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Helmet Straps
 Poster: A snowHead
Poster: A snowHead

As some of you know, a very dear friend returned from the states a week or so ago with part of my Christmas pressie snowHead (this particular present was returned from it's world tour in time Laughing )
Opening a wine box rolling eyes on Christmas morning, then carrier bag after carrier bag until I was in a carrier bag drift, and there appeared a giro 10 helmet in Sepia (unobtainable - apparantly - in Europe Little Angel )

Now - to my point rolling eyes on the 'crash' thread, someone has written:
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I had a helmet on but my parents told me to have it on as tight as possible, which i now know you DONT do...

is this correct? I mean, I know not so tight as to almost strangle you, but surely you don't want it loose, either?

So what is the rule of thumb? Is it the same as a riding helmet... (brain clicks back over a number of years...) to be able to have two fingers between strap and under chin... or something else?
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 Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person

That would've been me, basically the strap was under my chin and no space between the chin and the helmet strap, people told me afterwards that the helmet should move a little, whether this is true i dont know... but i'd like to know just to clarify too.
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 Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?

Michelle, I always have mine tight enough to know it's there but not so tight that it's uncomfortable. A little bit of play shouldn't hurt as long as the helmet itself is a good fit.
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As little slack as possible.

It will work loose over a few days skiing, but you will have to continually tighten the strap.

Having it flapping so that it can ride over your chin is next to useless.

But *please* - take out all the slack. It has saved *my* life, without wishing to sound dramatic.
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 Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.

It should be tight enough to stay under your chin but loose enough so you don't notice it. If the helmet fits will then it shouldn't move on your head anyway.
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+ don't forget nylon absorbs moisture, so the strap fit may well be different at the end of a day next to sweaty skin than at the start of it.
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 Then you can post your own questions or snow reports...
Then you can post your own questions or snow reports...

comprex wrote:
..next to sweaty skin...

Shocked I may perspire a tad.
Sweat... never rolling eyes


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thanks guys!
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 After all it is free Go on u know u want to!
After all it is free Go on u know u want to!

Don't know if this has been mentioned before, but found this site with information videos very helpful - http://www.skihelmets.com/video.asp
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rikochet, nice site - thank you!
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