Latest full-face helmets with detachable chin-bar recommendations please

[Dirtnvert]

In the 80's we'd get heckled for wearing any helmet. Now we get heckled for wearing anything short of a full time ff

 

[JoeBlow]

I wasn't going to bother answering your question but perhaps you have never experienced ( or seen) a broken jaw and smashed teeth after an OTB onto gravel tracks etc. Not a pretty sight, and very expensive dentist Bills follow. Zimmerframe's photo also answers your question better than words ever can. I am 75, ridden road and MTBs for years including endurance races, Grade 4+ d/h tracks, and I think I have learnt a little in that time. I wear knee and elbow protectors, f/f helmet with permanent chin guard, safety goggles etc. I don't give a toss if other riders think I look nerdy on flat river paths/country roads on my way to local MTB Park.
Incidentally, I wear a full Kathmandu Day Pack with emergency repair kits, spares etc., but most importantly, half of the pack from top to bottom, is bubble wrap etc. to protect my back. Twice it has saved me from back injuries by taking the main impact following an 'off'.
Thanks for your question.

Yes all fine and dandy but, as I said earlier, I'm not questioning the benefits of a full face helmet. Your opening statement specifically advises against buying a convertible FF helmet.

 

[Pdoz]

Yes all fine and dandy but, as I said earlier, I'm not questioning the benefits of a full face helmet. Your opening statement specifically advises against buying a convertible FF helmet.

He's saying he would prefer remove hus temptation to ride open face - why the angst?

 

[Doomanic]

As I said earlier in this thread;

I had a Switchblade, now have a Proframe. After the first couple of rides I stopped taking the chin bar off as storing and reattaching it was a PITA. I won’t bother with a hybrid helmet again. The Proframe is lighter, more comfortable and better vented.

My experience of convertible helmets is that they are more hassle than they are worth

 

[JoeBlow]

No angst simply interested in why someone would advise specifically against a convertible helmet. mxh and Doomanic understood that, others seem to be having difficulty.

 

[Dr.GonzO]

Not a helmet with detachble chin bar, but maybe worth a mention, i ride this one for about 6 months now and like it very much, before i had a fox proframe, but fitting of that one was not that good for my fat head.

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