> I may break with tradition and get a closed-face hat this time.
> Getting my
> glasses on has been a problem. I used a track-owned helmet when I went
> kart-racing this weekend (and yes, before you say it, the karts had seat
> belts). It took one second to put the helmet on and five minutes
> to get my
> eyeglass temples over my ears. I know Bill Fuhrmann had or has a helmet
> which allows him to put his glasses on first, but I don't know
> what kind it
> is or what it costs. I'm cheap, too, Mark. :-)
That is my Snell 1980, Simpson Model 62. My newer helmets have been open
face.
I think that the newer helmets have too much padding around the front of the
face for me to get away with that. I tried on some of the full face
helmets when I got my M2000 HJC and I think that I couldn't get away with
putting them on over my glasses. I didn't have a problem getting the
glasses on with the helmet on but that could be head shape dependent.
I didn't care for the feel of all the padding around my cheeks and chin.
I just used the Simpson a few weeks ago for karting. Were you (Phil) at the
new track in Brooklyn Center? They require a helmet to be full face and
either face shield or glasses.
A group of friends rented it for an hour. I was going to write some
comments about it on the local AX list but haven't gotten a round to it. I
never went to the one in Apple Valley but was told that this one was much
larger (approximetly 30 seconds per lap) for the good people.
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