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Giro releases new Aerohead TT helmet
- Updated: May 19, 2016
Giro Sport Design has a new take on aero helmet shaping with the Aerohead MIPS and Aerohead Ultimate MIPS helmets. The Ultimate made its racing debut in the 2015 Tour de France, where Rohan Dennis (BMC Racing) wore it during his prologue victory, in the process setting the fastest average speed of any prologue in the race’s history at 55.44 kilometers per hour.
This fall, the two helmets will be available to the public. The top-of-the-line Aerohead Ultimate MIPS is claimed to be the fastest helmet shape Giro has ever tested. Using the Wind Averaged Drag standard (a calculation based on drag figures across the most common yaw angles) that Giro and many other manufacturers believe is the most reliable predictor of real-world performance, the Aerohead Ultimate MIPS is over three seconds faster over 40 kilometers (and 400 watts) than Giro’s previous Selector.
The 455-gram Ultimate helmet integrates a MIPS multi-directional impact protection system, featuring a TeXtreme shell (a thin, light form of carbon fiber) to …
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