New lid time

[thebarber]

Think I'm settled on the giro switchblade for the odd bike park day and assuming les gets etc require full face as the chin piece comes off to use mainly as trail lid.
Anyone got one or a reason why not, where t buy etc.??

 

[R120]

I dont have one, but the only negatives I have heard is that it weighs a fair bit in Open face mode and gets sweatier compared to the competition.

The new Bell Super Air R looks interesting

super-air-r-mips-mountain-bike-helmet

 

[net wurker]

Although it's not convertible, I really love my Troy Lee Stage. It's so lite and ventilated, I can wear it on all but the hottest of days pretty comfortably.

 

[Gary]

Personally I'd just buy a proper full face for bike park/DH and not bother wearing it on dull fireroad climbs rather than faff about removing and refitting a chin piece all the time.
I'd assume most here already have a perfectly good trail helmet.

you'd get a nice light proper full face with decent venting for about the same price as most of the detachable chin piece ones.

 

[Pdoz]

Convertibles are great - if in doubt you can leave the chinpiece on then forget to remove it. Beats the hell out of dental bills on days when you would otherwise use a stack hat.

Just make sure you try the options on to see what fits you / how light & ventilated you want / need.

 

[DarkBlueSheep]

I use the Bell Super DH - it is a convertible and I love it! Good ventilation, MIPS, and pretty light. That new Super Air R linked above looks really nice too.

 

[thebarber]

Ok, what's a decent trail lid then?
And are places like les gets full face only?
I was trying to avoid carrying 2 but if I'm taking my moto bike abroad aswell I might be able to get one true full face lid to cover that.

 

[thebarber]

I use the Bell Super DH - it is a convertible and I love it! Good ventilation, MIPS, and pretty light. That new Super Air R linked above looks really nice too.

This seems solid enough