Having two titanium plates in my cheekbone from summer 2020, I'm still not putting a fullface on. They are way too hot to use them on the road and uphill, which is often done in traffic, so you need a helmet in either case. Having a half shell all the time is better than having a full face 20 % of the time (the descent).
As for the removable chinbars, I hate the feeling of the fullface as well, it closes off the field of vision, it blocks off the wind and the sound, etc. It's something you get used to, for sure, but as an ex-XC I'm comfortable with a half shell and don't see myself riding drastically different with a full face (if anything, on the trails that I know, I'm faster with my half-shell because I'm familiar with the wind and the sounds, so I know what the bike is doing).
The local regulators enforcing a full face helmet is also the reason I don't do local enduro races.
Jan. 15, 2022, 11:54 a.m. - Primož Resman
Having two titanium plates in my cheekbone from summer 2020, I'm still not putting a fullface on. They are way too hot to use them on the road and uphill, which is often done in traffic, so you need a helmet in either case. Having a half shell all the time is better than having a full face 20 % of the time (the descent). As for the removable chinbars, I hate the feeling of the fullface as well, it closes off the field of vision, it blocks off the wind and the sound, etc. It's something you get used to, for sure, but as an ex-XC I'm comfortable with a half shell and don't see myself riding drastically different with a full face (if anything, on the trails that I know, I'm faster with my half-shell because I'm familiar with the wind and the sounds, so I know what the bike is doing). The local regulators enforcing a full face helmet is also the reason I don't do local enduro races.