Having crashed & written off my Giro Xen at the Kona Mash-Up, I'm now looking for a replacement helmet. Unfortunately, whilst I really like the Xen, it would cost me £62.50 to replace it under the Giro Crash Replacement Programme, so having fancied a p*sspot for a while I thought I'd take a look at what's available.
I'd like something pretty well ventilated and whilst I realise the two don't go together, some of the Pro-Tec helmets look pretty good, and I was wondering how people have got on with them....
Other than that, has anyone got any recommendations of decent pot helmets....
Cheers,
Alex
I have got a protec ace sxp (that's with the squishy foam that is supposed to stay the same under repeated impacts). It is still very hot compared to an xc helmet. I only really use it for short rides or longer ones in winter now for this reason. However it is really comfy for my shape head, and feels really well put together. The pads are nice and the holes are arranged in a way that I can fit my headlight (l&m solo) on it and ziptie the cable down the back. (not the case for other skate style potties cos of the arrangements of the holes) Though I am sure they didn't have this in mind when they designed it. It would also be suitable for other sports (there is some gumph on the website about this, snow and watersports iirc) I would definitely buy another one if i needed to replace this one.
If you are bothered about that sort of thing, the shape is a bit more interesting than the other protec potty or tsg ones.
Stif are doing last years Fox's cheap, and just got a Flux of classifieds and it is the best ventilated helmet ive tried in ages.
As far as pisspots go, i use a Bell something or other, their standard one, and its all much of a muchness isnt it? I only used a pisspot for two years, and never got that hot that it became an issue.