Originally Posted by
shipwreck
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btw, the Casco ATC is about $100 and has similar looks and leather interior:
That is a nice looking helmet. Not as cool as the expensive one, but more in my budget. Been looking for something that would work for around town without the pro racer look, but that would do for longer rides and touring.
I am wondering as well how the leather cleans, since my sweat dissolves shoes, paint and sunglasses. All my leather saddles are ok, but leather gloves don't last me very long. I usualy rinse my helmet after every ride to make it last longer.
Oh, and I currently use a Limar of some sort, great hemet, but it caught a beer bottle thrown by someone in a group of Harleys a few weeks ago and has a crack.
I know it must be nice and plush feeling but, is a leather interior the best thing to use in a helmet one would sweat like crazy in? Shouldn't they use a washable synthetic material instead? There is a synthetic leather called "Lorica" that supposedly breaths like the real stuff and I think will resis the damage that sweat can do to real leather. Maybe that's what they used in this Casco ATC helmet.
Chombi