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Aero road helmet

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  • August 12, 2012 at 7:54 pm #16555
    Raleigh

    I want an aero helmet for road racing, and pretty much have three choices:

    Lazer (sphere, o2, genesis, helium)
    Giro Air Attack
    Kask Mojito

    Does anyone know when the Giro or Kask are coming out?

    Is it worth it?

    I only came across Lazer today, so not sure if they are good, anyone have one?

    Cheerios.

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  • August 13, 2012 at 5:31 pm #695291
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    Paul J

    What exactly is the point of
    What exactly is the point of having a helmet that has the gaps of a vented, road helmet but without the actual vents? Almost all the un-aeroness of a vented helmet, with all the heat issues of an aero helmet. Why not just buy a smooth-shell helmet, if you want something aero?

    These have to be the dumbest helmets ever, functionally.

    August 13, 2012 at 1:32 pm #695289
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    drheaton

    Yes, take the hair dryer to
    Yes, take the hair dryer to it then do a couple more layers. If you stick with it you could layer it up enough to make a semi rigid covering you can remove.

    Alternatively, just duck tape over your vents.

    August 13, 2012 at 1:06 pm #695287
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    Raleigh

    Wheyy, got this:
    Quote:Many
    Wheyy, got this:

    Many thanks for your e-mail to Team Sky.

    We will try and address your feedback as soon as possible.

    Kind regards,

    Jonathan Turner

    Looks promising!

    Also, very pleased with the turnaround time.

    Fingers crossed!

    August 13, 2012 at 12:59 pm #695285
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    Raleigh

    I wanted to have a little go
    I wanted to have a little go at aeroising a helmet, so I wrapped up my sister’s friend’s one in Cling film.

    Looks OK, but not sure at how well it would hold on, or if it would just stretch and go billowy.

    Should I take a hairdryer to it?

    August 13, 2012 at 11:12 am #695283
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    drheaton

    If you’re signed up to the
    If you’re signed up to the Sky newsletters every now and again you get emails letting you know they’re selling off old kit. Mainly their 2011 bikes like GT’s 2011 Dogma for £3k or Zandio’s Graal TT bike and some old pedals and stuff. Not seen any helmets or other stuff so I assume they either bin them or send’em back to the manufacturer.

    August 13, 2012 at 11:00 am #695281
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    Raleigh

    That’s weird.
    I went to their
    That’s weird.

    I went to their contact thing, and sent one under “Replica Kit enquiries.”

    Hmm.

    Also, quite hard to fit all that into 200 characters, had to use my Tweeting skills and get rid of some punctuation. 🙂

    August 13, 2012 at 10:57 am #695279
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    Raleigh

    OK.
    Worth a try
    OK.

    Worth a try 🙂

    August 13, 2012 at 10:01 am #695277
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    step-hent

    The Lazer ones are
    The Lazer ones are here:

    http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=65993

    Can’t seem to dig anything up on the Kask covers, except a couple of news reports that Sky used them before they seemed to have the filled in helmet made. Maybe you should email Sky to ask if they want to sell you one…

    August 13, 2012 at 9:24 am #695275
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    Raleigh

    Can’t find nuthin
    Can’t find nuthin :/

    August 13, 2012 at 8:20 am #695273
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    step-hent

    Oh, I see that the Lazer ones
    Oh, I see that the Lazer ones are all available as normal helments with covers – probably better than an aero helmet, to give you more options on warm days…

    August 13, 2012 at 8:15 am #695271
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    step-hent

    Raleigh wrote:I’m not sure if

    Raleigh wrote:
    I’m not sure if its just a shell, or an actual whole helmet, so I emailed KASK, but wanted to know if any of you guyzzz knew.

    Lazer looks good, but is expense :|

    It’s an aero helmet – there was a cover, but the UCI won’t allow it to be used at it’s an aerodynamic fairing. For it to be allowed, the cover had to be part of the structure.

    That said, you might be able to find an aero cover (as I think they made them before the UCI ruled them out). Might be worth looking around.

    August 12, 2012 at 9:22 pm #695269
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    Raleigh

    I’m not sure if its just a
    I’m not sure if its just a shell, or an actual whole helmet, so I emailed KASK, but wanted to know if any of you guyzzz knew.

    Lazer looks good, but is expense 😐

    August 12, 2012 at 9:21 pm #695267
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    Raleigh

    Pfff.
    If I wore that, I’d
    Pfff.

    If I wore that, I’d probably get beaten up.

    I want the aero mojito, comme suit:

    August 12, 2012 at 9:04 pm #695265
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    Gkam84

    The Giro is set to come out
    The Giro is set to come out in spring 2013, BUT its FUGLY, looks like a kids old skool skateboard helmet 😉

    The Kask Mojito is out
    http://www.wiggle.co.uk/kask-mojito-road-helmet-2012/

    Omega Pharma use Lazer’s don’t they? That cant be all that bad 😉

    What about the Kask Bambino? 👿

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