do people take the peak off for riding on a road?

Obscures visibility when on the drops

3 for me.

One older Spesh Decibel for mountain bike/ commuting duties and two Spesh s-works prevails for road riding.

Own about six, use three.

Can anyone else not seem to throw old helmets away for some reason?

Obscures visibility when on the drops

Thanks for answers. I see now.

1 Giro mountain bike one
1 661 full facer
1 pisspot that doubles as my ski helmet

hmm think I will buy a cheap one for commuting and get another better one for mountain biking when I get a lot sweatier.

Obscures visibility when on the drops

It doesn’t really, not if you’re in the right position. It even does a great job of keep rain out of your eyes when it’s really chucking it down. Some pros (including Lance) use peaks when the weathers awful, despite the rule violation.

Giro Havoc for mountain-biking and commuting etc.
Giro Saris for road bike

MTB – Giro Havoc
MTB Full Face – 661 somethingorothercheap
Road – Giro Monza
Climbing – Black Diamond Half Dome
Snowboarding – Giro Bad Lieutenant

so… 5 🙂

Dave

1 x DH
1 x s-works 2d (MTB)
1 x Giro Hex (MTB night rides – has joystick mount attached)
1 x LAS Victory Supreme (road)

4, 1 full face, 1 piss pot (gets used more for snowboarding), 2 mtb I’ve kept my recently retired one as a spare.

Just the one for everything (Met 5th Element).

But its been destroyed in the last 6 months with the crap weather and mountain biking at the weekends too.

How’s it been destroyed in 6 months? Unless you fall on your head a lot of course.

Three, I wear whichever one matches the rest of my riding kit best that day.

Three, I wear whichever one matches the rest of my riding kit best that day.

Best answer so far.

2.. both giro hex for everything.

Wear one while the other airs a bit thus avoiding a cheesy lid occuring too quickly.

It doesn’t really, not if you’re in the right position. It even does a great job of keep rain out of your eyes when it’s really chucking it down. Some pros (including Lance) use peaks when the weathers awful, despite the rule violation.

Well it obscures visibility for me – i usually wear a cycling cap under my helmet when the weather is awful and when on the drops i need to compensate by moving my head up to see the road ahead rather than just look up with my eyes. End up getting a stiff neck, which i dont otherwise get.

But caps sit lower down then peaks.

A Xen for mtbing, a E2 for commuting (with a peak! on a road bike! with a backpack! in baggy shorts!)
and a bare head for going out with my dawg (or maybe a cap if there are a lotta flying bugs)

3 – 1 x DH full face; 1 x BMX p.pot ; 1 x Met XC

4

1 full face
1 semi piss-pot / german army hot thing
1 roadie commute
1 nice xc mtb

having a separate one for commuting keeps the sweat stink off the other ones