The Newlane foldable bike helmet now has a Mips version to increase its safety further in certain scenarios. The Mips system can reduce harmful rotational motion that might otherwise be transferred to the user’s head in a crash. By adding the technology to its existing design, Newlane is “taking urban cycling safety one step further”, according to co-founder Dom Cotton.

The Mips Air Node safety system replaces the bespoke foams in the original Newlane helmet. As well as being very comfortable, the Air Node system has a low friction layer inside the helmet. This is designed to allow a movement of 10-15 mm in all directions, if an oblique impact occurs during a crash. This then helps to redirect rotational motion away from the head, and it is intended to help reduce the risk of brain injury.
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Both versions of the helmet are certified to EN 1078 safety standard, with Mips being an additional safety feature.

Newlane’s design, which hinges and rotates at the front of the helmet, and is locked into place at the rear, is largely unchanged from the original.This enables the helmet, when not being worn, to be significantly reduced in volume to aid ease of storage in a bag. In fact its height is reduced to 81mm when folded, where a regular helmet is around 160mm tall. The focus here, then, has been on adding the Mips technology, rather than changing the fundamental design of the lid.
There are two sizes available: medium (56-60cm) and large (61-63cm) with the Mips version priced at £129.99. It’s available to pre-order now on Newlane’s website, with shipping from 17th November for the medium and from 4th December for the large size. If you’re unsure which size will suit you, our handy fitting guide is available here to help you decide.
The Newlane helmets are designed and manufactured in the UK, and have even won a prestigious Red Dot Design Award for its original design.
In Matt’s review of the original version of the helmet here, he said: “Anything that makes helmet wearing more convenient without compromising safety should be applauded.”
> Buy Now: Newlane Foldable Mips Bike Helmet from Newlane for £129.99
The addition of the Mips system can only improve what is already a very interesting option for commuters.

5 thoughts on “Newlane releases ‘world’s first’ folding helmet with Mips protection system”
Thank you for the review. But
Thank you for the review. But why, at the very end in your bio, do we need to learn about your weight?
It is such an irrelevant thing to include. The fact that some writers for road.cc include it (though it does seem to be fewer these days), and for me that it takes a moment to register as odd, shows the extent to which this has become normalised in the cycling world. Imagine if articles in your daily paper or letters from your accountant (or just anyone really) finished up with their weight – you’d see the absurdity instantly.
Cycling magazines do quite often run articles about the high prevalence of eating disorders in professional cyclists. Let’s not pretend that the sight of “66 kg” at the end of an article is in itself going to trigger the onset of bulimia in anyone. But let’s acknowledge that it’s completely weird information, the inclusion of which is a clear signal of a widespread and sometimes worrying obsession in our community. Just stop it, please, road.cc.
PS eating disorders are a small part of my professional work but I’d say the same regardless.
Presumably it’s included to
Presumably it’s included to give an indication of size when those contributors are reviewing clothing items, so that people have some idea which size to go for relative to the one tested. I doubt whether they’re putting it there as a brag about their weight.
Appreciate your concerns but
Appreciate your concerns but I think this was mistakenly added from the contributor’s reviewing profile, where we include height and weight of the reviewer so readers can make more informed purchasing decisions. We don’t include this info in contributor bios so it’s been removed.
Thanks for the reply. I did
Thanks for the reply. I did consider that a reviewer’s measurements could be relevant for clothing, helmets etc but this has only superficial plausibility.
For a helmet, head size could be relevant. Except, helmets usually come in different sizes, so all we really need to know is if the manufacturer size chart is about right, or if we should size up or down.
Same for clothes. Chest, waist, leg measurements would be useful if an item only comes in one size. Otherwise – is the manufacturer size chart ok?
I cannot think of any reasonably common scenario where reviewer weight is relevant. If a heavier reviewer is deliberately stress-testing a burly bike or wheels then they could include their weight in the article.
So I stand by my observation that it’s weird information to include in the first place and an indication of an odd attitude to weight.
theWombat wrote:
So I stand by my observation that it’s weird information to include in the first place and an indication of an odd attitude to weight.— theWombat
Yeah – The Man is lying to you. They’ll be telling you next that the Earth is round, and people walked on the Moon.