Every rider at the Tour de France wants the fastest gear possible, but none want to overheat while racing. In conjunction with Tour team Giant-Alpecin, Giant created the new Pursuit aero road helmet, which blends good aerodynamics with good ventilation.
Giant certainly isn’t the only company chasing the aero-yet-airy ideal for helmets. Giro’s Synthe was perhaps the first successful road helmet to achieve this happy medium, and Scott’s new Cadence Plus — ‘faster and cooler than a bare head’, Scott claims — is the most recent example of this two-in-one style.
Along with Giant-Alpecin, Giant worked with France’s Aero Concept Engineering on the design, which it claims is fast “without any compromises in weight, ventilation or fit.”
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Speaking of fit, Giant is notable in its offering of two fit styles, Western (with a more oval shape) and Asian (with a rounder shape). Each comes in S, M and L, with M weighing a claimed 250g.
If you’re familiar with Zipp’s aero wheels, you’re familiar with the concept of dimples used for smoothing airflow. With the Pursuit, Giant uses two big dimples on the sides of the helmet to move air, claiming that this minimized aero drag.
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