How is a full face helmet supposed to fit
How To Correctly Fit A Mountain Bike Helmet
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helmet is an essential piece of
equipment and it comes to riding your
bike of course it's also super in form
and it's fitted to your head correctly
let's take a look at the specifics of
how to do it
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the first thing to do is to make sure
you're buying a helmet that fits your
head so either go to a bike shop and try
a few on or actually it's very easy just
to measure your head so get a tailors
tape measure and wrap it around your
head by half an inch above your eyebrows
just above your ears or simply use a
piece of string wrap it around and pinch
it and then put it against a normal tape
measure so I know that my head measures
58 centimeters I'm on the POC website
the medium helmet goes from 55 up to 58
centimeters so by medium and then you've
still got some adjustability on that
helmet to make sure it fits super snug
too big a helmet and you'll find that it
could roll around or even move in the
event of a crash which I've seen in the
past that's not safe obviously too small
helmet and even if you can get it on
you'll find that's probably
uncomfortable I can even give you
headaches so even when you fit the
helmet make sure you've got it in the
right spot so that has been midway down
your forehead obviously two loads and
start pushing down on your eyebrows or
the most common one we see is probably
people run them too high you see the
whole of the forehead again that's not
safe by most these modern helmets with
that sort of rear retention system by
time you've got that tight it's all
cupped the back of your head and
actually your helmet won't move anyway
it'll sit right in the middle of your
forehead I like to run that rear ratchet
system super tight so even without the
strap you see my help doesn't move at
all when you take the helmet off and try
and put it back on actually it won't go
back on so you have to loosen it all the
way off stick your helmet on and then to
ratchet that system up so super nice and
snug and then I can fit the strap
you'll probably find that that rear
retention system has a bit more
adjustability on your helmet so on this
it's got three different positions for
it to come further down or further back
in down there and this really sort
depends on the shape of your head and
this again is just trying to get it
super snug on the back of your head and
you'll probably notice that when you'll
ride in if your helmet moves that's
probably the one that needs adjustments
so I've got it set in the middle of the
three find them how it doesn't move at
all the helmet fits now just time to do
that jaw strap so flip it in and you
should have enough room to fit a couple
of fingers just below your chin so it's
tight enough so the helmet can't come
off in the event of a crash I've seen
that in the past as well also make sure
that these ear straps are self centered
below your ear so actually that jaw
strap sits to the back of your jaw
they're too far forward actually that
strap is it almost beneath your chin so
wants to be just below the jaw a couple
of final adjustments you can do to a
helmet first one is adjusting the peak
angle so I don't like to run it too low
so I can really see it it's sort of just
about in the middle so I can just see it
at the top of the field of my vision
start poking up too high I think it
looks a bit weird but no reason why you
can't do that
peaks are funny one I think if you run a
helmet without at peak you've started to
look a little bit like a roadie although
I do have a cross-country helmet without
a peak controversial I know also the
back this helmet I've actually got this
goggle strap so if I choose to run
goggles his helmet they're nice and
secured on the back
now I know that the stinking roadies
love a rule or two and they always say
that your glasses must go outside your
helmet straps where my mic is here I say
you should find that your glasses fit
properly if your helmets at nice and
square so don't interfere with each
other that's how you to fit an open-face
arm it's pretty simple the most common
mistakes and not getting it right in
your head so too far back or too far
forward or even a little bit daunting on
the side so just make sure that your
straps are evenly tensioned and you've
got that retention system nice and snug
on the back your helmet this should sit
nice and square tonight the full face
helmet which is of course it's gonna
suit the more extreme riders so in zeros
downhill to free ride to even some dirt
jumpers of the disadvantages are its
heavier it's gonna be hotter less
comfortable to wear for a longer amount
of time but the Beast about digit of
course is a great coverage so for the
bigger crashes this is what you're gonna
want to be wearing so it's the same
fitment guide as it is we open face
helmet measures your head and by the
size helmet that fits you'll find the
most full face I don't have that rear
attention system because the helmet
comes solo but actually they often come
with different sets of pads so this pot
does come with some liner pads you can
play around with also you find these
cheat pads the thickness so that does
really determine how snug the helmet
fits to try it on and then tailor the
helmet to fit your head oh I find that
with the standard pads this is super
snug on my head
the cheek pads in this helmet pop out
super easily it says they're 35 plus 8
millimeters so you can get those in
different widths to sort of push on to a
cheeks a little bit more or less to make
sure it does fit nice and tight in your
head also the way these pop out really
easily just pull on that to release so
in the event of something like a neck
injury you don't want to be pulling the
helmet on someone's head it's really
tight so you pop there mate and it will
come off super easily so although your
full face helmets probably going to feel
quite secure around your cheeks and the
back of your head is still really really
important to make sure you have that
chin strap nice and tight with those two
fingers just underneath it I'm sure
you've seen videos like I have on the
internet of people hitting their heads
and the helmet coming off so that really
does come down to their chin strap not
being tight enough okay so peak angle
adjustment on a full face helmet you're
likely to have a much bigger peak on one
of these so again too low it's gonna
restrict your view a little bit
especially when you're going fast and
sometimes just sort of looking quite
high in your field of vision too high
really it's more about fashion - I think
this looks a bit weird
you can go p+ but again don't think it
looks very cool this helmet has got a
breakaway peak on it so if you do have a
faceplant that's just gonna pop back and
actually can pop off super easily as
well just going to take any of that
extra force out of that impact hopefully
save your head when it comes to are you
aware with full face helmets I think
it's all about the goggles they should
give you much more protection to your
face and that pair of glasses do of
course you can wear glasses with a full
face I think they look a bit weird and
they're just not as safe girls also fit
nice and securely around the back of
your helmet now to the angle of the
goggle strap and where it sits on the
back of your helmet now you might think
this isn't important kind of isn't but
there's no quicker way to look at
beginner than having it the wrong spot
so I think it looks really weird if you
run it super low pretty kooky people who
think like a beginner so having fairly
high sat square on the back of your
helmet
you're probably not gonna want to wear
your goggles when paddling up a hill
because it gets super hot there's a
couple of ways to store them either wrap
and round the back and act like that I
turn through that quite a bit or
actually sort of mount them on your
helmet so strap underneath the peak
goals on the back I'll sit there nice
and securely so the main things to
consider with a full face helmet again
are buying the right size but then
tailoring the internal pads to make sure
it's nice and tight on your head and
then you can't really fit it wrong to be
honest because by time you put your
goggles on you want them to sit squarely
around your eyes so you'll just move
your helmet until they fit nice and
tight and you haven't got anything
pushing into your eyes it's really
important to also look after your helmet
so most of actually come with their own
bag but if you've not got one a nice
full face helmet bag is great so you can
tuck it around and back the car you're
not launching your bike on top of it
getting scratched but also you don't
know how much take any big impacts so
this coronary for example is in multi
impact protection helmet so it's
designed to take more than one hit
wherever if you do take a big crash and
you feel that the helmet could have been
damaged in any way it's time to replace
it speaking as a man who has experienced
this I've actually had a brain bleed my
helmet really made a difference that
injury so don't go anywhere over that
one so there's just a few things to
consider when buying and fitting a
helmet and it really doesn't matter how
much money you're spending on a helmet
if it doesn't fit properly we see a
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