TLD

Helmets Jerseys Pants Shorts Gloves Elbow Pads Knee & Shin Pads Upper Body Lower Body T-Shirts Hats Jumpers Wind Breakers

How Troy Lee Designs Got From Moto to MTB

The brand began by hand-painting custom motocross helmets, and that is still the thread running through everything. It moved into mountain biking in 1995 and has supplied the fastest racers in the sport since.

The motocross heritage is not just decoration. The fit and the padding on a TLD full-face owe more to moto than to road cycling, which is part of why gravity riders keep coming back to them.

Helmets Across Trail and Gravity

Two helmet lines carry most of the range. The A3 sits at the trail and enduro end, with deeper coverage at the back of the head than a typical cross-country lid. The Stage is the lightweight full-face, which is the one riders reach for when a single helmet has to cover a pedal up and a gravity run down.

Several models are listed with MIPS, which is a low-friction layer between the shell and the liner. Check the individual listing for which safety standard a given helmet carries, since that varies by model.

What We Stock From TLD

Four groups cover most of what riders come here for:

  • Helmets. A3 trail lids and Stage full-face options, several with MIPS.
  • MTB jerseys. Sprint, Sprint Ultra and Skyline Pro in short and long sleeve, plus casual tees.
  • MTB gloves. Air, Flowline and Swelter Pro, from barely-there summer gloves to padded options.
  • Knee and shin pads. Speed pads and the rest of the lower body protection range.

Ruckus apparel and pants sit alongside them for riders who want the full kit.

Sizing and Picking a Line

TLD runs closer to fitted than loose, so size up if you are between sizes or plan to wear pads underneath a jersey. Gloves are the item most worth getting right, because the Air and Swelter Pro are summer-weight and thin while Flowline carries more material across the knuckles.

For helmets, measure your head rather than guessing from another brand, and remember that a crashed helmet is replaced rather than repaired. TLD helmets in Australia are covered by the brand's own crash replacement terms where those apply.

Shop TLD at MTB Direct

The gear is bought as much for how it looks as how it works, and there is no shame in that. Kit that you want to put on is kit you ride in. Free delivery applies to orders over $99, with 60 days to return anything unworn if the size is wrong.