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blamski
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PostPosted: 10:09 - 16 Mar 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote
everybody knows that in the era of Van Gogh helmets weren't obligatory, so he actually cut his ear off for nothing.
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MCN
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PostPosted: 10:45 - 17 Mar 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote
Easy-X wrote:
Become a Sikh, with the turban you're exempt from helmet laws Smile


Does one have to be/become circumvented to join that outfit?

Asking for a friend.
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kolu
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PostPosted: 12:37 - 19 Mar 2022    Post subject: Re: Helmet Ears Reply with quote
blamski wrote:
I'm not sure if this should have gone in the new biker bit, but I thought I'd stick it here anyway.

I wouldn't say my ears are especially large but they do stick out at a bit of a jaunty angle. Every time I put my helmet on I have to spend an age sticking a finger in, trying to get my ears comfortable... then eventually giving up and just putting up with it.

When I was wearing the jet style helmet it was a bit easier, but with the full face I'm obliged to wear for the A2 classes its a bit of a nightmare.

Do any other sub-optimally eared riders have tips or techniques for optimum comfort?


dude, I am in the same boat.

1) get a balaclava. EDZ merino. all year around.
2) find a helmet that has a correct internal shape (not just size). you're looking for something more round than oval. the first helmet I had was LS2 Arrow bought online, quite narrow oval actually and to make it fit I had to go for M size (otherwise it was just plain painful). then I have looked at the internal helmet shapes more, went through some data and graphs, picked a couple of possible lids, went to an actual shop and tried them all on, and bought second hand Shoei Qwest in my size (S). what a fucking relief man.
3) find earplugs that work in your ears - again a nightmare. I have tried so many of them and most just stick out and get pushed in by the helmet. the least problematic (for me, YMMV) are Happy Ears but sometimes it is hard to pick them out.

check out this: https://www.lidpicker.com/free-data/
and get the correct lid internal shape first.
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ThatDippyTwat
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Joined: 07 Aug 2016
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PostPosted: 17:53 - 19 Mar 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote
BTTD wrote:
I wear a buff neck tube as a skull cap which significantly reduces ear flip, and keeps the inside of the lid nice and clean.


This is the way forward. It's a mare if you add glasses into the equation, and this just solves it altogether.
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xX-Alex-Xx
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PostPosted: 20:06 - 19 Mar 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote
MCN wrote:
Easy-X wrote:
Become a Sikh, with the turban you're exempt from helmet laws Smile


Does one have to be/become circumvented to join that outfit?

Asking for a friend.


It's against their rules to be circumvented, but the evidence either way is only circumstantial.
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BRUN
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PostPosted: 13:54 - 22 Mar 2022    Post subject: Re: Helmet Ears Reply with quote
blamski wrote:
I'm not sure if this should have gone in the new biker bit, but I thought I'd stick it here anyway.

I wouldn't say my ears are especially large but they do stick out at a bit of a jaunty angle. Every time I put my helmet on I have to spend an age sticking a finger in, trying to get my ears comfortable... then eventually giving up and just putting up with it.

When I was wearing the jet style helmet it was a bit easier, but with the full face I'm obliged to wear for the A2 classes its a bit of a nightmare.

Do any other sub-optimally eared riders have tips or techniques for optimum comfort?


I was actually riding for months on my lessons with folded down ears without even knowing LOL

The wife figured it out in the end, I kept complaining at how our comms were quiet, she said hers was fine, swapped units, same, so she moved the speakers a bit, still no different, out of frustration she shoved her hand up the side of my head to see if the speaker was in line with my ear, to discover my ears were both folded over lol

I have since got a different helmet and that must have more ear room as they dont fold over with that one
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Bloke
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Joined: 06 Aug 2010
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PostPosted: 00:35 - 16 Apr 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote
ThatDippyTwat wrote:
BTTD wrote:
I wear a buff neck tube as a skull cap which significantly reduces ear flip, and keeps the inside of the lid nice and clean.


This is the way forward. It's a mare if you add glasses into the equation, and this just solves it altogether.


Another +1 for this. I wear a buff in "ninja"/"old gran" configuration (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mtE8EANyVk&t=34s) so over the head, and up over the chin/mouth this keeps my earplugs in, and makes the helmet slide easily over my head without bending my ears.

Also keeps the helmet a little fresher.
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