#Giro airattack road helmet blue review full

Certainly, a good-fitting helmet like Giro�s own Selector, that covers your ears, flows into your back in a way carefully integrated into your own position (preferably with some wind tunnel testing specific to you and your equipment), will always be the fastest thing going. Like any road lid, it�s incredibly easy to put on, it�s a fair bit lighter than its longer-tailed cousins, and it promises aerodynamic performance approaching that of dedicated TT helmets. So how does the Air Attack stack up? It�s awesome. For $250, a fast helmet can provide more 'free speed' than a snazzy new frame costing ten times as much. That�s why dollar-for-dollar, the helmet is the cheapest way to improve your aerodynamics on the bike, even without doing a single thing with your position or riding style. Your frame comes close, but at best it�s probably a tie. Consider this: as far as equipment goes, the helmet probably represents the largest thing you ride with in terms of frontal area. I love the concept, and think it�s been long overdue for development with modern design technologies including CFD and cycling-specific wind tunnel protocols. Critically, these helmets are being positioned not just as a product for roadies, but also for triathletes, to provide an option for better helmet ventilation on particularly hot courses, like Ironman Hawaii. In the year since the Air Attack was launched, virtually every major helmet manufacturer has developed a similar product, designed to improve the aerodynamics of the standard road helmet. When I published our First Look article about the Air Attack last year, I wrote that this helmet could usher in an entirely new product category, and that the aero road helmet would be embraced by the industry as a whole. It�s awesome, and I�m delighted that the industry has moved to making aerodynamic road helmets. Since getting it, I haven�t used anything else in training or racing. To say that I like it would be an understatement.

#Giro airattack road helmet blue review full

I�m happy to report that I�ve been riding one for the last six months or so, and this is my full review of the helmet. It�s been quite a while since we first got a look at the Giro Air Attack, and at the time, I was very anxious to get one to review.