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       Racequip Sportmod helmet review
       By: Cavi Mike Date: March 2, 2015, 9:36 pm
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       For less than $200, it's by far the cheapest lid you can buy,
       and it shows. For starters, if you wear glasses, you can forget
       about wearing them with this helmet. This is the only helmet
       I've worn that doesn't have a provision in the foam for the arms
       of your glasses. It almost looks like there's a spot for them
       where the pieces of the foam meet, but obviously this is just a
       coincidence because your glasses don't line up with your eyes.
       Even if they did line up, your glasses would still move around
       every time the helmet shifted and would most likely drive you
       completely mad. Not sure what they were thinking when they came
       up with this. I mean after all, only 75% of the population wears
       corrective lenses, so that's clearly not enough people.
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       The chin strap. They put a big glob of silicone on the the end
       of it and it prevents you from pulling it all the way out when
       you try to take the helmet off. Huge pain in the @ss. You have
       to either squeeze your face past the loosened strap, or you have
       to make a huge effort to hold the loops apart while working the
       strap out, and no way that's happening with your gloves on. I
       suppose this is to make it easier to pull - but I'm not sure
       what business someone has getting behind the wheel of a race car
       if they can't even pull their chin strap tight.
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       I really wish I didn't buy this, but I was in a pinch and didn't
       have my helmet with me. I almost bought a bike helmet off CL but
       didn't want to risk driving all the way to the track and being
       told I couldn't run. Turns out they didn't even look at my
       helmet, they just tech'd the car. Oh well. Guess I have a
       back-up for my back-up helmet.
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