Sunday, 2 July 2017

Unreleased Giro Vanquish, new Lazer Bullet highlight Tour de France helmets

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This article originally appeared on BikeRadar

A new Giro Vanquish aero road helmet popped up at the Tour de France, as did the adjustable Bullet helmet Lazer showed at Eurobike. Kask announced a new Valegro helmet, but Team Sky stuck with their Protone model for stage 2. Here is a look at many of the helmets of the 2017 Tour de France.

Giro Vanquish aero road helmet

Giro gets credit for kicking off the aero road helmet trend five years ago with its Air Attack. While its bowling-ball shape drew mixed reactions, riders and and other helmet brands took notice, and today aero road helmets are very much a thing.

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Giro isn't yet talking about the Vanquish, but it looks likely to replace the Air Attack

The new Vanquish is being worn by Katusha-Alpecin and BMC Racing at the Tour. Compared to the round Air Attack, the Vanquish is considerably more elongated, similar to Trek's Ballista or Specialized's Evade.

Lazer Bullet adjustable aero road helmet

Kask Valegro lightweight road helmet announced

Bontrager Velocis gets BOA dial, MIPS liner

Aero and ventilated choices abound

You can read more at Cyclingnews.com



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