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I ride with a peaked helmet, instant sun blocking ability, but adds weight and drag. No idea how folk with regular helmets get through winter and sunset.
BrickMan-
I’ve spent the past year in the HJC IS Max or whatever long ass name they gave it. Flip front is luxury, incredibly easy and off, and internal sun visor. Everything is still clicky after almost exactly a year now.
At speed it’s still a noisy helmet, and can feel heavy after some time, and is definitely not suited to less-soft greenlanes. The road shape has been so much better to avoid the drag from a peak.
I haven’t suffered too bad with sun glare so far, but there is a moment in the day when the light is just flaring between the two visors. It’s less of an issue when the visors are totally clean, but this happens normally toward the end of the riding when the road grime/spray has got all over everything. And yep, lift it for just a second in the rain, and watermarks on the pinlock later add to the flare.
pdlouche
There's a reason a lot of people put their bikes away in the winter. Another one to look out for is low winter sun. Had a friend ran into the back of a low loader that he couldn't see properly because of blinding morning sunlight.
Worth having a decent winter lid with working pinlock and internal retractable sun visor.