Schuberth C3 Helmet

Tired of waiting for new stock in white I rushed over to Hein Gericke in Northampton to scoop up the gloss black one in my size.Just goes to show that you gets what you pays for. An instant improvement over my £99 HJC, as should be expected I suppose. Immediately upon setting off the wind roar was noticeably quieter, then in traffic you notice an increased vision splay from the wider visor aperture and can see traffic out of the corner of your eye. Up to speed and wind turbulence or gusts make no difference at all, no more sudden head bobs. There is some wind noise but noise is low. The helmet is very light by comparison to what I am used too – you do not notice it is there. The ventilation works properly too, the dreaded sudden misting up of spectacles as the speed drops to walking pace is gone so no more constant visor raising at every roundabout or town.The helmet shell is small in comparison, down from size 62 HJC to 58 Schuberth and the helmet profile is smaller too. The strap is connected by means of the plastic ribbed band arrangement you see on ski boots, which in this case goes through a snap shut fastener with a downward pull tab to release. Very funky. The drop down internal tinted visor is in a pleasant neutral grey and does not foul spectacles.All in all a very nice product that works, well done Mr Schumacher !
After a week I discovered that the spoiler under the chin is removeable, velcro, so it is no longer such a squeeze to shut the front. Also belatedly discovered that the visor has a snap shut over a catch which stops the wind noise mentioned above and makes the helmet eerily quiet !