How to Transition to a Full Face Motorcycle Helmet

2003. My first experience as an adult on a two wheel motorized vehicle. Eeek.

MSRP $559.95 Arai Regent-X (Intermediate Oval). One of the most comfortable helmets you’ll ever. An excellent brand when you have very full, round cheeks.

This is the only photographic evidence of myself riding a motorized scooter or motorcycle wearing a half helmet. It was the first and last time I wore one.

I do remember how windy it was, my eyes watering and how exhilarating it felt. But this was on our honeymoon, so at that time, I saw this as a one time event.

After we invested in our first scooter, wearing full face helmets was not up for negotiation.

The transition for me was easy, no issues and no real discomfort. I found an affordable, easy to wear HJC CL-14 for less than ~$140 (the predecessor to the current CL-17). It was an easy decision at the time. Something that I do clearly remember is after trying on the CL-17 I mistakenly tried on an Arai RX-Q that I knew I couldn’t afford or justify. But I knew that I loved it and I wanted it. So 3 years later I invested in one.

I also understand that this decision isn’t as easy for others. After working with countless riders who struggle to make the transition from half helmet / no helmet to a full face helmet, I’ve learned a few things that make the great impact for long term comfort and commitment. Hopefully one of these tips will help you find the perfect helmet for you!

The visual of a head looking down as someone takes a photo of your head while standing on a ladder looking down.

FIT AND SHAPE

Your very first step is to understand what your head needs, physically speaking. If you aren’t sure, have someone take a photo of the top of your head like in the graphic above. Make sure that you aren’t wearing a hat and your hair is totally flat, maybe wet so that you can clearly identify your skull shape from round oval to long oval. Keep in mind that headshape isn’t the same as face shape.

Bell SRT Helmet MSRP $209: Long Oval: Fiberglass Shell: Soft Smushy Cheekpads

With this information, it’s much easier for you to shop for helmets that are going to fit you correctly.

PREMIUM COMFORT

If you can spend $1000 on an exhaust system, or upgraded suspension I can practically guarantee you can easily spend $200, $400 or $600 on a really comfortable helmet! Investing in your body is one of the best ways to give yourself what you need to make this transition.

However, it’s very lightweight (fiberglass shell), vents excessively and will make you feel less stifled. It’s a great, easy helmet to wear if you’re also a Long Oval headshape. I like the padding in this model because it’s really soft and cushy. The face shield it uses is not like the less expensive Qualifier, because it’s using the same one as their Race Star track helmet. So what that gives you is a nice high, wide field of vision. It’ll give you a little more comfort in terms of your visual field and how well you feel you can see or not.

I can almost guarantee that an extremely inexpensive helmet is one that you’ll probably never end up wearing. But if you are trying to keep your budget down especially in these times, I recommend any sub $250 helmet with a fiberglass shell like the Bell SRT:

• Bell SRT (intermediate towards long oval)

• HJC FG-17 (intermediate oval, currently on closeout)

• Sedici Strada II (intermediate oval)

• HJC F70 (modular, intermediate oval)

• Scorpion R710 (intermediate oval)

• HJC i70 (intermediate oval)

These options will feel a little lighter than other styles, and will just give you a little more comfort overall than their non fiberglass counterparts.

Shoei RF-SR $399

On the other end of the spectrum is a higher pricepoint like Arai or Shoei. When I’m trying to help fit someone in person and they’re trying to transition, my first step is to get them fitted first.

The most difficult aspect of getting your helmet right is figuring the fit. And if I can show you what a perfect, 10 out of 10 feels like then you will have a solid foundation as to what it could and should feel like. Rather than choosing something strictly based on color and size without any thought to fitment and true comfort.

This is especially helpful if you can’t spend $500 but need to figure out what option in your budget comes closest to fitting like the more expensive option that you can’t quite justify. Sometimes, because you’ve experienced something GREAT, it can be hard to say no when it feels that good!

Center pad for Shoei RF-SR

Something that brands like Shoei and Arai offer are multiple sizes not only for cheekpads (to soften the clench on your jaws) but for the center pad as well. So the interior main liner on the top of your head will be thinner by 3-4 millimeters if you need to adjust fitment. Just remember to give yourself a few weeks of riding time before you purchase liners because often times the initial break in period is all you need to feel better.

Unique channel events that push air physically through the helmet. ShoeiHelmetsUsa.com.

VENTILATION

Something all of the helmets above have in common is the Ventilation. The Defiant-X above has an arrow for each intake and exhaust vent on one side of the helmet. Now double that number of arrows to get a total number that includes the vents on the other side!

This doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll be feeling a big fan on your face. In some parts, sure, like your mouth / chin and eyebrows. But the rest of the ventilation points allow for all the hot air being generated from your body to leave so that you will feel more comfortable inside the helmet.

MSRP $659.95 Arai Defiant-X with half of the ventilation points illustrated. Add up the arrows and double that number. Now you have more ventilation than ever before.

Of course, that means you may have a louder experience overall, so wear earplugs. Remember, wearing earplugs doesn’t make everything silent. It saves your ears from the high pitched wind noise which is adding to your fatigue. It’s like being on the freeway in your car. What’s more comfortable for a long car ride? Windows up or down?

Also keep in mind that ventilation is designed to work at Speed (like the channel vents above). So helmets with less ventilation tend to feel stifling when you’re just sitting in your living room. Keep your faceshield open as you wear the helmet and give yourself some time.

This also makes a HUGE difference if you generally run warm. When you’re the type of person that can wear a tshirt when it’s 50F out, then you want a helmet with lots of ventilation.

The comfort you feel on the outside will directly affect the comfort you’re feeling on the inside.

MSRP $734 Bell Race Star (Long Oval, Race Fit). Me breaking in my Bell last year in my living room.

TIME

The main thing to know is that you might need some time with the helmet. I can typically grab a helmet right out of the box and put it on for no more than 5 minutes before going riding.

But for someone like yourself who is trying to get used to the idea of this new “helmet”, you need a little more time to get used to this new experience.

3-5 days of wearing it at home for ~20-30 minutes each session should start the break in process not only physically, but mentally as well.

I recommend opening the faceshield, leaving the d-ring undone and letting it just sit on your head for a bit.

Your helmet should be so comfortable that you could fall asleep in it. It should never hurt you, cause headaches, pressure points or jaw pain. This is after a minimum of 3-5 minutes. Any initial shock or discomfort should start to subside and feel better the longer you wear it. So that’s also why it’s crucial for you to complete the first step of getting that fit shape figured out so you don’t set yourself up for a really uncomfortable experience.

You should know that one bad experience with a helmet doesn’t mean every helmet will feel that way. Promise! It just means that you likely: didn’t understand your head shape or chose a helmet for the wrong reasons. It may also mean that you only gave yourself 10 seconds to give it a try, you may have left the faceshield closed and you may have gone riding in it too quickly.

TRY MODULAR

My brief experience wearing a Schuberth C3ProW.

And if all else fails, try a modular (flip up).

There are lots of modular choices available and it’ll give you a great stepping stone towards a full face helmet. Of course you’ll never have as many choices for modulars as you do fulls, but if you need something in the middle to get yourself acclimated I highly recommend a modular to start.

You’ll gain a great level of protection that you haven’t had before.

Raising the chinbar will give you the ability to quickly raise it up at stop lights (and then close quickly when the light turns green), gas stations and other pitstops.

They’re not designed to wear while completely open but they are incredibly versatile and can offer you lots of protection and flexibility.

HEADWEAR

If you have long or thick hair that’s difficult to manage underneath a helmet, I highly recommend a Diva Do by Raci Babi.

This will also increase your comfort dramatically so that you don’t feel like your hair is being completely ravaged underneath.

If you have short hair like I do I still recommend wearing a light tube like a HooRag.

I wear one underneath my helmet when it starts to get really hot and really cool. It gives me an extra layer of insulation from the heat / cold.

It sounds crazy but wearing more is how you stay cool and comfortable. Reverse wind chill is real and it can cause you to go into heat stroke. This article outlines exactly what happens when you let too much heat in. Wearing a full face or modular helmet is how you can easily keep yourself from excessive exposure and potential risk for heat stroke and as well as skin cancer.

https://www.fix.com/blog/motorcycle-riding-in-hot-weather/

I hope this information truly helps you find a comfortable, awesome helmet that you want to wear every time you ride.

It doesn’t matter how much or what type of bike you ride when it comes to the risk factor of not wearing a helmet.

Simply choosing to ride a motorcycle does.

First Lady Ana Carrasco

I recently saw this post on Facebook from a gentleman by the name of Stuart Baker. He prefaced this post with the following text:

Since no magazine or website wants to publish this feature I've decided to forego my usual fee and publish it on here myself because I believe this woman deserves recognition for what she's achieving. Please share this post freely and perhaps, between us, we can reach a wider audience than a closed-minded magazine would anyway. -Stuart Barker

Since I totally agreed with him, I asked him if I could reproduce this article on my lowly website which makes absolutely no money but hopefully reaches a wide, female audience. I hope you enjoy his article as much as I did. GO ANA.

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August 8, 2018

First Lady Ana Carrasco

Words By: Stuart Barker, Photos By: Mdan Katana

She's 21-years-old, stands five-foot-one, and weighs eight stone, wringing wet. But don't let that fool you. Ana Carrasco is one tough little Spaniard. She's the first woman in the 100-years-plus history of the sport to lead a motorcycle road racing world championship. She was also the first woman to set pole position and the first to win a race and, with just two rounds remaining of the World Supersport 300 Championship, she has a healthy 16-point lead – against an entire field of men.

Oh, and she's also half way through a four-year law degree and trains six hours every day. Are you starting to feel a bit inadequate? You should be. Meet Ana Carrasco – the fastest female motorcycle racer of all time.

Women have not always been welcomed in the sport of motorcycle road racing. Original regulations laid down by the FIM (Federation Internationale de Motocyclisme) in the early days of racing dictated that competitors must be ‘male persons between 18 and 55 years of age.’ This ruling didn’t apply to Sidecar racing so in 1954 the intrepid German, Inge Stoll-Laforge, caused a sensation by entering the Isle of Man TT – the biggest motorcycle race in the world at the time. She finished in a highly credible 5th position but was tragically killed four years later in a crash at the Czech Grand Prix. 

By 1962 the FIM had changed its rules and allowed women to race so Beryl Swain became the first female solo rider at the TT, finishing 22nd in the 50cc race before the FIM did an about-turn and banned women again in 1963. 

Despite this historical backdrop of rampant sexism, a handful of brave, determined women have persisted in blazing a trail for female riders in one of the world’s most dangerous sports. Riders like Maria Costello have scored podiums at the Manx Grand Prix (the ‘amateur’ TT) and Carolynn Sells became the first woman to win a Manx in 2009 while Jenny Tinmouth (the fastest woman ever at the TT with an average lap speed of 119.94mph) recently became the first female rider to compete in the prestigious British Superbike Championship. Germany’s Katja Poensgen won the Supermono Championship in 1998 and women have even scored points in the Grand Prix world championships, the first being Taru Rinne with a seventh-place finish at Hockenheim in 1989. But while convalescing from a crash shortly afterwards, the Finn received a letter from Bernie Ecclestone (who, at the time had a heavy, but thankfully short-lived, involvement in motorcycle racing) informing her that she was ‘not qualified’ to compete the following season. 

Clearly, nothing had changed. Despite occasional outstanding performances by women in the male-dominated sport of motorcycle racing, by the start of the 2017 season no female had won a world championship race - perhaps unsurprisingly given the additional barriers they faced. 
But that all changed at Portimao in Portugal on Sunday, September 17, 2017 when a 20-year-old Spanish rider called Ana Carrasco came out on top in an epic drag race to the finish line in the World Supersport 300 Championship race. In doing so, she became the first woman in history to win a motorcycle road racing world championship race. And while the significance of the moment wasn’t exactly lost on Carrasco, she thinks like a racer first, and a woman second. ‘At the time I was not thinking about the significance of this’ she says.

‘I always just try to ride as hard as I can and try to achieve results – I don't think about being a woman. So, in that moment I was just happy because I'd won the race but after some days I start to realise what I had achieved. It's important that a woman can be fighting for the victory in the world championship because it's good for other girls to see that this is possible.’

After finishing the 2017 season in eighth place overall, Carrasco came out of the traps ready for a proper fight in 2018, setting pole position at Imola, winning the race, and taking the lead in the world championship. After another win at Donington Park in England, Carrasco now has a 16-point lead with just two rounds of the championship remaining. This makes her the first woman ever to lead a motorcycle racing world championship. 

Ana, Kicking Ass and Taking Names

It seems an incredibly young age for anyone – male of female – to be leading a world championship but Carrasco was practically born into the saddle.

‘I started riding when I was three years old because my family was always involved in the motorcycle world’ she says. ‘My father was a race mechanic since before I was born so when I was three I started riding my big sister's minimoto because she wasn't interested in it. So that was a good thing for me!’

Standing at just 5”1 and weighing eight stone-three (52kg) wringing wet, Carrasco cuts a diminutive figure in the racing paddock. Her slight frame would normally give her an advantage under acceleration but constantly-changing rules in the fledgling WSS300 championship (which is only in its second year) mean that even this advantage has been removed: because she is so light, Carrasco is forced to carry a weight penalty on her Kawasaki Ninja 400 race bike.

‘I now have to carry a 13kg weight penalty so I think it's actually worse to be small’ she says. ‘I have to move more kilos than the other riders through the corners and yet the overall weight of rider and bike is the same (because of the combined bike-and-rider minimum weight rule) so I don't have any advantage on acceleration.

‘The rules change every race so sometimes we have a good bike and sometimes no. It’s difficult for us to work like this because every Thursday of a race weekend they say “Okay, now you have to change this” or “Now you have to change that.” It’s difficult for the team and it’s also difficult for me to ride fast like this because every race I have a different bike. I hope for next year the rules will be more stable because I like to win, always, and with all these changes it’s not always possible to win. At the moment, Kawasaki is not always on the top because the rules are helping the Yamahas to be at the same level. But we just have to work within the rules Dorna gives us and finish the championship the best we can.’

Carrasco at least has a competitive bike and team for the 2018 season, which is something of a novelty after battling for years with uncompetitive and poorly-funded rides in various Spanish championships and even, for a few years, in the Moto3 World Championship that runs alongside MotoGP – the Formula 1 of motorcycle racing.

‘Yes, for me it's really good because in the past years I was struggling a lot because I wanted to be at the top but it was impossible with the bikes that I had. Now it is really good and I'm really happy with my team and with my bike and Kawasaki is helping me a lot so now I don't want to change my team because I feel so comfortable. I want to win, so I will stay in the place where I can fight for the victory.’

The World Supersport 300 Championship which Ana currently leads is a support series to the World Superbike Championship, meaning the young Spaniard has operated out of the two biggest paddocks in world motorcycle racing. So how do they compare in their attitudes towards women?

‘The people in the WSB paddock are more friendly and more relaxed’ Carrasco says. ‘You can speak with everybody. In the MotoGP paddock there's a lot more pressure so the riders have to always be thinking only about riding and they cannot do anything else. So, yes, the paddocks are different but I like both. I didn't notice any difference between the paddocks in their attitudes towards female riders. My job is the same and the people are good with me, always. But in the World Supersport 300 Championship it was more easy for me to find a good team and a good bike so that I can be fighting at the top. In the past it has been really difficult for me because I never had the equipment I needed to be fighting for the victory.’

Like every motorcycle racer, Ana Carrasco needs to have the mental capacity to accept the inherent dangers of her chosen sport and the ability to endure the pain caused by regular injuries. Although safety measures have improved radically over the last 30-odd years, people still die in this sport. Yet it’s clearly not a fact that Carrasco loses much sleep over.

'I broke my elbow in 2007 and I broke my collarbone in 2015 and also my shoulder. I’m okay with pain – I can handle it. I can ride with pain and don’t feel it so much. I’ve had some difficult injuries but I don’t worry too much about it. I know it’s a dangerous sport but many things are dangerous so we have to try and take part in all sports with as many safety measures as we can. We have to respect the dangers and just try to remain safe and do our job. For my mother it’s more difficult! I think this sport is difficult for all the mothers to watch!’

And before you think these are the words of a crazy and irresponsible young kid, consider this: when she’s not traveling the globe fighting for a world championship, Ana Carrasco is studying for a law degree. Half way through a four-year course, the girl from Cehegin in the Murcia region of south-east Spain must balance adrenalin with diligence and solitude in equal measure.

‘It’s difficult to do both things because I spend so much time away from home but now I’m in a sports university where many Olympic athletes study so they give me the possibility to change the dates of my exams if I am racing. So I try to work out my study and exams calendar according to the racing calendar. It’s a four-year course and I am in my second year now. I don’t know for sure if I will be a lawyer after racing but this is my Plan B! I want to be a racer and be riding for many years but, if not, then at least I have another plan to be a normal person and to have a job and a family and everything.’

Perhaps even more impressive – and certainly testimony to her determination and will to win – Carrasco also maintains a brutal training regime that would qualify as a full-time job in itself.

‘I train around six hours every day’ she says. ‘I go to the gym for about three or four hours and then ride dirt bikes for another few hours.’

It’s this kind of commitment that sees Carrasco regularly beating an entire field full of men and her reward is the sheer satisfaction that generates.

‘Yes, for me it’s good!’ she laughs. ‘This is a motivation to show the people that women can do the same. This is what I want – I want to win in a world championship so I can show that I can beat the best riders in the world in that class. So, I want to be always better and better and better and to arrive at the top.’

It’s perhaps not easy for every male psyche to handle being beaten by a woman (in the past, they’ve also had to accept Carrasco’s own take on the brolly dolly – she had her own umbrella fella on the grid!) especially in a sport that has for so long been male-dominated. So how do her rivals treat her? Does she get the respect she deserves or does she get shunned by bitter, defeated rivals? ‘For sure they respect me because if you are fast, everybody respects you! I’ve shown them that I can win races and fight for the championship so I think everybody respects me now.’

Testosterone is not always a man’s best friend. Often it can lead to rash decisions out on track and crazy do-or-die lunges that have little chance of working and every chance of ending in crashes and broken bones. In the sport, this kind of aggression is known as ‘red mist’ and it’s the one area where Carrasco thinks female riders may actually have a slight advantage over the men.

‘Sometimes it helps to be a woman, yes. Women think more when they are on the bike! The men are more brave but they sometimes make dangerous moves without thinking and sometimes this is not so good! I think in my case I have a slight advantage here because I always stay calm and think a lot about what I have to do out on the race track.’

Female motorcycle racers are no longer a complete novelty but they’re still very much in the minority (there are none at all, for example, in the world’s two biggest motorcycle championships – MotoGP and World Superbikes) although Carrasco believes it’s getting easier for women to be involved.

‘Every year it gets a bit more easy. It's difficult for a young female rider to see how they can arrive in a world championship if they never see any other girls doing it. So if you are the first girl to do it then it's more difficult but once you can see that other girls are doing it then you can think “Why not? Why can't I do the same?” So, for the girls, it's important that I'm doing a good job in the world championship.

‘I think women can do the same as men in this sport. We are all just riders and we can all do the same thing. But it’s more difficult for women to find a good opportunity – a good team and a good bike. It’s more difficult for people to believe that we can win so we have many problems in getting access to competitive equipment to be fighting at the top. In this sport, if you do not have a good bike then you cannot fight to win.’

As to the future, Carrasco already has some options on the table due to her incredible performances this year. But for now, she’s concentrating on the job in hand.

‘I want to continue with Kawasaki because I am very happy with them and they are supporting me to be at the top. I would also like to continue with my team. But it will depend on what we achieve this year. I have some offers from the Moto3 World Championship and also from World Supersport 600 and World Supersport 300 teams. At the moment, I don’t know. I think around September time we will start to look more closely at next year but at the moment I just want to think about the championship.’

There are two rounds remaining of the World Supersport 300 Championship – at Portimao, Portugal, on September 16, and at Magny-Cours, France, on September 30. Carrasco has a healthy 16-point lead over Germany’s Luca Grunwald but with 25 points available for each race win, it’s still all to play for. One crash or mechanical breakdown could change everything, but Carrasco is confident.

‘We have a good opportunity, we are in a good position in the championship, so I want to try to win at Portimao because I like this place. The circuit is good for me, so I would like to finish on the podium and win the championship there. But if not, then we will wait and try again in Magny-Cours. For sure we have a good opportunity and we are in the best position to win the championship.’

The sport of motorcycle road racing has been around for well over 100 years but no woman has ever come this close to lifting a world title.

So what would it mean to the petite, highly intelligent, and multi-lingual Spaniard if she could put an end to all that and finally prove beyond all doubt that women have a genuine place in motorcycle racing?

‘For me it would be a dream come true because, for my whole life, my dream is to be world champion and this year I have the opportunity so I want to give my best to try to win.’

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New Arai DT-X Motorcycle Helmet and XXS Helmets

Side Profile of the DT-X Helmet from Arai

If you have a very small head, or know a woman (in my experience, 99.9% of XS fit women or small children) who may even need a XXS helmet, Arai Helmets has just released a new street helmet called the DT-X. 

This helmet will feature an intermediate oval shape (most common shape in the US) similar to the Corsair-X and Vector-2.

Supposedly it will offer a XXS size, per the website. However, they have the same information for the Vector-2 which was never offered in a 2XS that you could actually order. The only 2XS helmet available to order from them at this minute is the Defiant (although it's currently OOS). 

I miss my trusty Arai, but it didn't fit me small enough like my Shoei does. I'm hoping if they do offer a 2XS that it'll fit my head! I've always respected Arai and their design / protection philosophies. They defy mainstream expectations and always strive to deliver the most protective helmet even if it means not having the best selling helmet, or the one that everyone thinks is "coolest".

But if you are looking for a Full Face or Modular 2XS Helmet, these are the ones that I'm aware of: 

Full Face:

1. Arai Defiant and Defiant Pro Cruise (certain colors) 
2. Icon Airmada (certain colors)
3. Nexx XT1 Carbon Zero
4. GMax GM38
5. Nexx XR2 Carbon Pure (currently OOS)
6. Shoei Qwest (black only)
7. Shoei RF-1200 (if you purchase the 17mm Centerpad, then it's a 2XS)
8. AGV AX-8 DS Evo

I have to mention the Bell Star (Street Star, Race Star and Pro Star) Helmets, because they fit so narrow. I can barely fit my head into an XS (that I can fit into pretty much every XS helmet) and the S fits like a Shoei XS. I'll bet that an XS fits like a 2XS. 

Modular:

1. Schuberth C3Pro Women
2. Nolan N104 Absolute 

Getting Old SUCKS. Bad Feet, Shoulders and Vertigo.

February 2006. My first motorcycle trip from San Francisco to Los Angeles on my trusty Ninja 250. 

It's been a painful last couple of months. Haven't been riding much and I feel completely out of it. 

A couple months ago I decided to visit a Podiatrist to see about my left foot. I have this painful bump on the top of my foot which I thought was a bunion. Nope, turns out it's probably a ganglion cyst. And turns out I have terrible foot issues that cause me to walk uneven and as a result puts undue pressure on the nerve inside the ganglion cyst. I also have a really high instep so that's not making the situation any better. It's already hard for me to find shoes to fit my feet into, let alone additional pressure on the top of my foot that makes it feel even worse.

Generally, I have to find shoes that aren't too tight around my ankles because of this. 

Good times. This makes wearing my motorcycle boots for 10+ hours a day difficult unless I wear them really really loose which isn't going to work either. So I did a little bit of physical therapy for my foot which has helped a bit, but hasn't completely resolved the cyst issue. I think I need to go back to the Podiatrist soon. 

Next on the list, is my right shoulder. I went to the Ortho the other day and I likely have Bursitis. I haven't done any long rides recently but it's hard to say whether it'll be affected by that. I basically need to keep working on strengthening my shoulder muscles (which I've been working on for almost 5 months now with Crossfit. LOVE IT. Shoutout to Fearless in Philly!) I'll probably need physical therapy too. 

Ok, what else? Oh doh, the main reason I wasn't riding last month is because I had a terrible case of Vertigo. Turns out my blood pressure is so low (~95-100/70) that it caused dizziness and lightheadedness. It took a few weeks, but my head finally came back to normal. The weather was pristine here in Philly too (low 70s) and I totally missed it. Now we're into high 50s, low 60s but I still want to try and go riding this weekend. 

I had several issues with dizzyness/lightheadedness in the past 5-7 years where I would feel that way for 2-3 weeks at a time and I never figured out what it was. My blood pressure has always read below ~120 so I suspect this is it. The solution per my doctor is drink lots of water (which I'm doing, going through about 60oz every day) and more salt in my diet! I'm totally ok with that, because I have a Savory Tooth. 

Chili Cheese Fries at Tony Lukes. Their cheesesteaks are amazing too!