I had a visorless MET where the foam over my forehead extended 4 to 5 centimetres ahead of my eyebrows. Just the right amount to dip my head for low sun, but the really big benefit was that for 90% of impacts to helmets that compress the foam (a real hit in other words) occur to the forehead or sides of the forehead.
My new Lazer extends 4 cm ahead and looks pretty common on World Cup XC racers.
The only problem with protecting your forehead with foam and MIPS (or other rotation protection) is that it doesn't leave room to wear goggles.
As a teen I crashed an MX while wearing an open-face moto helmet with one of those very rigid bolted on anti roost visors and remember seeing the ground scrape along 1 cm from my goggles, and the visor didn't even budge from its mounting bolts. Sucker was heavy though and likely not good for the neck
Nov. 6, 2022, 8:16 a.m. - taprider
I had a visorless MET where the foam over my forehead extended 4 to 5 centimetres ahead of my eyebrows. Just the right amount to dip my head for low sun, but the really big benefit was that for 90% of impacts to helmets that compress the foam (a real hit in other words) occur to the forehead or sides of the forehead. My new Lazer extends 4 cm ahead and looks pretty common on World Cup XC racers. The only problem with protecting your forehead with foam and MIPS (or other rotation protection) is that it doesn't leave room to wear goggles. As a teen I crashed an MX while wearing an open-face moto helmet with one of those very rigid bolted on anti roost visors and remember seeing the ground scrape along 1 cm from my goggles, and the visor didn't even budge from its mounting bolts. Sucker was heavy though and likely not good for the neck