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What's the point of testing the cooling ability at 40km/h? Let me know how well it cools at 5 km/h when I am grinding up to the next trail.

Reminds me of the big bar risers on sleds. I have not tried taller bars on my bike. It's an expensive venture to experiment with. My Banshee Prime seems to have a pretty tall stack height as it is. Perhaps my downhill bike will get the first taste of riser.

It was overlooked to mention that sea otters quite literally, shit on everything they can. 

Evil bastards.

I went through similar drama trying to find 165mm cranks with a 24mm spindle. I ended up ordering new RF Affect, but needed to buy a new cinch chainring because I was still running older 2x cranks with a narrow wide bolted on.

Edit: Late to the RaceFace party!

I did see on a Banshee owners group the suggestion that it was to provide a thicker walled seat tube to reduce the risk of cracking, but I am sure that was purely speculation.

I really hope you still have that Tilley. I have two. But now I just fit into my old dad crowd with them.

Happy to see this article. A few months ago I got my first full face on a budget: IXS Xact. It fits well, and is comfortable, but certainly is not going to be known for its ventilation. But as someone who rode motorcycles from a young age, it has a very familiar fit. The primary reason I got it is telling myself I am going to ride more bike park, however I have since committed to trying it for more trail riding. When it comes time for a new trail helmet, I'll be looking at lighter weight trail full face.

As for reasons why I never considered it before:

1. This is going to sound stupid, but the perceived expectations of others you see out riding. I feel like there is a lot of judgment in this sport based on image. I felt like that if I was wearing a full face helmet outside the park, the first impression of others would be that I must be awesome and going to send it hard and that I couldn't live up to that. Related to the reason that I don't wear any sort of fashionable gear (and almost try to look as fashionably terrible as possible out on the trail). Yes, this is reporting live from crazy town

2. More recently: Price but this has been covered.

3. Availability - there is less demand so shops don't stock a lot of full face options to try on.

A reason from a good friend who wears no protection save for glasses and an open helmet:

4. He will ride harder and hurt himself if he has any protection on (I don't subscribe to this theory)

Now being older, with responsibilities and kids to look after, I am much more keen on self preservation. I will NOT ride anywhere off pavement without elbow pads and my shin guards and the full face is looking much more appealing. I am even thinking about additional light armour; I could play hockey in full gear exerting myself at 100%, why not ride like that (albeit with better gear).

I am older and I think I have moved past any care of what others think, or at least it is easier for others to recognize it for what it is: an old man trying to protect himself from himself.

My Tannus have had the same issue and I have been ignoring it. When I asked the brand ambassador about it, he did some looking into it and found out that the instructions to say to carefully massage the insert so the tire is centred all the way around. Next time I have to pop the bead off I plan to give that a try.

It is only evident on my front tire that ha a lighter weight side wall. I guess my Vittoria Martello rear, with stupid thick sidewalls, is to stiff for the insert to push out of alignment :)

I bought the counterpunch and had them on for one ride. Hooked tree bark within 5 minutes that my regular bar would have just bounced off. It made me notice that I don't ride with my pinkies right out of the end of the bar, so they were pointless for me personally. If I cut my bars down further and tightened up the space between the counterpunch and the inside of the grip it might work for my small hands, but I didn't really want to cut down some carbon bars that already feel right.
Definitely has more potential to hook when there is a space between the knuckle and counter punch, but it definitely did grab a tighter hold on tree bark rather than bumping off of it like my plain plastic bar end plugs do. At high speeds that would save a pinky though if you do have your hands all the way on the edge

Leatt lists SpokeHaven in Squamish as a dealer too. Haven't looked to see if they have any in stock.