Category: Helmets

  • Outdoor Retailer Winter 2021 – Bollé

    Torus Goggle This is what happens when optimal design meets the ultimate performance. Unleash your power with Torus, the new beast from Bollé. Thanks to its large toric shape and optimized frame, the Torus provides an extra-wide field of view and eliminates distortion. It offers the best possible vision while optimizing airflow to further reduce…

  • 2020 Holiday Gift Guide – Skiing

    Giro Grid/Envi MIPS Helmets Giro Sport Design new Grid MIPS (men’s) and Envi MIPS (women’s) helmets weigh in at feathery light 400-grams. The innovative MIPS® Spherical Technology’s Ball-and-Socket design helps redirect impact forces away from the brain by allowing the outer liner to rotate around the inner liner during a crash. It also eliminates contact with…

  • First Impressions – Giro Grid MIPS Helmet and Contour Goggle

    Giro Grid/Envi MIPS Helmets Giro Sport Design new Grid MIPS (men’s) and Envi MIPS (women’s) helmets weigh in at feathery light 400-grams. With the additional dangers of backcountry skiing, including things such as avalanches, rocks, trees, etc., dropping the extra weight means you’re more likely to bring along a helmet instead of leaving it at home…

  • Smith Optics Releases The Mainline MIPS Bike Helmet

    The Smith Optics Mainline is the first DH certified full-face mountain bike helmet they’ve created. The Mainline offers exceptional protection and features complete Koroyd coverage and the MIPS rotational system, with integrated internal air channels and open exhaust ports to maximize breathability and ventilation. It utilizes 21 optimized vents and the AirEvac ventilation system, which allows…

  • Sweet Protection Arbitrator MIPS Helmet

    Settling a long-time dilemma between downhill and trail biking with this new convertible full-face helmet.   It’s not a jack of two trades, It’s a master of both. The Sweet Protection Arbitrator helmet converts from a highly ventilated trail helmet to a full-fledged carbon fiber downhill beast by the flick of a switch. Settle your…

  • Sneak Peek – Smith Optics Mainline MIPS Bike Helmet

    The Smith Optics Mainline is their first foray into a DH certified full-face mountain bike helmet. The Mainline offers exceptional protection and features complete Koroyd coverage and the MIPS rotational system, with integrated internal air channels and open exhaust ports to maximize breathability and ventilation. It utilizes 21 optimized vents and the AirEvac ventilation system, which…

  • Fresh Produce – Leatt MTB 1.0 Urban Helmet and ABUS uGrip Bordo Big 5700 Folding Lock and

    Leatt Twenty/Twenty MTB 1.0 Urban Helmet Range Leatt’s ALL-NEW MTB 1.0 Urban helmet offers protection and comfort to city riders. This helmet has the cool looks of an old-school skate-style lid, with the high-tech protection offered by an energy-absorbing polymer compound shell, impact foam, and 360° Turbine Technology. All of which combine to reduce the…

  • Bollé’s Lightshifter and Chronoshield Sunglasses, and Trackdown MIPS Helmet

    Lightshifter Sunglasses The latest addition to Bollé’s performance collection and the choice of the renowned French cycling team, AG2R LA MONDIALE, LIGHTSHIFTER is characterized by a modern and sharp semi-rimless design, directly inspired by its big sister SHIFTER, launched last year. This model features stylish laser details on the lens, offering a premium and assertive look…

  • Sena R1 EVO Smart Cycling Helmet

    R1 EVO – Cycling Protection Meets New Communication Technology all-new smart communications cycling helmet. Sena Technologies R1 EVO features its leading Mesh Intercom communication technology, a first for the bicycle market. Similar to its predecessor the R1, the R1 EVO is equipped with seamlessly integrated speakers and microphone and integrated Bluetooth in order to pair…

  • Leatt TWENTY/TWENTY MTB Collection

    Leatt is launching its all-new Twenty/Twenty DBX MTB gear collection. The inventors of the Leatt-Brace and producers of cutting-edge, science-backed protective gear offer head-to-knee protection and an exclusive apparel range for MTB and urban purposes. The DBX Twenty/Twenty range has a totally new look and feel, featuring fresh, new colorways for pants, shorts, helmets, and…

  • MIPS Acquires Patent Rights And The Brand Fluid Inside

      Acquisition strengthens MIPS’ patent portfolio, expanding access to research and growing capacity for future product development. We recently did a post on the Fluid Inside And Fox Racing Launch New Impact Technology for Helmets. Fluid Inside’s TPU pod technology is engineered to enhance your helmet’s ability to protect your brain by mimicking its protective Cerebral Spinal…

  • Fluid Inside And Fox Racing Launch New Impact Technology for Helmets

    Fluid partners with Fox Racing to design flagship helmets Fluid Inside’s TPU pod technology is engineered to enhance your helmet’s ability to protect your brain by mimicking its protective Cerebral Spinal Fluid (CSF). Their matrix of pods is strategically placed inside a helmet to independently and simultaneously manage all types of rotational and linear acceleration forces. Fluid and…

  • Bontrager Introduces the WaveCel Helmet Technology

    Trek and Bontrager have partnered with WaveCel to create a helmet technology that they say disrupts 30 years of accepted safety standards, and is the biggest advancement in the protection against cycling concussions. Standard foam helmets are designed to protect against direct impacts. But WaveCel accounts for how most cycling accidents actually happen: ungracefully, with twists,…

  • Smith Optics Session Helmet Review

    The Smith Optics Session is an All-Mountain helmet with MIPS technology the offers an ideal combination of protection, coverage, comfort, and ventilation. It features their lightweight Aerocore in-mold construction that utilizes an EPS liner, an integrated skeletal structure, and the innovative Koroyd material in strategic impact locations. The helmet has substantial air vents with integrated internal air…

  • Pro Mountain Bike Champ Amy Beisel Joins the LEM Helmets Ambassador Team

    Well-regarded in the cycling industry, Beisel is the current National MTB Marathon Champion and all-around versatile and accomplished athlete. FYI – Amy just won the Borealis Fat Bike World Championships on Saturday, Jan 26, 2019, in Crested Butte, a big congratulations on that win. MORGAN HILL, Calif. (Jan. 29, 2019) – LEM Helmets, the manufacturer of safe,…

  • The MTB Lab Best of 2018 – Suspension, Stem, Helmet, Armor, and Tools

    Some of our Best of 2018 items we tested include the MRP Ribbon Coil fork which provides a buttery smooth and linear coil feel through any terrain, the gorgeous Industry Nine A35 All-Mountain stem, the comfortable and pricepoint Leatt DBX 2.0 helmet, the comfy and protective Kali Strike knee pads and finally the functional Wolf Tooth Master…