what to wear when going screenless?
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Jake - i know this has been covered but depends on where your driving.
If you are going for a pootle (no motorways) then generally i wear ski-glasses and a facemask with a beenie hat on top - absolutely fine.
However me and a mate from uni took the R5 to le mans this year and i had the hugely unfortunate experience of following a F430 at high speed (has to be done :P) - a stone flicked up off the back wheel and hit my friend (passenger) right in the face. Thank GOD he was wearing full race helmets or no doubt he would either be blind or dead. The visor was hit so hard it actually came off one side on the helmet and was absolutly buggered!
...you may think you look stupid but i'd rather look slightly silly in a full helmet than be blind.....
p.s. a helmet is nice and warm - and you can put an intercom in it to talk to the passenger like we have
John
If you are going for a pootle (no motorways) then generally i wear ski-glasses and a facemask with a beenie hat on top - absolutely fine.
However me and a mate from uni took the R5 to le mans this year and i had the hugely unfortunate experience of following a F430 at high speed (has to be done :P) - a stone flicked up off the back wheel and hit my friend (passenger) right in the face. Thank GOD he was wearing full race helmets or no doubt he would either be blind or dead. The visor was hit so hard it actually came off one side on the helmet and was absolutly buggered!
...you may think you look stupid but i'd rather look slightly silly in a full helmet than be blind.....
p.s. a helmet is nice and warm - and you can put an intercom in it to talk to the passenger like we have
John
Edited by Supertoadylight on Monday 16th November 13:03
If you're going to be paranoid about health and safety, mind you, it's worth weighing the benefits of a full face helmet against the fact that peripheral vision is much more limited (and you can't look over your shoulder as easily as you can on a bike, when you're tightly strapped into a Caterham with a 4-point harness).
I'm reliably informed that being hit by an artic that was sitting in your blind spot hurts more than catching a bluebottle in the face.
I'm reliably informed that being hit by an artic that was sitting in your blind spot hurts more than catching a bluebottle in the face.
Edited by Sam_68 on Tuesday 17th November 18:59
I think thats the rub - if you fit those poncey little motorbike style mirrors, you have next to no rear view in a aero'd 7. The first thing you should do IMO is swap em for bigger ones - they don't look as cool, but then driving a seven isn't about looking cool in your wrap around specs, it's about progress =)
The alternative is the "sticky uppy" SPA rear view mirror, but that top panel shakes so much, the rear view suffers from úber camera shake!
Oh, and not to be controversial, but since when did busses / lorries overtake you in your caterham?
The alternative is the "sticky uppy" SPA rear view mirror, but that top panel shakes so much, the rear view suffers from úber camera shake!
Oh, and not to be controversial, but since when did busses / lorries overtake you in your caterham?
Graham E said:
...since when did busses / lorries overtake you in your caterham?
When I was travelling long distances on wet motorways... I used to drive a Caterham as my only transport, all year round. Though it hurts just as much if you pull back in front of the artic after you've overtaken him.
Supertoadylight said:
allen spot on. Ive got racetech mirrors and they are WAY better than the standard ones. Can see a lot more and the size (for once) really....does not matter... 
Another vote for the poncy little mirrors here Edited by Supertoadylight on Wednesday 18th November 10:31
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