#235 - Reboot

See the dial at the back? It's very good for one-hand fit adjustment.
... and it keeps it's setting

Ignore sweaty model and look at the nice profile of the GUB Mark helmet.

I'm back! ... and no, I didn't quit cycling to go back

to driving remote control cars :) I think I may have

fallen victim to the 'Curse of the Local Bloggers'.

I have been cycling on the same trails over and over

for the past four years. Many times in a trail ride

I slow down to take a picture only to remember that I

should not be where I am (you know those places *wink*)

or that within a split-second I decided that taking that

particular picture is not worth stopping my trail ride.

Now I understand other local bloggers (like Anvil)

when he says that we should all go to neighboring

countries where the trail riding is much more diverse

instead of taking pictures of the same places over and

over again.  

Anyway! That's it for my mini rant. I have been doing

a lot of things so that I could go on for longer rides and

hopefully join even just one of the many jamborees in

Malaysia. One thing that I did was to get this roadie

helmet GUB Mark.

CrestPursuit Owen brought three models of helmets

recently. As I mentioned above, the GUB Mark is the

roadie helmet and the other that caught my eye is an

AM helmet, the Laplace Q3. I don't have a picture of

the Laplace Q3 but everybody will find it familiar

as it resembles another AM helmet made by this

famous company whose name rhymes with BOX

*wink *wink.

I got the GUB Mark roadie helmet as I have been

looking for an airy helmet with adjustments that can

be done using one hand (e.g. by using a dial) ... and

lastly, said helmet must not require that I sell one

of my kidneys. That last requirement basically rules

out the delectable helmet selection offered by Tay

Junction Bukit Timah.

The GUB Mark helmet did not disappoint. Lots of

cooling holes in front and even lots of exhaust ports

at the back. It even has channels that divert airflow

from the front to the back of your head. It also comes

with extra pads. Lastly, the medium size fits my head

(55cm). The fit can be micro-managed using a dial

at the back of the head. The straps plus the dial cradles

your head snugly.

I have had this helmet for two or three weeks now

and I have used it for slow evening climbs at Mt. Faber

and hot twelve noon climbs in Hell Climb at Mandai.

All the holes in this helmet make sure you will be as

cool as the current environment would allow.

What would give you a maniacal grin is the coolness

in your head when you are going downhill in the 

evening at Mt. Faber. Definitely on a different level

that my other helmets (i.e. Fox Flux and Striker).

Ok, now you the question I ask myself at the end

of each review. What would I change about this

helmet? At this price level? Nothing. The helmet

serves my purposes perfectly.

... and as evidence that I am still doing my trail

rides, see pictures below  ... and hopefully

I have other stuff to update you with :-)

Lake at Hell Climb

She's come for the second straight week! Is she back
for good?

Fast riding at T15