Aero Screens

[Young Pretender]

A real newbie question but.. well i am.  I'm wondering if you need to wear a helmet on the road when you have an aero screen?

I'm guessing it's a bit 'wind in the face' at lower speeds but then maybe as you gather some pace it's channeled over you?  Do peops where goggles and fury hats and scarfs to stay cosy and avoid a mouthful of insects?

If you have an Aero screen, what do you do?

Cheers

[pete g]

just  sunglasses for me

[Tom Frankland (T3OMF)]

I used to wear Ski Goggles and a hat........ but since hitting a massive bee as speed (that hurts like f**k) I always wear my V2 Helmet now

[ibbo]

i use to just wear sunglasses but now use a full face bash hat i find with sticky tyres fitted lots of stones get thrown up by the front wheels stay safe you only get one set of eyes

[FILFAN]

Gotta be a helmet for me.

When I got the car I had to drive it home with a pair of safety goggles that I had in my van and tissue paper rolled up in my ears.

Thank god no one got a pic.

[SteveD]

wear a helmet ,if a stone or even a fly hits you at speed it will hurt ,and remember you could get hit by a bird ,i was hit by a pigeon while on my motrorbike it swooped out of a tree and hit me up the side of the head i was doing about 55mph ,it was like being hit by a brick ,any faster and i could of easily been knockedoff my bike ,i dread to think what would of happened if i didnt have a helmet on ,trust me wear a skid lid , another reason is look at the stonechips on the front of your car and car bonnet ,and the size of some of those chips ,look at the biggest one and ask yourself what would that feel like hitting your forehead or nose  

[sweet orange]

Helmet every time.... but it does take a bit of getting used to.

If i was to change anything for real world driving it would be having a windscreen and doors. Purely because of normal speed passenger conversation. At the moment my 5 year old has to squeeze my hand if he is not happy...

Mostly its thumbs up from him anyway.

 

[Wile E. Coyote]

For all the reasons mentioned... lid (unless just a quick run through town).

But be prepared for the attention!

[jerryhzx12]

Definitely a helmet - When I had just fitted my aeroscreen and nice new race seats early last year, I was driving down the road at just under 30, car coming in opposite driection threw up a stone about 1" across, which hit the chin bar of my helmet, took a chop out of that, and then pinged off into the footwell with enough energy to chip off a chunk of the seat edge too......guess that would have been painful without the helmet particularly at higher speed!

Have also nutted a pigeon on a bike at a "somewhat higher" velocity.....my mate reckons the pigeon pretty much vapourised into pink mist and feathers, I got away with not much more than a shock and a somewhat red visor...

[Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman)]

At a slow and steady pace to the petrol station, or nipping to the shops, I have just done it with impact resistant glasses for protection. But even so, as others have said, insect hits really sting.

99 times out of 100 though, it's full face  helmet time. The gravel rash on my six year old lid tells its own story - and that's without being consciously aware of any actual stones/clippings hitting me, so nothing spectacular, just run of the mill stuff.

To be perfectly honest, after five years of mucking about with helmets and stuff everytime I go out in it, I've got fed up of it. Particular when going out in runs with other 7evens; feeling like you were holding everyone up while you get strapped in, ear plugs, lid etc. just got to be a right PITA.

So, I've just fitted a windscreen and side screens, and so far it's fantastic, it just feels so liberating trundling about without a lid and so on. I certainly hadn't stopped enjoying the car, but I'm deffinately enjoying it more now.

Yes, you can feel the "air brake" effect somewhat at speed, but then I've got an excess of power     anyway to help punch through that, so far, the trade off has been well worth it.

I'm not saying I wouldn't have an aeroscreen on again, in fact I have been looking at making the screen and an aero as easily interchangeable as possible. So I may give that a try next year for track use. But on the road, for the foreseeable future, it's a windscreen for me!

[pete g]

only time i wear me helmet is if it rains

now that does hurt

[hoppy504]

Is it legal to wear a helmet in a road car?

The first time I saw a helmet being worn on the road was in the late 80s, a member turned up at the Stonleigh Show in a eleven with a full face helmet on.

I drove mine with only glasses and must confess it could get rather cold on a bleak day.

Always liked a full face on my road bike, I still have the scars from kissing the track whilst wearing a open lid.

john.

[Hammy]

The other alternative is to stick with the screen and get some good wind deflectors to take away the buffeting.

I prefer the sunglasses only feel and better visability in the summer

[markcoopers]

I tend to wear a helmet of some description, having full face, open face and a retro minimal no vissor jobbie with impact glasses (Dixon eyewear if interested). I do occasionally do just glasses or glasses and a hat, but ear plugs are now needed. I do tend to sit so low though that stones from the front wheels are never an issue.

I tend to purchase Caberg bike helmets as they have the integral black sun vissor, so i do not have to change vissor or find myself with the wrong one. The open face version of this is my favourite one but in the winter is simply too cold to wear. These though are bike helmets and at the cheap end of the scale as well. So should make clear that while adequate for car use on road where you are looking for stone/insect/bird protection, they are not suitable for racing and or track days.....if i were a biker i might also think twice about using a cheap helment on a bike as well.

[Wile E. Coyote]

only time i wear me helmet is if it rains

now that does hurt

First time I experienced rain with an aeroscreen I was travelling at dual carriageway speeds and thought it was hail!