joewein
Maximum Pace
- Oct 25, 2011
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After six years and two accidents in which my old helmet (Trek Interval) did a great job, I treated myself to a new one (I think I definitely got my money's worth out of the old one). The Trek Interval is no longer in production, so I needed to pick a new model. I was looking for something that combined good fit (which is very individual) with a robust looking visor, to offer a bit more margin in a face-first impact.
I'd been looking for a while but finally found it in an Uvex i-vo MTB helmet for about 8,000 yen at Y's Road in Shinjuku. At 250 g it feels fairly light -- not sure if that's a good or a bad thing, probably depends on the situation.
In a test of 7 touring helmets by German cycling magazine RADtouren (4/2012) it was one of two helmets to score 5/5 stars. Hopefully I won't be able to confirm that from direct experience for a long, long time!
I'd been looking for a while but finally found it in an Uvex i-vo MTB helmet for about 8,000 yen at Y's Road in Shinjuku. At 250 g it feels fairly light -- not sure if that's a good or a bad thing, probably depends on the situation.
In a test of 7 touring helmets by German cycling magazine RADtouren (4/2012) it was one of two helmets to score 5/5 stars. Hopefully I won't be able to confirm that from direct experience for a long, long time!