Discovering the Best Road Bike Helmets of 2024 for Ultimate Protection on Your Ride

hi guys and welcome back to the how much Tech Channel by providing a shock absorbing layer of crushable material around your head a cycling helmet is intended to reduce the damage if you are unfortunate enough to come off your bike and hit your head cycling helmets have come a long way in weight fit and ventilation since the heavy brain buckets and leather hair nets of yester year and we've racked up tens of thousands of miles in a huge range of Lids to bring you a list of the best cycling helmets you can buy all links

to the products mentioned in this video are in the description below so if you're ready let's get [Music] started number five Jiro Aries spherical over the last few years the best road bike helmets have started to split in the same way that wheels or frames have there are climers helmets and there are Arrow helmets the Jiro AR spherical helmet falls into the climber's helmet category meaning it's aimed at being lightweight and highly ventilated when you look at the Juro AR spherical there are almost more vents than helmets and it falls to a set of transparent

arches to hold it all together instead of putting the MPS liner inside Jiro uses the spherical design this allows two parts of the helmet to move against each other with no possibility of interrupting air flow then as a final knot to cooling there is extensive internal channeling to get the air right where it's needed everything combined jro claims that compared to the previous jro ether mips the AR's UPS cooling efficiency by 2.3% that's on top of 4% less aerodynamic drag plus a Virginia techar value score of 8.40 making it the first ranked helmet tested as

mentioned the Juro Aries uses the MPS spherical technology it creates a ball and socket design with one piece of the helmet inside the other and movement built in the one problem this creates is that it takes a little extra push if you want to get the helmet higher on your brow it's not a big problem but it is noticeable number four Cas Elemento The Cask Elemento might be the definition of an all-around helmet it's Arrow optimized but isn't going to compete with the best arrow helmets it's also lightweight and even beats the jro Aries on

that score on top of that it's got three D printed pads and uses a carbon fiber exterior panel to increase air flow and Aid in heat management it doesn't hurt that the style somehow seems to work as well on a road bike as a gravel bike when you wear The Cask Elemento though none of that is what stands out instead what you'll notice is how secure it feels if you hate the feeling of helmets moving around on your head this is the one to grab the rear cradle with a ton of space for a ponytail

in it hugs down and creates a very solid connection it doesn't matter if you are bombing down a steep gravel descent or dripping sweat as as you climb what seems like a never-ending Hill you'll never feel the need to reach up and adjust your helmet that feeling of security is so fantastic that The Cask Elemento might have made the pick as the best overall if not for the price for some it might be worth paying a premium to get the combination of security Arrow performance and low weight Cas is not being shy in asking you

to pay for that combination though and you'll have to decide if that makes sense for you number three Specialized Prevail 3 any company that wants to make a highly ventilated helmet has to figure out how to get the material that keeps you safe out of the way Jiro uses transparent bridges in the Aries while specialized takes a different approach by building an internal frame using woven aramid cables the cables anchor into carbon fiber side panels and the whole system helps distribute localized forces in the event of an impact the side effect is that the incredibly

strong cables are thin and stay out of the way of airflow completing the system of safety enhancements is Ms air node in practice air node is as simple as a very specific padding design honestly it doesn't look like it could do that much but Virginia Tech has the Prevail 3 listed as the third best helmet the brand has tested despite the low volume design weight does seem to have added up a bit the size small Prevail 3 I tested came in about 10 G over my copy of the jro Aries 10 G is admittedly not

much but the jro is a larger size as well number two laser tonic kineticore it's important to understand that there is no definitive answer about how to make a safe helmet different brands have different strategies that aim to do the same thing Laser's approach is to build blocks into the part of the EPS foam that sits closest to the cyclist's Head during an impact the blocks break or compress to to allow movement and absorb energy the blocks also help with air movement as a bonus the name for this technology is kineticore and Laser offers it

at a variety of price points the flagship option is the laser vento kineticore which offers more kineticore blocks Arrow optimization and an Innovative way of tightening up the rear cradle it's a great helmet but I've chosen to highlight the tonic kineticore because of its incredible price for less than a third of the flagship product price you get a lightweight helmet that is stylish enough to work on a gravel or Road ride but still uses kineticore you also give up features though that is only a consideration if you miss them one detail that's changed for the

worst though is the material used for the straps that's now a lot heavier be aware that the sizing runs big for laser while many of the helmet Brands say I'm a size small it tends to be a choice between a tight small or a loose medium with laser if I follow the recommendation and go with a size small it feels perfect number one Tre ballista mips if you were to dream up what form an arrow Road helmet would take you might very well dream up the Tre ballista MPS the big vents make it easy to

stash glasses and more importantly they keep you cool even on the hottest days the style is reminiscent of a longtail TT helmet and Trek goes so far as to say that it offers very competitive performance among TT helmets Tre even considered visibility as part of the visual signature and angled the front up so it's easier to see when you are down low in the drops there's more to the helmet than the look though what's actually most striking is just how light the helmet is although it has a long profile a size medium weighs in well

below the Tre specs at only 260 g the effect is that of disbelief when held in your hand and it comes in partnership with an Innovative rear cradle design that likely contributes to the low weight instead of using plastic connections to the front Trek has gone with only thin string not only does it help lower the weight but it also means the rear cradle folds flat for ease of storage and travel the one downside to the outrageous looks is that it limits usability while there's certainly nothing stopping you from using the Tre ballista MPS with

any bike you've got it might look out of place in certain situations if you are looking for a helmet that looks good on both a road and gravel bike this might not be the one I I hope you like this video I have tried my best to provide accurate information about the products that are available on the market so that you can pick the correct product for your purpose if you have any questions or suggestions please comment down below also don't forget to subscribe to my channel thanks for [Music] [Applause] watching [Music] a