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I had a forefront and loved it. The medium fit me perfectly, was lightweight
and had great airflow (in my experience). My friends didn't like its looks but
I thought it was pretty cool. My main criticism was the steep price tag. So
one day I was riding at cypress and washed out my front wheel at medium to low
speed and went down sideways on soft loam. My head lightly contacted said soft
loam, I got up and carried on riding. Back at the vehicle, my riding partner
pointed out that my forehead was scraped and bloody, and upon examination the
foam of my helmet had cracked crosswise at the bottom edge near the temple (on
a particularly thin section of foam).
The scrape was from the koroyd contacting my skin and was about 1/2" wide by
an 1" long. It was minor, only deep enough to bleed a little and I hadn't
noticed it while riding. I was surprised that the incident had occurred at
all, and was glad I hadn't been going any faster because the cheese-grater
effect would have been multiplied accordingly.
I emailed Smith and they offered me 10% off a replacement. They made no
comment regarding what I see as a real design flaw.
As much as I liked the helmet I replaced it with a different brand mostly out
concern for the potential for sustaining a more serious abrasion or cut in an
inevitable future wipe-out. Caveat emptor.
Jan. 25, 2017, 5:33 p.m. - Jonas Dodd
#!markdown I had a forefront and loved it. The medium fit me perfectly, was lightweight and had great airflow (in my experience). My friends didn't like its looks but I thought it was pretty cool. My main criticism was the steep price tag. So one day I was riding at cypress and washed out my front wheel at medium to low speed and went down sideways on soft loam. My head lightly contacted said soft loam, I got up and carried on riding. Back at the vehicle, my riding partner pointed out that my forehead was scraped and bloody, and upon examination the foam of my helmet had cracked crosswise at the bottom edge near the temple (on a particularly thin section of foam). The scrape was from the koroyd contacting my skin and was about 1/2" wide by an 1" long. It was minor, only deep enough to bleed a little and I hadn't noticed it while riding. I was surprised that the incident had occurred at all, and was glad I hadn't been going any faster because the cheese-grater effect would have been multiplied accordingly. I emailed Smith and they offered me 10% off a replacement. They made no comment regarding what I see as a real design flaw. As much as I liked the helmet I replaced it with a different brand mostly out concern for the potential for sustaining a more serious abrasion or cut in an inevitable future wipe-out. Caveat emptor.