![]() What makes a helmet work really well for gravel makes it work really well for triathlon, because I have the same helmet problem during both of these avocations: the helmet slides down over my forehead, obstructing my vision and I have to reach up and tilt it back. Eighty percent (closer to 90 percent) of what we buy never gets listed in the triathlon category even though triathlon money bought it. Point-of-sale software systems that have products categorized by sub-specialty don’t give our sport credit when we buy a road helmet, or a floor pump, butyl tube, cycling bib and jersey, and so on. Which – if I may complain for one short paragraph – is why triathlon is a much, much bigger category than cycling data-crunchers give us credit for. I’m wearing my aero helmet – what – 3 or 4 times a year? What about the other days, training and racing? This investment here, the “road” helmet, is by far my most important helmet investment (and by “road” I mean road, gravel, tri training, everything other than a triathlon race helmet). Racing 8 or 10 times a year is a big race year for me, but that includes gravel races and swim/runs. But like you all, I have a big investment whenever a particular thing doesn’t work, whether saddles, shoes, helmets, and that’s the state I was in. I am – truly – pickier about my socks than my helmets. I don’t care if a helmet costs $369 or $69. This is a moderately high-end road helmet, selling for $250. It’s the Giro Helios Spherical and what I have to write below will make Giro both happy, and. This new helmet was a godsend – I didn’t know who else sent it – because of how perfectly this helmet fits my noggin and how rare that is for me to find. This was welcome, as I have not been happy with my current helmet and had been thinking about how I’m going to find a helmet that fits me (which is not a trivial task in the age of COVID).
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