[Closed] Open face helmet and goggles

Why wouldn't it be ok?

great for racing, not sure it needs to be done for general riding, but as far as looks go if you need approval from people on here i suggest you have a word with yourself ; )

I couldn't do it

Depends what your local riding is. Perfect for round here in the Tweed Valley. Winch up for 40 minutes and pop them on for 3-4 minutes of muddy slithering down steep hillsides.

As long as it's swimming goggles it's ok. DH goggles just look daft with open face.

I can see better when I wear my goggles

Visibility is for pussies

Totez enduro, brah.

Who gives a **** what you wear when you ride a bike, ride your bike wearing whatever you want.

It looks a bit stupid and try hard. But it seems to work and people like it so each to their own.

I can't see the problem
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An ENDUROist yesterday:

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Perfect winter eyewear choice. I don't want mud in my eyes.

Haven't so far but after yesterdays mud fest the googles are going in the back pack for fast wet descents...

used to in proper grim UK winters, better than glasses, great in sleet etc.

Not a new thing though been doing that since about 04 I reckon

Works for me! Less spray, no watery eye = better visibility = being able to go faster on the downs. Perfect.

I'd normally wear glasses instead of goggles, but I have worn goggles + open face on the off occasion and it's pretty great for winch + & plummet type terrain.

Obv no use in doing sweaty laps of XC...

It does look a bit odd, but then again so does most MTB fashion.

I don't but on a really grim day, I can see why you would. Who gives a stuff what others think.

Still picking chunks of mud out of my eyes from our ride on Sunday so will be doing the goggles/open face thing on future dry weather but wet under wheel rides.

I've already got the stupid yellow #enduro wheels, how much sillier could I look... in for a penny and all that.

It works really well, I do it all the time for racing and non local riding. Not locally though, the lads would give me more stick than we give the guys who ride crackras

If your lucky somebody will start a thread about you 🙂

but let's not get into that) with ****ing goggles on!! Normal helmets and goggles?! I know you think you look all 'Enduro' and all that...

But just stop it!! You look like a dick! Well... Everything's relative... You look massively more of a dick than the rest of us!!! And that takes some doing!!!

Crap for climbs but great for descents wouldn't let the stw old giffers club put you off

Yeah, who really gives a **** what anyone prefers to wear?
If it works, do it. It's riding bikes in woods, not going into town on the pull.

de rigeur at Cannock

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I got mud in my eyes on so many rides recently that I have adopted the enduro goggle open facer look, I can still see at the end of the trail so will keep on.

POAH Grow up, gay is not an insult and you are old enough to know better. I expect that kind of talk from kids and teenagers not grown men with children of their own. I really hope you teach your kids better behaviour.

I wear these Bullet Ant tactical goggles, that live under the visor of my lid.
They're kind of a halfway house between glasses and full-on goggles....and yes, I do look freakin awesome in them... 8)

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They come with 3 sets of lenses and a carry case.
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Nothing wrong with them

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I didn't get on with it, it made the helmet feel weird. Also found it a hassle to keep the goggles clean and dry and avoid steaming up etc. I guess i'd have put up with that if I thought there was any advantage but I couldn't see any personally.

I use 'em for racing but this time of year my favoured eye protection is a front mudguard due to steaming up issues (glasses and goggles)

I think its a good idea tbh, and doesn't look stupid ... can anyone recommend any decent googles ?

Abigale uses her Oakley snowboarding ones, just bought some clear vented lenses for them and swap them over

If it works use it, I find its not a bad combination for those sloppy wet days and when its too hot to go full face (30 plus,95% humidity)and dusty also.
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Bonus points for the yellow boots, Enduroooooo.......

Back on track....wouldn't bother with vented lenses as they are going to get scratched to buggery and single lenses are much, much cheaper to replace. Go with a brand you can easily get replacement lenses for, other than that there's naff all between them all really.

Emily say Yeah!

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gay in this context means ridiculous, now please go preach your PC crap somewhere else. Its boring in person and even worse online.

Using gay to mean that is exactly my point, I thought you were intelligent enough to understand that.

gay in this context means ridiculous

You should be told off for using it in that context, It used to mean "happy" but we live in 2016 now and it's time to get with the times. When you think about it it's an awful homophobic way to use the word and it's a slap in the face for all gay people who read the forums. We are supposed to be moving forward not backwards.

So consider yourself told, suck it up (no pun intended) and stop trying to defend yourself. Take it like a man (fnar fnar) and admit you were wrong and don't do it again.

I've done it without thinking on Facebook, got a slap off my gay friend Emma. It's a learning curve.

Have to admit I was a little worried about a backlash from defending gay people on this forum but am really happy to see that most of you are only commenting to defend me and back me up, so thank you, you regularly restore my faith in humanity! 🙂

I used to stay quiet, but I am learning to speak up as I get older (and wiser?) it's especially hard when out biking with a big group of guys, but I really think we have to start somewhere.

Can we use 'camp' then, instead..? As in, the 'failed seriousness' meaning, of the word..?

...Because that's basically what's being got at here. Goggles + open face = look 'camp'.

A seriousness fail.

Ostensibly you tried to look 'serious' and racey, yet actually look ridiculous.

This is the problem with people getting a uppity with the G-word used in this context - it isn't intended as derogatory to gay people or homophobic, it's just become shorthand for 'failed seriousness'.

Goggles + open face are 'camp' - and quite awesumly so in my opinion..! MTBing is all about looking like a bit of a idiot and not giving a damn at times.. 😀

Why not use the word "ridiculous" then? Replacing a word with 'Gay' is exactly derogatory and homophobic, and the problem is that so many fail to understand that. Sorry to have seemingly derailed this thread but I am fed up of this kind of talk.

When you think about it it's an awful homophobic way to use the word and it's a slap in the face for all gay people who read the forums. We are supposed to be moving forward not backwards

explain how its homophobic and backwards?

Wear what you want. Might work really well for you, might not. Least you tried it.
I saw a guy commuting in a full face lid and goggles. Why not. Better than no lid.

This is the problem with people getting a uppity with the G-word used in this context - it isn't intended as derogatory to gay people or homophobic, it's just become shorthand for 'failed seriousness'.

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It's shorthand for weak, useless, effeminate, which are all traits that coincidentally a lot of people have associated with gay people. Trying to claim there is no connection is ridiculous.

I still use the term in this way sometimes and have to remind myself not to do it - it's nothing to do with 'being PC' is just old-fashioned basic politeness.

Why not use the word "ridiculous" then? Replacing a word with 'Gay' is exactly derogatory and homophobic, and the problem is that so many fail to understand that

because I can, just because you deam it to be degrogatory and homophobic doesn't mean it is. oddly you are the only person, hetero or homosexual, I know that has issues with it. Thankfully I don't have to deal with your atypical feminist/heterophobic attitude in person anymore.

You can add me as someone that has a problem with it poah, it's outdated language, times are moving on.
First post and all, why not jump in with both feet hey 🙂

Thanks on the goggles front .... btw my daughter is GAY!! .... grow up !

This thread is gay as ****.

My cousin is gay and both him and his partner use gay all the time in the same way Poah did, nothing aimed at sexuality just in the sense that something is ridiculous.

it's outdated language, times are moving on.

Maybe some people are moving on, afterall the word has changed meaning before.

It's shorthand for weak, useless, effeminate, which are all traits that coincidentally a lot of people have associated with gay people. Trying to claim there is no connection is ridiculous.

So you're saying all teh gays are "gay"?

because I can, just because you deam it to be degrogatory and homophobic doesn't mean it is. oddly you are the only person, hetero or homosexual, I know that has issues with it. Thankfully I don't have to deal with your atypical feminist/heterophobic attitude in person anymore.

Saying you will do something "because you can" is pathetic and neanderthal. It IS derogatory and homophobic. I am the only person who has dared to challenge you on your language, as I already said I kept quiet to many people for a long time, but not any more, it's this kind of thing that can lead teenagers to suicide and it is not acceptable, not by me and not by a growing number of people, straight, gay and inbetween.

I am very un-feminist in my life, but I think people should be treated equally, if this is a difficult concept to grasp then I feel sorry for you, the world is changing and you will be left in the dark ages with your pathetic backwards mentality.

I am personally overjoyed that I no longer socialise with you, if you remember that was my choice, I deleted you from social media for your anti-women post, but equally I will not sit like a quite little lady and let you offend me from the safety of your computer screen.

This is a forum for cyclists, these happen to come in all shapes, sizes, genders and orientations, so if you offend one don't be too surprised if they have something to say about it.

My cousin is gay and both him and his partner use gay all the time in the same way Poah did, nothing aimed at sexuality just in the sense that something is ridiculous.

And some black people use the word.....

So you're saying all teh gays are "gay"?

I'm saying that the usage of the term as an insult is intrinsically linked with outdated stereotypes about gay people, obviously.

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Why do folks wear goggles over clear glasses?

[I'm not judging, am genuinely interested]

Jesus ! thread was looking useful ... and I considered wearing my googles but now after this ! ..... 😕

benp1, my sister wears goggles to protect her prescription normal glasses, as she does not yet have prescription bike glasses

I wear goggles over glasses to ski. No problems.
But I can't do the same for biking. They'd steam up within the first 30 seconds. 🙁

I wore goggles and an xc lid 18 months ago for a CYB long weekend in the peeing rain. I'd just had some pretty heavy eye surgery and needed to keep the eye as clean as possible. A couple of guys asked about the goggles, I showed them my bloodshot skank-eye and explained it had recently been cut open with a scalpel. They seemed to think it was a perfectly reasonable idea and neither of them questioned my sexuality.

I assume my tutu, feather duster and clutch of Barry Manilow tickets was secondary to the goggles.

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although i do look like I'm going for a swim

I don't, as I don't have any, and I'd need a prescription set.
But I'm in the if it works then why not! We so times take ourselves too seriously, taking our eyes off the fact we ride bikes around the woods!!

I can see that you may be perceived as trying a bit too hard to be fashionable though...but then I just think meh, get on with my ride and think of cake on the hills!!