{"id":1400018,"date":"2018-11-03T15:49:52","date_gmt":"2018-11-03T05:49:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bikeme.tv\/?p=1400018"},"modified":"2018-11-06T10:56:45","modified_gmt":"2018-11-06T00:56:45","slug":"der-helm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/der-helm\/","title":{"rendered":"DER HELM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I first wore the Schuberth R2 back in August when I rode to near the Queensland border to attend Froggy and Suze\u2019s wedding. I put the bike in for the 48 thousand service before I left, and last week I put it in for its 54 thousand service, so I\u2019ve been wearing the Schuberth for close on ten weeks and\u00a0six thousand kilometres.<\/p>\n<p>It pressed a lot of buttons with me. I wanted a return to basics, but well made basics. \u201cI blame craft beer\u201d, I told Boris. \u201cI\u2019m starting to dread the next over-hopped pale ale someone pours for me. As soon as I finish it, I hanker for a good, standard, no-frills lager. The type the Krauts make. Or the Japs. A Hofbr\u00e4u maybe, or an Asahi. Or a good old Aussie Boags. Standard is best.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The R2 is the Hofbr\u00e4u of helmets in a sea of over-hopped pale ales.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1400045\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1400045\" class=\"wp-image-1400045 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/EmergencyQR-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/EmergencyQR-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/EmergencyQR-467x350.jpg 467w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/EmergencyQR-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/EmergencyQR.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1400045\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Emergency Quick-Release<\/p><\/div>\n<p>There is no integrated sun visor and such malarkey. There is a fibre glass shell, a ShinyTex lining (it\u2019s supposed to keep you cool; it seems to work), vents in the chin and forehead area which you can adjust with a gloved hand, and \u201cemergency quick-release cheek pads\u201d so the emergency services personnel can get to your head after your aspirations out-run your talent. The visor takes a Pinlock.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s really light, especially for fibreglass: 1350 grams I\u2019m told. It fits my head well. There\u2019s little wind noise \u2013 much less than any of my other helmets. It\u2019s cool in warm weather if you open the vents: there\u2019s a series of channels inside that direct cool air to your scalp.<\/p>\n<p>The light weight and quietness effectively reduce fatigue on a long ride. The view port is wide and peripheral vision is good.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1400053\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1400053\" class=\"wp-image-1400053 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/schuberth3-300x166.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/schuberth3-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/schuberth3.jpg 620w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/schuberth3-600x333.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1400053\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8230;my helmet of choice for any trip over 50km<\/p><\/div>\n<p>There are some hidden extras. Inside the liner is a pair of speakers, a microphone and an antenna. You can buy a Shuberth SC1, remove a couple of plastic covers at the base of the lining, insert the SC1 and pair it to your smartphone or GPS; and never have a moment\u2019s peace.<\/p>\n<p>I love the thing. I won\u2019t be getting the SC1 because I don\u2019t like the tone in the voice from my GPS when she says \u201cRecalculating\u2026\u201d But the R2 is my helmet of choice for any trip over 50km.<\/p>\n<p>Schuberth, their web site tells me, have been making helmets since 1929 and motorcycle helmets since 1954.<\/p>\n<p>They seem to have gotten the hang of it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Al on living with the Schuberth R2 for six thousand kilometres<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1400035,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[87],"tags":[69,57],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1400018"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1400018"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1400018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1400091,"href":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1400018\/revisions\/1400091"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1400035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1400018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1400018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1400018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}