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Peak or no peak?
NB: Originally posted elsewhere on the Global Riders Network and appears via syndication.
Due to a little altercation with a tree down in Jarrahdale at the weekend, I'm now in the market for a new helmet.
So, what's the current thinking on that little peak/visor thingy on the MTB helmets - unnecessary fashion statement or essential accessory?
I wouldn't want to make a faux pas by turning up unsuitably attired at the Cape-to-Cape later this month....
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I recon the peak is cool, finishes off what is really an odd but necessary piece of equipment. I ride my roadie with a peak helmet and a camelbak, and frankly I don't give a damn what anyone thinks.
Gotta be peaked. Don't want to be getting around looking like a road scum in a condom suit.
Harsh but fair! Ha ha ha
Its not pro, end of story.
But Andy almost no one here is a pro......so whatever.
I leave my visor on
Many benefits:
1. they look better,
2. provide a bit of shade for the face (assuming it is a. Sunny and b. You have it on correctly),
3. a bit of blocker for rain by tilting the head down (plus the rain drips off the lid and not into your face),
4. similarly helps deflect small objects away from eyes and
5. best of all helps block out the length of hill still to be climbed!
Pro’s do not like them; but they wear skin suits so who are they to say?
I didn't got one with my Specialised (propero), so I look like a condom on my bike… but at least I'm protected and I don't feel the different of having a peak or not.
Btw, check this nice helmet: http://bicycling.com/blogs/thestraightdirt/2011/...
Is that when you're head down and going for it your vision is obscured. Had a mate taken out badly by an overhanging branch due to this
Surely it's peak for messing about on the heavier rig and then no peak roadie style for racing on the whippet!
I find it helps me get the helmet on the correct way round.... it is peak to the front, isn't it?
I always find the baggy shorts overtake lycra on the decants but lycra overtakes baggy shorts on the ascents. I have never been interested in a retractable seat post but I reckon retractable baggies would be a race winner.
So do peaks help to descend?
I have heard that a poorly designed peak can be a problem in a crash, since it may be more likely to create a torsion on the neck if you hit something the wrong way. This may just be a myth amongst roadies.
l am not going to put my two bob's were in as l havve see what happen's in crasher's with the the thing on the front of the helmet
Well I might put my 2 sense in too:
1. I find the visors great because i mostly ride with clear lenses and the visor takes some of the glare away and I feel like I'm riding in extended shade
2. On some single track sections where one is going to have to tangle with low hanging twigs or plant-like obstacles, I put my head down briefly in the contact point (not too long), and confidently nothing whips me in the face-the visor helps in this regard...
No Peak .. it's about looking Pro
even though I can only pin it hard (ish) for a lap or two at the moment before the wheels fall right off the cart and I revert to back to Joe slow.
@ The flying AL
Lycra slow on the descents ah? Not so sure about that champ
Seeing as i'm a gumby who can't ride anything even remotely technical for shite (witness busted collarbone from weekend) i figure i need a big arse helmet to protect what little functioining grey matter currently resides between my ears. Seeing as they come with a peak and look lame if you take them off, in the interests of not looking lame even when i am, i'm going to vote for peaks.