Mountain Bike Fun!

The Giro Remedy Full Face Bike Helmet is hands down the best bang for your buck, when it comes to full-faced bike helmets. Whether you’re into Downhill Mountain Biking, Dual Slalom, Dirt Jumping, or BMX riding you’ll love all that this helmet has to offer. It’s a tough, comfortable, good looking, inexpensive helmet and that’s why we bought it, use it, and love it!

Design

This fiber glass shell helmet comes in nine fresh and sharp color schemes. The design offers 14 vents with internal air channeling to keep your head cool while bombing through those rock gardens. The Remedy features a 3 bolt visor, washable interior liner, and the popular EVA lined chin bar. The fiberglass Giro Remedy Helmet weighs 1050 grams, which is not bad for such an aggressive helmet. If you ride hard, you won’t care about the weight of this helmet, you’ll worry about protecting your head! If you’re a “gram counter” or just conscious about weight, Giro offers a Carbon S Remedy version. As always, this helmet complies with U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission’s safety standards for bicycle helmets.

Real Life Riding Test

We put the Giro Remedy to the test.

Our first test was at the local dirt jumps. We hit the dirt jumps and sure enough it involved a nice head “smack” to the handle bars when landing the first set. The Giro Remedy Helmet worked! Helmet score of “1″, injury “0″. This is exactly why we bought this helmet! Confidence in your protective equipment will help you go big when jumping!

The second test was a brief urban assault through town. While attempting to pull a manual off of a loading dock, the bike came back too far leading to a nice “head smack” on the pavement. Giro Remedy Helmet score of “2″, injury “0″.

The third test was at the local BMX track. On our fourth pass through the park, we hit a table top with maximum speed, which resulted in a “bail out” of the bike and a nice “tuck and roll” on the track. Giro Remedy Bike Helmet score of “3″, injury “0″.

A great helmet like the Remedy instills confidence in your riding. This new found confidence may cause more crashes, but will improve your riding ability!

Price Point

We have seen this helmet sell for a prices between $130 and $180. A helmet of this quality in other manufacturer model lines could cost you more than $200. We believe that when it comes to your noggin, a good quality full faced helmet under $200 dollars is a steal.

Bottom Line

Head protection is to be taken very seriously. We ride hard and have the scars and bruises to prove it! A couple years ago, a member of our family came short of a “double” during a dual slalom race and landed on his face. A couple shots of morphine and an ambulance ride later he had his mouth wired shut and an oral surgeon’s business card.

It’s vital to purchase and wear the appropriate head gear and that’s why we believe that the Giro Full Faced Remedy Bike Helmet will do the job at a spectacular price.



By: Bobby Hanswell

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A few months ago one of my friends called to tell me he was going to be late to the trail because he had a part on his bike that was being recalled. He wanted to stop at the bike shop and have his part replaced before our regularly scheduled ride. I too thought it was a good idea to get the part replaced before our ride so I told him that I will see him when he is finished at the store.

When I met up with my friend later in the day I asked him how he found out about his recalled part. He told me that his wife signed up for email alerts on product recalls. She subscribes to these email notification to be aware of toy issue for their children and it just so happened that a mountain bike part was on the email.

Just like other consumer products, mountain bike products occasionally get recalled for various reasons. I do not want to speculate so I am not going to give examples. It is important to be aware and not to ignore these recalls because your safety could be in jeopardy.

So in an effort to keep riders aware of product recalls the links below will direct you to the Consumer Affairs and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission websites. These sites will allow you to search their database for product recalls that might pertain to your bike, gear or both.

The two sites listed below are not meant to be the all encompassing sources of information. It is to help you get started in you product recall search. If you come across more sites with mountain bike recall information let us know and we will add it to the list.

Check out the websites below.

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

- http://www.cpsc.gov/

Consumer Affairs

- http://www.consumeraffairs.com/recalls/recalls.htm

You can find new or near new parts on Bike Servant is a mountain bike classifieds website which lists mountain bikes for sale, bike parts and race events.



By: Bike Servant

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