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Apparel, Gear, Helmets, sweet protection, Sweet Protection Trailblazer, Trailblazer helmet - June 29, 2020

Tested: Sweet Protection Trailblazer

The Trailblazer is exactly what we needed to see from Sweet Protection. The Trailblazer puts the brand's high-tech shell technology into a mid-priced helmet.

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Apparel, Axion, Gear, Helmets, POC, spin - June 1, 2020

Tested: POC Axion SPIN | $150

POC spins to win with its moderately priced Axion helmet.

First Impressions: Bontrager Rally WaveCel Helmet – $150

Back in my shop days, I had a few lines I’d use on the sales floor. None of them were dishonest, but they were well-practiced. For instance, when breaking down multiple helmet price points, I’d open with something like “This $70 one had to pass all the same safety tests as this $170 one. You Read More

Dialed In

In the early 1990s, it wasn’t just our bikes that were in the dark ages. There were no hydration packs, our fluorescents were totally wrong and our brain buckets were just road helmets with visors. Meanwhile, bikes were getting faster, riders were attacking more aggressive terrain and one brand realized that our helmets needed to Read More

First Impressions: Giro Manifest Spherical

Our sport is pretty split over Mips. I mean, we all like what it does, or rather, what it claims to do, but for the haters out there, it makes the experience of wearing a helmet just a bit more unpleasant. Helmets are already a bit unpleasant. Disagree? Are you wearing one right now? I Read More

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