New helmet

Gear
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Cracked my Bontrager Velocis MIPS, is the holy grail of a helmet that excels on road and time trial available yet?

Something you’d get gains for in a TT, ventilated enough for Lanza, and acceptable on a club ride.

:smiley:

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I use a Bonty Ballista as an aero road, not sure what it’s like in a wind tunnel, probably depends on your head angle.

Ticks all 3 for me.

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I have an S-Works Evade you could get away with that in a tri. Few years old now, games probably moved on

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My tt helmet looks crap. Giro Advantage II.

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Yeah old hat now I’d say

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Very good.

:drum:

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See what I did there :clown_face:

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Honestly don’t know why they bothered

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I think the evade is the benchmark, although I think the new one is ugly, it claims to be better ventilated for the same aero. Overheating was the main complaint with the old one, but while that might be a problem for Lanza, I’ve never overheated in the UK.

I tried the Giro Synth which looks like a regular helmet and has clsimed aero gains, but it didn’t fit my head. Giro now do the eclipse, which is closer to the evade.

Most others have an offering too. I hear good things of the Bontrager, think Kask do one, or you could go all out for the Endura Aerohead.

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Bit of a thread resurrection.

I’m in the market for a new helmet & am undecided which of the Van Rysel ones to get.

The road one vents better & has MIPS.

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The aero one is, er, more aero so doesn’t vent as much which isn’t really a problem in the UK 90% of the time… it also has a funky magnetic closure.

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Despite not having MIPS I’m leaning towards the aero one as a do it all helmet, but will it look daft on a 50 something MAMIL :grin: ?

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If your shoes are white it will look excellent​:100::star_struck:

I can’t see the aero one on the decathlon site, is it this one in white without the visor?

Apparently they only have black visors.

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This is the one…

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Just came out of decathlon Guildford, didn’t have the aero or the tri helmet.

The £59 and £39 road helmets didn’t seem much between them.

Have you got one yet?

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I got the one above your post. Fits well, not been out in it yet.

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You chose well young padawan.

The Van Rysel FCR beats the Ballista by 0.001 CdA :+1:

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We went in yesterday, they had the TdF-alike bike in for £5,500 :- naked-look carbon looks superb. Zipp 404 FCs, GP5000 TLs. SRAM AXS. Looked amazing :heart_eyes:

The helmets looked like, erm, helmets.
I wouldn’t be able to tell it wasn’t a Giro.

Although I wanted a POC Omne and couldn’t find any actual physical retailers from Bury to Wilmslow, so ordered one online.

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Partially been leaked somewhere and reposted on the TR forum, where the tester himself is also posting if you want more

Credits to reddit user Lopsided_Prior3801 for posting the data.

Helmet | CdA average | Power at 40km/h | Speed at 250w (km/h) | 40km TT at 250w

  1. POC Procen Air w/Visor 0.3501 288.15 38.15 01:02:55
  2. Specialized S-Works Evade III 0.3523 289.96 38.07 01:03:02
  3. POC Procen Air w/out Visor 0.3529 290.45 38.05 01:03:05
  4. Scott Cadence 0.3531 290.62 38.04 01:03:05
  5. Van Rysel FCR 0.3531 290.62 38.04 01:03:05
  6. Giro Eclipse 0.3541 291.44 38.01 01:03:09
  7. Trek Ballista 0.3542 291.52 38.00 01:03:09
  8. Trek Velocis 0.3549 292.10 37.98 01:03:12
  9. Julbo Sprint 0.356 293.00 37.94 01:03:16
  10. Kask Utopia Y 0.3563 293.25 37.93 01:03:17
  11. Lazer Vento Kineticore 0.3564 293.33 37.92 01:03:17
  12. MET Manta 0.357 293.83 37.90 01:03:19
  13. Smith Ignite 0.3572 293.99 37.90 01:03:20
  14. Sweet Protection Tucker 2Vi 0.3573 294.07 37.89 01:03:20
  15. Kask Elemento 0.3574 294.16 37.89 01:03:21
  16. Limar Air Atlas 0.3577 294.40 37.88 01:03:22
  17. ABUS Gamechanger 2.0 0.3581 294.73 37.86 01:03:23
  18. Oakley ARO7 w/out Visor 0.3586 295.14 37.85 01:03:25
  19. Carnac Evo 0.3588 295.31 37.84 01:03:26
  20. Specialized S-Works Prevail III 0.3588 295.31 37.84 01:03:26
  21. Rudy Project Nytron 0.3589 295.39 37.84 01:03:26
  22. Oakley ARO7 w/Visor 0.3607 296.87 37.77 01:03:32
  23. Uvex Rise Pro 0.3621 298.02 37.72 01:03:37
  24. POC Ventral Tempus 0.3624 298.27 37.71 01:03:38
  25. POC Ventral 0.3656 300.91 37.60 01:03:49

Like any helmet wind tunnel testing it’s going to be limited by the test rider but it’s good to see it being tested at all.

It’s already giving me more buyers regret on getting the ballista over the velocis…

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I saw someone wearing one of those airbag collars on my commute last night.

Basically, it detects a crash and inflates a “helmet” to protect you before you hit the ground :flushed:

I’m not sure how much faith I’d have in it working in time :roll_eyes:

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Is it single use, or can you ‘test’ it?

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I assume it has some sort of a gas cartridge to inflate it, so you would need to replace that after each use?

To be fair, a normal helmet is single use if you hit anything, but with this you’re putting a lot of faith in it actually working :roll_eyes:

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