WHAT IT IS: Giro ionos
WHY IT'S RAD: If you have a head with a more round than oval shape, you can't go wrong with this helmet. Light, well-ventilated, and the choice of numerous pro teams before Giro rolled out the forthcoming prolight, the ionos looks sharp and has one of the best retention systems in the game. Easy to adjust to fit your melon with a quick pinch on the Roc Loc at the rear of the helmet, and you're ready to go. Also, the Roc Loc doesn't interfere with the arms of shades the way some retention systems do (majorly annoying on any ride, but particularly when you get into the 4-hour plus game). Wide variety of finishes available to suit your Category 4-going-pro lifestyle.
BUMMERS?: Really, really wish Giro would revise their sizing and come up with something in between the medium and large sizes. The medium presses into my forehead and gives me a headache plus nice indentations in my head every time I wear it and the large fits passably but gives me that Paolo Bettini mushroom head look. It's odd because the Bell size medium helmets fit me perfectly as do Specialized size medium, Giro not so much. My other tester, who has a 'round' head, though, scored a perfect fit with the ionos and rates it as the best helmet in his quiver.
$: $230
INFO: http://www.giro.com/en-us/products/cycling-helmets/ionos/
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