Schuberth C5 Carbon helmet review

Here at Motolegends we are not big on carbon helmets. Of course, they are lighter, but you will usually pay a huge premium to save maybe a hundred or so grams. Some people assume that, because MotoGP riders and Formula One drivers wear carbon-fibre helmets, they must be safer and more protective than composite helmets. But that is not the case. Carbon-fibre helmets are lighter; and that’s all. But as long as somebody knows what they are buying, and why, that’s good enough for us. We will never upsell anybody from a standard C5 to a carbon one, but if you decide you want carbon, so be it. But first let’s just recap on the C5. The C5 has been on the market for a couple of years now. It is in a different league to its predecessor, the disastrous C4. It is a good helmet. People like it. Bits don’t fall off it. It’s comfortable. It’s quiet. It doesn’t fog up unduly. The comms. facility is fantastic. And so on. The C5 has been a worthy competitor to the Neotec. Perhaps the most disappointing aspect of the C5 is the difficulty it presents in terms of getting a perfect fit. The situation is not helped by the fact that the C5 only comes in two shell sizes. We do, of course, applaud Schuberth for its decision to offer different thicknesses for the padding for the inside of the C5. But the fact that we can only offer custom fitting in three of the six sizes is disappointing. But, this aside, the C5 works. We have had a few minor quality-control issues, but nothing that causes...