DIY: Add Visor to a Bike Helmet

Mountain bike helmets have visors to protect the rider’s safety. Often, a helmet with a visor is better than a regular bicycle helmet. 

• The visor will guard your face and eyes.

If you’re biking at dawn or even when the sun is bright, you’ll want to wear a helmet with a visor. Sometimes the sun will be in front of you. Protect your eyes with a helmet that has a visor fitted to the front. Even if you’re riding in the sun’s direction, it will keep your vision clear.

• It will prevent you from the sun’s scorching heat. 

Depending on the model, helmet visors can be either fixed or screwed in. Other times, the visors are detachable or molded to the helmet itself. When riding shady mountain bike paths, you can tilt the visor up. Then, when you reach an area with bright sunshine, lower the blinds. It is possible to avoid sunburn by wearing a visor that is wider than other types.

• The visor protects your face from rain, snow, and mud.

Biking in the rain or snow can be as dangerous as riding in the sun. When biking in poor or changing weather conditions, a visor provides protection.

For your eyesight to stay clear when raindrops fall on your eye, you must wipe them off with a tissue. It will also cause you to lose focus on trial. In a snowstorm, snowflakes can fall into your eyes and nose.

In a muddy trail race, a helmet’s visor can keep mud splashes from the bike’s back wheel from getting in your eyes and face. It prevents your eyes from infections. 

• Prevent imbalance 

Riding a bike on small hill roads and through thick forests might be challenging. The path has trees and low-hanging branches. Riders of all types take a significant danger when they pass through these areas at high speeds. Moreover, if there is no visor, the rider must grip the branches with one arm while controlling the bike with the other. As a result, they may lose their balance and be at risk for accidents. In other words, it protects riding a bike on narrow roads.

• It will prevent your eyes from dust and dirt.

Often, you’ll come upon trails where you’re riding into the wind. A helmet visor keeps your eyes and face from dust, insects, and other debris that may be flying in your way. If you’re using goggles or sunglasses with your helmet, this will also help keep them clean.

It can sting, make your eyes water, and slow you down if the weather is a little cold. A helmet visor will shade your eyes in cold, windy conditions, allowing you to ride at higher speeds.

• The visor prevents crashes and accidents.

Bike riding on single-track trails with low-hanging branches can be unsafe. Leaves, twigs, and branches might cause injury to your head if you ignore the trail. If your helmet lacks a visor, you must block such objects on tracks with your arms and hands. It could put your safety at risk. One-handed mountain bike control is impossible because you’re only using one hand. The fact that you have to pay attention to many things simultaneously is also a problem.

Having a visor on your helmet lets you concentrate on the route ahead, as it protects your head.

• It serves as a base to attach other cycling equipment.

On the helmet visor, you can attach items that will enhance your riding experience. It makes it more comfortable. To capture your trailblazing adventures, you can put a POV camera on your helmet’s visor. On the visor of your bike, you may attach an LED night light when you like to ride at night or on lit paths. You can also place goggles, strap clips, and even a storage bag on a visor if you choose.