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Do you remember reading about Bontrager’s new WaveCel helmet technology, and thinking to yourself that it sounded too good to be true? It turns out you weren’t the only one, and now someone in New York is taking Trek Bicycle Corporation — Bontrager’s parent company — to task about it.  According to legal publication Law360.com, […]

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According to Virginia Techs latest cycling helmet test results, helmets equipped with MIPS are still the king of the safest crown, and now occupy the first four spots on the list. In fact, all 29 helmets to earn a five out five-star rating feature some form of rotational force dissipation device via MIPS, WaveCel or …

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Bontrager’s mega-hyped WaveCel helmet liner technology certainly generated a lot of discussion when it was unveiled to world in March, if for no other reason than the wild claims the company made in terms of how much protection it offered. Safety should always be the primary metric by which a helmet is judged, but if …

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Folksam, a Swedish insurance group, has released the results of its annual helmet safety test, finding that the best MIPS-equipped helmets offer up to 36% better safety than the average helmet. Unlike the tests completed for standards certification, Folksam’s test is similar to the testing from Virginia Tech, and places importance on measuring rotational forces …

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