 Poster: A snowHead
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I would like to know where to buy Giro Tuneups (for a Fuse helmet) in the UK. Not able to find anywhere so far.
If anyonody knows of anywhere please contribute to this thread.
If anybody wishes to discuss the merits or otherwise of using such devices, please add to this thread, please do not clutter this thread up with talk of what is right or wrong ... that is not what it is here for !
Thank you.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Snow and Rock had them at one point. I have just ordered some from REI.com at the ridiculous price of $15, but they are now showing as unavailable so I presume they were old stock - hope they ran out after dispatching mine and not before!
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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?
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masmith, I had a faulty pair from S & R last year. They refunded my money, but couldn't give me new ones as they appeared to have stopped stocking them. I bought them from the internet, from the US, for less than the cost of buying them in S & R.
They are fairly specific to individual helmets because the size/shape of the fabric bit that joins the two ear pieces (FBJ2EP) varies a lot. However, having not been able to buy the right kind for my Giro 9, I took a punt on whatever they had available, and they do fit, although the FBJ2EP is not 100% right. .
My husband has a Red helmet and bought the equivalent of Tune Ups for his, but did not get on with the push button mute thing on the outside of the earpiece (the tune ups have a mute switch in the wire). We swapped, and with a bit of fiddling around, they work OK. I prefer the button, actually - I find it easy to locate and press.
So if you can't get EXACTLY the right earpieces for your helmet, try another Giro one and you will probably be OK.
I think they are fantastic - good sound, far more comfortable than trying to fiddle with earplugs, and very easy to mute when you need to be sociable.
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Got mine with my G9 helmet. Great but for two problems:
1. If you try to push the jack into the earpiece while wearing the helmet, it seems to foul on the red rubber surround and, two turns later, you lose the sound in one ear. Its easy to fix by taking off the helmet but not ideal.
2. The speakers in the ear pads make my ears a little sore by the end of the day - now kinda wishing I had the empty more spacious earpads 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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masmith, I've PM'd you.
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| sproggski wrote: |
| 2. The speakers in the ear pads make my ears a little sore by the end of the day - now kinda wishing I had the empty more spacious earpads |
wanna swap !
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If you try to push the jack into the earpiece while wearing the helmet, it seems to foul on the red rubber surround and, two turns later, you lose the sound in one ear. Its easy to fix by taking off the helmet but not ideal
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That's true, but I wonder why you would want to push the jack into the earpiece while wearing the helmet? Only if it is ripped out in a fall, I should think. I leave mine in permanently and use the mute button.
It's true that the speakers can make the earpieces a bit more bulky - actually, now you come to mention it, that was one of the reasons I swapped with my husband - I was fine with either set, so he had the Giro ones, especially as he prefers the separate mute switch, which he clips to the collar of his jacket. One problem with sending away for the tune ups is not being able to try them - but it does mean you would have the original earpieces in the event of any problem.
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masmith, Chain Reaction are showing the bluetooth version for your helmet as in stock - a bit steep at £79 though if you don't need bluetooth. I'm thinking of getting some for my Omen as I can never get the phone out of my pocket and wedged up by my ear before it goes to voicemail!. http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=24866
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masmith, I'm away again next week so, if they don't ease up, I'll be in touch.
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