Helmet project

d-don

So ... I realised I need a helmet .. My plans


: helmet
: make it Irish
And I want a bluetooth communicator to talk 800 meters etc to my ski buddy ...


Here's the progress

Started out with a ruroc helemt

d-don

Stage two
First bit of custom paint

CardinalJ

Nice, I'll be keeping an eye on this.

d-don

So today I decided to paint the front vent insert and the vents on the side of the helmet ...


Next is the communication system and then slap on the go pro

Fattes

You putting anything on the back??

d-don

Fattes wrote: »

You putting anything on the back??

Had planned a floating Irish flag with a ghost effect but I dunno yet ... Stickers won't stick due to the helmet finish so I may spray art

sw33t_r3v3ng3

Thats pretty nice i must say, ive been looking for a full face helmet for a while (for around €30-40) and id love to buy something like that !

d-don

sw33t_r3v3ng3 wrote: »

Thats pretty nice i must say, ive been looking for a full face helmet for a while (for around €30-40) and id love to buy something like that ![/quote

I have looked and you will not get it for that budget buddy .. Check out ruroc they are a uk based company ... But your Looking over €200 easy . I got mine ( cough cough ) brand new for crazy cheap due to sheet luck

sw33t_r3v3ng3

d-don wrote: »

sw33t_r3v3ng3 wrote: »

Thats pretty nice i must say, ive been looking for a full face helmet for a while (for around €30-40) and id love to buy something like that ![/quote

I have looked and you will not get it for that budget buddy .. Check out ruroc they are a uk based company ... But your Looking over €200 easy . I got mine ( cough cough ) brand new for crazy cheap due to sheet luck

Theres ones online on chain reaction cycles for about €70. id much prefer to buy something locally than online!! just to cut out the hassle.

d-don

sw33t_r3v3ng3 wrote: »

d-don wrote: »

Theres ones online on chain reaction cycles for about €70. id much prefer to buy something locally than online!! just to cut out the hassle.

Post a link buddy ... Yes yes the whole buy local v buy online but primitive Ireland had not got ruroc supplied here .. Please post a link might be helpful for other people too

sw33t_r3v3ng3

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/ie/en/661-comp-shifted-2013/rp-prod72416

JNinja

Found one , only £12.99 too , sure any helmet will do wont it , why pay big money to protect your BRAIN ... If Michael Schumacher could hear you now ..

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sport-DirectTM-SHE501-47-52cm-Childrens/dp/B001ECZVW0/ref=lp_550002011_1_6/275-4999547-5697142?s=cycling&ie=UTF8&qid=1388436502&sr=1-6

sw33t_r3v3ng3

JNinja wrote: »

Found one , only £12.99 too , sure any helmet will do wont it , why pay big money to protect your BRAIN ... If Michael Schumacher could hear you now ..

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sport-DirectTM-SHE501-47-52cm-Childrens/dp/B001ECZVW0/ref=lp_550002011_1_6/275-4999547-5697142?s=cycling&ie=UTF8&qid=1388436502&sr=1-6

Top quality head protection there, i suggest downhill with this one :P

d-don

Nice Helmet but I am looking for ski/subtle not a moto cross / downhill bike helmet plus strong winds will piss in and burn you up .... ( plenty of experience in this (ouch) )

Fattes

sw33t_r3v3ng3 wrote: »

Thats pretty nice i must say, ive been looking for a full face helmet for a while (for around €30-40) and id love to buy something like that !

Try H2 helmets a few Uk shops stock them also avoid bike helmets falls from skis and MT Bikes have different impacts and the helmets are designed to take specific forces

d-don

Fattes wrote: »

Try H2 helmets a few Uk shops stock them also avoid bike helmets falls from skis and MT Bikes have different impacts and the helmets are designed to take specific forces

H2 nice design ... I am going outside the box to stand out :-) the more initial protection the better after yesterday mr Schumacher ... But your right as above right jelemt right sport

Fattes

I have a full face H2 for big mountain stuff love it, lightweight, great protection and pretty out of the box paint job

d-don

Fattes wrote: »

I have a full face H2 for big mountain stuff love it, lightweight, great protection and pretty out of the box paint job

Now I am confused .... H2 is nice ... So you must have the one without the visor from a previous conversation I had with you before ( as you told me a visor is s@it ) in your shop and looks sh&t... Yes it has paint job but unlike a joneses I want to step outside the box and make mine different ...

Fattes

I don't work in a shop! That might clear it up

d-don

Fattes wrote: »

I don't work in a shop! That might clear it up

Ok maybe my bad bud .. But you sound so like the guy in snow and rock up stairs in the ski dept . .. Apolgies if it's not you but he is the most ignorant up his own bum guy .. Me and my cousin spend big money buying out gear for going away And his responses to questions made us just walk away and buy online . I know you said the whole (blades ) etc but In 6 years never has problems stopping or turning , let alone hiring . Deep powder not a problem when you know how to lean I'm them . I've see. Countless people taken out by skis because of legs kicking on impact . I go for fun and would happily and have stopped to help many skiiers in trouble and I put it down to the versatility of the good old blades ... I love them anyways back on topic I have more pics :-)))

Fattes

The problem with blades is there stability regardless of how good you are they lead to a sharp increase in injuries normally of the person using them rather than collisions etc. As long as people are safe and having fun let them off I say, but you will find the general attitude to blades is they are a joke and a failed attempt to combat the rise of snowboarding in the early 90's. None of the main manufacturers still produce them

Not sure who you were talking to in S&R but there two ski guys know more about skiing than most have forgotten 1 is the head judge for the winter Olympic ski freestyle programme and the other is a native of the Alps who throws rodeo 7's for fun!!

Now back to pictures of your swanky lid

d-don

Okay agreed we both have different opinions (lays down the shovel ) haah .

I ordered bluetooth communication for the helmet but the wrong one arrived I hope the right one arrives soon !

sw33t_r3v3ng3

Fattes wrote: »

Try H2 helmets a few Uk shops stock them also avoid bike helmets falls from skis and MT Bikes have different impacts and the helmets are designed to take specific forces

Oh I wasn't aware it was a ski helmet, my bad.

fannymagee

D-Don I saw this today & thought of you! Also available in green

d-don

fannymagee wrote: »

D-Don I saw this today & thought of you! Also available in green

Thanks buddy where did you see the display ?? ... My helmet had one last thing left which will arrive by Thursday I hope the communications system this helmet is turning out to be the most expensive feckin present to me ever

fannymagee

Haha I can imagine!! That one is in a ski shop in Soll, €279 (!) so at least you saved on the cost price of yours!!

d-don

fannymagee wrote: »

Haha I can imagine!! That one is in a ski shop in Soll, €279 (!) so at least you saved on the cost price of yours!!

A Jeasus ha ha mad money I know but I talked to man about a dog and paid half that :-) me and my cousin got one each in the box new crazy cheap so I'm glad .. For once I get a break !

JNinja

To be clear , I kidnapped that man's dog and thats how we got what we got lol ... Once I get over the Darth Vader hear urself breathing phobia I reckon we will be good ... " Ski to the Valleeee not to the Mountaiiiinnnn , Luke " ....

d-don

okay update... still awaiting the comms system .. the one that arrived was wrong so the new ones on the way... pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee jeasussssssssssssssssssssssssss come one ! I ask of you nothing but once !

on the other hand I did get a nice helmet bag and Helmet padding adjusters for free !!!! from some very nice people in The Great Outdoors and also got Ski velco strap together thingies....

If you want pic porn I will bow

d-don

of what I got (jeasus dont ban me )